Overview

Using a table in Okta Workflows, this article will show how to share data between flows.

Solution

The table to share data has two columns:

• Employees (Number)
• Greeting (Text)

Workflows table.

There are two flows. One flow creates (saves) data into a table, and another reads data from a table.

A flow to save data into a table.

The flow above saves a random number between 0 and 1000 for Employees and a text message for Greeting into a table.

The flow also clears the table before each run.

The second flow reads data from a table.

A flow to read data from a table.

In Options, this flow is set to retrieve the First matching row:

Table search options.

Note: This solution assumes the data will be stored in a single table row.

Running the Flow

The following screenshots show running two flows and the table.

Saving data into a table.

Data in a table.

Reading data from a table.

Using Row ID Instead of Searching

Manually create a table row with empty columns. Use its row ID to save data (Table – Update Row card) and read data (Table – Read Row card) from a table.

Save data into a table using row ID.

Read data from a table using row ID.

Get the Flows

Download the flows.

Related References

• How to Iterate Over Rows in a Table in Okta Workflows.
• How to Conditionally Update a Table in Okta Workflows.
• Remove Duplicates from a Table in Okta Workflows.