📁 Data Stream Actions (Developer Documentation)

Question 1

What do Data Stream Actions do?

Answer 1

Send REST or SOAP requests from Flow Designer to APIs that:
- Return responses larger than 10 MB
- Return paginated responses

Data Stream Actions allows flows to process large requests by processing each object in the data stream using For Each flow logic

Question 2

Data Stream Actions have a fixed structure consisting of what five sections?

Answer 2

• Inputs
• Action Reprocessing
• Request
• Parsing
• Outputs

Question 3

What are Action Inputs and what do they do?

Answer 3

Action inputs are configuration options for an action in Flow Designer. They pass variables to action steps and outputs.

Question 4

What are Action Outputs and what do they do?

Answer 4

Action Outputs are data pills in a flow. Action Outputs make variables used within an action available to a flow.

Question 5

What is the Pagination Setup step in Data Stream Actions utilized for?

Answer 5

Use the Pagination Setup step to provide values for the dynamically determined part of an API request. For example, requests to APIs that return paginated data typically require specifying which page of data to send

Question 6

What are Pagination Variables used to do?

Answer 6

Use Pagination Variables to set values for options required by APIs that return paginated data.

Question 7

Data stream actions have a fixed structure consisting of five sections.
Give a brief description of the first section, Inputs.

Answer 7

Inputs: Pass variables to action steps and outputs. Action inputs are configuration options for an action in Flow Designer.

Question 8

Data stream actions have a fixed structure consisting of five sections.
Give a brief description of the second section, Action Reprocessing

Answer 8

Action Reprocessing: Run a reprocessing before the action sends the initial API request.

Question 9

Data stream actions have a fixed structure consisting of five sections.
Give a brief description of the third section, Request.

Answer 9

Request: Configure how the action sends API requests
The Request section executes once per page of results.

Question 10

Data stream actions have a fixed structure consisting of five sections.
Give a brief description of the fourth section, Parsing.

Answer 10

Parsing: Configure how the action separates data stream elements into complex data objects.

Question 11

Data stream actions have a fixed structure consisting of five sections.
Give a brief description of the fifth section, Outputs.

Answer 11

Outputs: Make variables used within an action available to a flow. Action outputs are data pills in a flow.