Workflow to retrieve info from another WF

Hi guys,

anyone who has any idea on how to retrieve info between workflows?

What we are looking for is to have one workflow where user can report an asset to be hidden. This should store the asset name and add it to another workflow where there is a string of asset names which were reported before.

So users can report an asset which should not be displayed and then the asset will be added to another WF which will remove all of the previously reported assets after ingestion on daily basis…

I see some delegates there but not an option to add it automatically to a code.

Thanks for the help

Patricia Sobotkova

Posted 3 years ago · Edited 1 year ago·Last reply 3 years ago

5 comments

arthurburkhardt

·3 years ago · Edited

Not sure what are your latency requirements, but one way we do it is to set an attribute.

create a new “hide asset flag” boolean attribute ,without adding it to any assignment.
the asset level workflow will add an attribute with “true” value
the global workflow will run on a schedule, fetch all “hide asset flag” attributes
perform some logic
delete attribute or set it to “false”

arthurburkhardt

·3 years ago · Edited

Not sure what are your latency requirements, but one way we do it is to set an attribute.

create a new “hide asset flag” boolean attribute ,without adding it to any assignment.
the asset level workflow will add an attribute with “true” value
the global workflow will run on a schedule, fetch all “hide asset flag” attributes
perform some logic
delete attribute or set it to “false”

Patricia Sobotkova

OP3 years ago · Edited

Hi Arthur,
that actually makes sense the only concern I have with this solution is that only specific users such as supporters etc can use the “Hide” option so it is not everyone… Is there a way to restrict it or would it work like other attributes and could be only updated by people who have a role?

Also since these assets are PowerBI and from ingestion once they are deleted the flag will also be removed and it will not be affected every day

arthurburkhardt

·3 years ago · Edited

How are you ingesting PowerBI assets?
At this point in time, I don’t think there is a solution to manage partial visibility with the Collibra PowerBI integration.

Patricia Sobotkova

OP3 years ago · Edited

Hi Arthur, yes that seems to be an issue so what we have is option to report an asset and once it has been approved that it should not be visible we will just add the name to a workflow which will remove it and all the assets under it daily after ingestion… not the best option but what we have for now… hopefully we can add more elegant way soon