Run Component Workflow with Javascript

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Is it possible to trigger a component’s workflow with javascript (without hacky workarounds)?

I’ve try wwLib.wwWorkflow.executeGlobal and wwLib.executeWorkflow with the workflow’s ID but I get an error saying the workflow was not found.

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You need to use the special component workflow action, I can’t seem to find it right now. A workaround would be to:

  1. Create a global workflow that uses the “Execute component workflow” action
  2. Call that via the wwLib.executeWorkflow with the Global Workflow’s ID

While it’s not the most ideal, it’s the easiest I think. This also allows you to edit further your Workflow in no-code.

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Yeah that could work for some use cases.

What I want to do is use a component workflow inside the custom javascript of another workflow in the component, and also be able to call the workflow from outside the component.

I have a workaround right now but it’s not the cleanest.

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Hi, actually the ones you tried work for global workflows but not for the components workflows.

The feature for component workflows has been implemented last year in march (🧰 Extended component features, UI improvements, and bug fixes) :slight_smile:

You simply needs to call the following function in Javascript:

context.component.methods.executeWorkflow(componentWorkflowId)
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Good to know! However, I also want to be able to execute them from outside the component when marked as ‘Allow execution from outside’

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But what we have is the name of the Workflows component. How can we find out the componentWorkflowId ??

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More > Development > Show dev information

Then you’ll see a ‘Copy ID’ button inside the workflow