Injecting contextual entity variables into action payloads

Entity Variables

You can inject contextual variables with workflow entities into the remote action payload templates.

Syntax

There are two different syntactical notations to refer to variables:

Shorthand notation

The shorthand notation is $entity.key / $entity.key.subkey – using this shorter notation is usually preferable for breviety, and also required within the Automate with AWS post function.

Formal notation

The formal notation is ${entity.key} / ${entity.key.subkey} – using this longer notation is optional in general, but not supported within the Automate with AWS post function.

Entities

The currently available entities are:

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