Workflow Automation: Simulate Vars - Debug Complex Calculations

To check complex calculations in Sanity Checks and Custom Variables, use Simulate Vars to check calculation results for a chosen Podio App item.

To use, either click the link in the footer of the flow builder screen, or use ALT+ (backtick).


Example

We will create 1 (one) Sanity Check and 2 (two) Custom Variables then Simulate Vars to preview the results using one of the items in the Podio App.

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To start to Simulate Vars either click the link in the footer of the flow builder screen, or use ALT+ (backtick) to initiate the Debug menu.

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Select one of the Podio items to use for calculations.

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Click on submit, it will gather data from the selected item and run the calculation fields and display the results.


Note

  • All filters are ignored for the podio item during the test.
  • Any action blocks that would normally consume an Action, will be ignored(Eg: Create Item, Update Item, Send Email etc…).
  • A maximum number of collected items available is restricted to the Account Holder’s plan.See the Manual page for the Collector used.
  • Flows that have a lot of action blocks may run out of available server memory and fail.
  • If a Sanity Check returns FALSE, no further actions will occur further within that Sanity Check.

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Workflow Automation: Simulate Vars - Debug Complex Calculations