Create List
Create List turns one or more texts you type by hand into a list. Each text becomes a record with a text field, so the rest of the flow can handle them one by one.
Use it when you want to give the flow a fixed list of values without reading it from a file or another service.
When to use it
- Define the list of categories you want to classify emails into.
- Go through a fixed list of cities, products or keywords with a loop.
- Prepare several test questions to check how an agent answers.
- List the departments or teams that should receive a notice.
Configuration
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Texts | The texts that make up the list. Add one item per value. |
Output
The Data List output returns one record per text, in the same order you typed them. Each record holds the text in its text field.
You can connect it to a Loop to process each item separately, or to components that work with lists of records such as Merge Data or Parse Data.
Example
A travel agency wants to prepare a weekly news summary for three destinations every Monday. In Create List it types “Madrid”, “Lisbon” and “Rome”. A Loop goes through the list and, for each city, an agent looks for news and writes a paragraph.