Understanding Inputs

Understanding Inputs

Determining Which Data to Provide Manually

Inputs are the data you provide to the Workflow manually. To decide what should be an input, consider:

• What data do you already have? If keywords and URLs are already on hand, that’s a great starting point.
• How much automation is desired? More inputs means more manual work.
• What manual effort would be required if the input were blank?
  • For example, a meta description Workflow that takes article content as an input would require copying and pasting each article’s text.
  • Instead, using the URL as an input lets the Workflow scrape the content automatically.

Choose inputs based on what data you have available.

Input Types for Grids

There are four main input types for Grids:

• Short text
• Long text
• Brand kits
• Knowledge bases

Configuring Inputs in Your Workflow

To set up inputs for a Grid Workflow:

1. Open your Workflow and click Set Inputs.
2. In the input panel, click Add Field.
3. Select one of the input types: Short text, Long text, Brand kits, or Knowledge bases.
4. Name the input and mark it as required if necessary.

For the meta description Workflow:

• Add URL
  • Click Add Field
  • Choose Short text
  • Name the input URL
  • Mark as required
• Add Keyword
  • Click Add Field
  • Choose Short text
  • Name the input Keyword
  • Mark as required

With these two inputs, we’re good to go for our meta description Workflow.