Template Visual Workflow Architecture v1.0
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workflow.json
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"content": "## Triggers\n- Normalized Inputs related to Sub-Workflow Trigger\n- All triggers converge into a **normliized node** that can then be universally referenced downstream"
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"content": "## Collect or gather all data inputs needed\n- in simple workflows this might be very short or missing\n- this is the place to set any defaults for the workflow"
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"content": "## Business Logic A - working setup\n- with **working** setup"
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"content": "# Key Objective of overall Workflow as a #-level Heading\n\n## Often useful:\n- Link or reference to the system triggering the workdlow"
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"cachedResultName": "Testing"
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"cachedResultName": "User Date Dummy"
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"operation": "search"
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"name": "Airtable | Testing Base"
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"content": "## Colorcoding for Nodes\n\n🟩 **Green** – Operational, runs in stable mode ✅ \n🟥 **Red** – Error / not operational ❌ \n🟧 **Orange** – Partly Operational ⚠️ (e.g warning or improvement needs) \n🟨 **Yellow** – Work in Progress 🛠️ \n🟦 **Blue** – User Input required 🙋 (at run time)\n⬛ **dark grey** – On Hold / Deprecated\n⬜ **White** – Neutral / inherits meaning of containing node\n"
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"content": "# START HERE\n\n# Best Practices for visual structuring & visual hierarchy of workflow\nThis template is meant to showcase typical aspects and a clean, maintainable and visual structure. \nIt does not provide and functionality, all nodes are for demonstration only.\n\n ➡️ Use this workflow as a template to start new workflows from.\n\n## Design Patterns:\n- Notes are **color coded** with a meaning as explained on right side in **\"Colorcoding for Nodes\"**\n(keeping the color coding info in the workflow often helps to keep it visible during development phase)\n- Each workflow contains typical phases for clean and maintainable code, they are **boxed within background nodes**\n\n## How to use this template\n- familirize yourself with the color coding and design patterns\n- go through workflow node by node, reasoning is mentioned within nodes where applicable\n"
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"notes": "Fields are normalized with the Sub-workflow trigger as defining the \"normalization\" standard ",
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"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $json.googleSheetId }}"
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"documentId": {
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"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $json.googleDocId }}"
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"content": "## Business Logic B - currently in development\n- with **working** setup"
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"content": "## Business Logic C - Old Version, not used any more\n- to keep fors ome time \n- should finally be managed in versions or be deleted"
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