Creating workflows for AWS SQS queues

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Before you start

Creating workflows

Before you start

Before you can create the integration with Oomnitza, you need to have added your credentials to Oomnitza. For further information, refer to Adding your AWS credentials to Oomnitza.

Adding global variables

To save time entering information when you create the integration, you can add your AWS version and region as a global variable in Oomnitza.

Procedure

1. Click Configuration>General>Global Settings.
2. Click Add new variable(+).
3. Add the following variable as the key AWS.Version
4. Enter your AWS API Version as the value. For example, the current API version for Amazon S3 is2010-05-08. See AWS Documentation: API Versions
5. Save your changes.
6. Repeat the steps above to add your AWS.Region as a global variable. Enter your region as the value, such asus-east-1. See Regions, Availability Zones, and Local Zones.

Creating workflows

To create a workflow, you must complete these steps:  

1. Click Configuration > Workflows and click Add (+).
2. Select an object from the list. The object you choose will determine the destination of the workflow's response data and the data that will trigger the workflow. For instance, if you select a users workflow, user-related information will be used as the trigger for the workflow, and the response data will be sent to the People page.
3. Edit the Begin Block and add rules to trigger the workflow. For example, if you set the Actions to Schedule and add a rule so that the Email Equals <EmployeeEmail> you can trigger a workflow to fetch a user matching a certain name on a specific date. Refer to Using the Begin block. 
4. Drag and drop the API block onto the Sandbox.
5. Click Edit on the API block and enter AWS SQS in the search field. 
6. Select the Amazon AWS SQS List Queues preset. 
7. Select the credentials that you created in Adding your AWS credentials to Oomnitza.
8. Enter any mandatory information when prompted.
9. Select Advanced Mode and go to the Response tab. You can map the entire response by placing {{response}} in the Response field and mapping it to a custom long text Oomnitza field, such as API Response. Once you have the entire response, you can then parse the JSON response values to custom Oomnitza fields, as per the example below.
10. Connect the Blocks. 
11. Save, validate, and activate your workflow.

Tip
Supply a queue name prefix in Advanced Mode > Params to filter the results list. See AWS SQS Documentation: List Queues

Reference articles for workflows

• Mapping positive and negative responses
• Troubleshooting workflows 
• Using the API block