About this task
Create a self-service flow to add Automation to your workflow. You can create a new output variable such as refNumber, which is a 10-digit mortgage reference number, to make it available in a self-service flow. The workflow selects this output variable in the Output Variables section so downstream tasks can reference it.
The output variables support automation by passing the variable data to Orchestration. Output variables you receive from Automation are also the cache variables that you can use in downstream tasks such as REST API.
You can change the value of an output variable in a self-service flow using the operations task. You can use the available operations to perform a function on the variable. The value of the new output variable is stored in the cache in the current self-service flow. For example, if the self-service flow receives an output variable value from Orchestration, you can use the assignment operation to override this value with a new value.