Changing global variables in a JS function

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Hi guys,

I’m trying to include some extra functionality in my workflows, but I’m not finding a lot of ways to act on a device-independent state of the system. Using global variables could be a way to come around this, but they are not so easily managed. Above all they are workflow-specific, and they cannot be viewed or edited through a dashboard (to my knowledge). I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this, maybe I should create a new device to keep states.

A specific problem I’m experiencing now is that I can’t seem to mutate the values of global variables in JavaScript ‘function’ blocks in my workflows. What’s the best way to do this?

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Without knowing much about your use case, our best recommendation is to use Store Value and Get Value nodes. These allow you to set a value during a workflow run and use that value in a subsequent run. We think of workflow globals as constants – things such as third-party API credentials and other values that should never change between runs.

Please let us know if those two nodes provide the functionality you’re looking for!

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Hey,

Thanks for pointing out how global variables were intended. I was probably right thinking this was not the way to go :wink: Store and Get may be just fine here, I’ll see how far it takes me. Thanks again!