Obtaining the ION Workflow DocumentID within the workflow itself

BrainGears · 2025-05-13T13:34:11+00:00

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This is my first post so hopefully I'm doing this correctly. I did try searching for an answer to my question but couldn't find one.

I've developed a workflow within ION and would like to record the workflow ID in an external database via an API call. I have the API call working, but am stuck with figuring out how to obtain the workflow ID (a.k.a. DocumentID?) within the workflow itself.

I've tried getting this value by using [ID] and [DocumentID] but those are both invalid.

This seems like it should be very simple but can't find any information on how to accomplish this.

Does anyone know how to access the workflow ID within the workflow itself?

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Danil Klemeshov

Hi @BrainGears,

Hopefully, that is what you are looking for.

You can save the workflow ID in a parameter. The parameter should be Decimal or Integer, and then you can use a "Set Parameter" step to set the value.

Kevin Heiman

the Workflow documentation carries this https://docs.infor.com/inforos/2025.x/en-us/useradminlib_cloud/default.html?helpcontent=iondeskceug_cloud_osm/lsm1436532191863.html

Kevin Heiman

regarding the panel shown when clicking the Blue information icon, it is sensitive to the data type. So STRING will show different than Decimal and other types.

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Fabiano Silva

@BrainGears , you include your API in API Gateway?

BrainGears

@Fabiano Silva The API piece is working fine, the problem I'm having is obtaining the workflow ID. I tried using $workflow.id as was suggested by a web search, but in that case, it takes it as a literal and passes "$workflow.id" as the value instead of the actual workflow ID (i.e. 12131)

Danil Klemeshov

Hi @BrainGears,

Hopefully, that is what you are looking for.

You can save the workflow ID in a parameter. The parameter should be Decimal or Integer, and then you can use a "Set Parameter" step to set the value.

BrainGears

Thank you so much Danil - this is exactly what I was looking for! Can I ask where you found those instructions? When I clicked the blue info button, the help instructions that I see are completely different than the ones you show and mine didn't include the ID() function.

Kevin Heiman

the Workflow documentation carries this https://docs.infor.com/inforos/2025.x/en-us/useradminlib_cloud/default.html?helpcontent=iondeskceug_cloud_osm/lsm1436532191863.html

BrainGears

Thank you Kevin! I bookmarked that link you provided for future use. I appreciate the information!

Kevin Heiman

regarding the panel shown when clicking the Blue information icon, it is sensitive to the data type. So STRING will show different than Decimal and other types.