Step Reference

Syntax

Any input field can reference earlier data using {{expression}}. The expression is evaluated as JSONata — so simple dot-paths and more advanced queries (filters, functions) both work.

Referencing a step's output

Use the step's Reference — a camelCase identifier auto-generated from its Name (e.g. "Get Order Details" → getOrderDetails), shown read-only wherever the step's fields are configured — followed by the field path. Elsewhere in these docs this general pattern is written as {{<stepReference>.field.path}}:

{{getOrderDetails.response.data.id}}
{{getOrderDetails.response.status}}

The raw display name won't work here even though it's what you see in the UI — {{Get Order Details.response.data.id}} isn't valid, since a bare name containing spaces isn't a single JSONata identifier. Always use the camelCase Reference.

You can also reference steps by position instead of by reference:

{{steps[0].response.data.id}}

Referencing trigger data

{{trigger.headers.authorization}}
{{trigger.body.customerId}}
{{trigger.query.page}}
{{trigger.params.orderId}}
{{trigger.method}}
{{trigger.path}}

Referencing workflow variables

{{variables.myVariable}}

See Variables for the full list of variable types and more examples, including connection-type variables.

Referencing runtime variables

A separate, mutable namespace written by the Variable connector while a run is in progress — not the same as the workflow-level variables above:

{{runtimeVariables.myVariable}}

Notes

• If an expression can't be resolved (a typo in a step name, a field that doesn't exist), it resolves to an empty string rather than failing the workflow — check your execution history if a value comes through blank.
• Object values are automatically JSON-stringified when interpolated into a string field.