Ask and Parameter work together in flows that request client input before finishing a calculation.
Ask
Evaluates a condition that can depend on one or more parameters.
- Syntax:
Ask(condition)
- Requires: a boolean condition. Parameter values used by the condition are supplied by the active form or workflow.
- Returns: Boolean.
- Best for: filters, decisions, and actions that need a value from the client.
If a referenced parameter has not been supplied yet, Ask reports that input is needed without evaluating the rest of the condition. Once all values are available, the condition is evaluated normally.
Parameter
Reads a named or column-backed parameter value.
- Syntax:
Parameter([Column]), Parameter([Column], required), Parameter([Column], "Label"[, required]), Parameter("name"[, "type"[, required]])
- Requires: a column identity or non-blank parameter name. Named parameters may declare
Text, Bool, Date, Time, Timestamp, Numeric, Duration, User, or Location. The optional required value is boolean.
- Returns: the supplied value in its declared type, or
null when an optional value is absent.
- Best for: reusable searches, filters, and workflow actions with client-supplied input.
The shorthand [?Minimum Quantity] reads the same parameter as Parameter([Minimum Quantity]).
A required parameter raises a formula error if the form or workflow does not supply it.
