Chapter 6 / Building workflows

6. Actions

Actions do the work of a job. Choose a category, or find an action in the grouped list below. Each action has its own reference page.

Read Shared action rules for disabling steps, outputs, error routing, and automatic recovery.

Browse by category

Category	Covers
File	Copy, move, rename, delete, and inspect files.
Transfer	Upload and download files with S3 or SCP.
Data and logging	Set variables, extract JSON values, and record messages.
HTTP and scripting	Send HTTP requests, run shell commands, and write Scripts.
Workflow	Start another Relay workflow.
Iconik	Find and change assets, manage collection membership, and look up DLR records.
CatDV	Read clips and update custom clip metadata.

Triggers start workflows. Flow control routes and ends them.

Action	Use it to
Copy file	Copy a file.
Move file	Move a file.
Rename file	Rename a file.
Delete file	Delete a file.
Extract file metadata	Read a file's name, size, dates, and type.

Action	Use it to
SCP transfer	Transfer a file over SSH.
S3 Transfer	Upload a file to S3, or download one.

Action	Use it to
Log message	Write a message to the run log, and optionally to a file.
Set variables	Create reusable values for later workflow steps.
Extract JSON values	Select text, number, and boolean values from one JSON source.

Action	Use it to
HTTP Request	Send an HTTP GET, POST, or PUT request.
Run shell command	Run a shell command.
Script	Transform workflow data and call an approved API.

Action	Use it to
Start Workflow	Durably start another Relay workflow without waiting for it to finish.

Action	Use it to
Iconik Find Asset	Find exactly one active asset that matches your search fields.
Iconik Get Asset	Read one active asset by its asset ID.
Iconik Create Asset	Create an asset record in Iconik.
Iconik Update Asset	Change selected fields on one active asset.
Iconik Delete Asset	Move an asset to Iconik's Recycle Bin.
Add Asset to Collection	Add one asset to an Iconik collection.
Remove Asset from Collection	Remove one asset from an Iconik collection.
Iconik DLR Lookup	Find a Data Lookup Record and optionally copy its fields onto a target clip.

Action	Use it to
CatDV Get Clip	Read one CatDV clip and make every field available to later steps.
CatDV Update Clip	Write the picked custom metadata fields to one CatDV clip.

Reference
Named Iconik values
Named CatDV values
What CatDV checks, and what it does not
How a CatDV step fails