Conditionally set Text depending on database entry being empty or not (backend) without using the "only when" option

[hi_bubble]

Hello,

I was wondering how to set a text depending on a condition that is not being evaluated at the bottom of a workflow but within the workflow (so I don’t have to copy the entire workflow just to check one single condition. The maintenance of this kind of copy&paste is just hard to maintain and no best practice).

The scenario:

I am setting the filename of a file in a specific schema within an arbitrary text:

current date/time_werteinschätzung_<THE CONDITIONAL TEXT>.pdf

The conditional text depends on the purpose of creating the file. it can contain either:

• the creators last name
• the name of a company
• a user input string

The workflow itself is already running with an “only when” condition so I would really like to make the evaluation not on the workflow layer but within the arbitrary text.

Is this even possible?

Thanks!

Current state:

[adamhholmes]

Just use the conditional expression directly in the text box, and use Format as text to define the text to use.

[hi_bubble]

Thanks a lot for pointing this out. This was somehow not on my mind. Works perfectly.