Detour to more than two paths based on incoming data

[jeeva_ganesan]

Hi All,

Here is a requirement which I am struggling to get hold of for a while now, I will have different set of record on each segment. I want to have macro which handles all the different possible sets of records. Each set of record has to be handled in different approach. So I have different workflow for each now. But I am trying to build a single macro which identifies which path it has to go in the macro and process it.

If I use detour tool, which path the data has to take in the workflow has to be decided from value of a variable in the incoming data. I am not sure how we can programmatically change the flag in detour based on value from incoming data.

If I use multiple filters to use multiple routes, my incoming data may be processed in any route, so how do I output them ? I cannot union the output of multiple filters to be a macro output, because each path will have different output fields. 

Let me know if its not clear. I can try to explain it further.

Thanks.

[Aamir · Accepted solution]

You can embed a detour tool within a macro and adjust whether it goes left or right using a control parameter.

See attached example for a simple workflow that dynamically outputs left or right depending on the input value