Action Summaries

Save Result Action

This Action saves the result from the previous Action. Saved results can be opened and passed back into a Workflow using the Open Result Action.  By default, within a particular Workflow, a saved result is only accessible to other Actions below the Save Result Action. However, a saved result can be made accessible to all Workflows and Actions by globalizing it. Items passed into this Action are returned as the output. See 'The ins and outs of Global Saved Results' for more information.

This Action accepts and saves Files/Folders and URLs data types.

Open Result Action

This Action opens a saved result and passes it to the next Action. Input into this Action is optional. Providing they are of the same data type, any items passed into an Open Result Action can be combined with the saved result or removed from it.

This Action accepts and opens Files/Folders and URLs data types.

Resave Result Action

This Action resaves the result passed from the previous Action into any saved result that has already been saved in the Workflow or into any global saved result. The same items that were passed into this Action are returned as the output.

This Action accepts and resaves Files/Folders and URLs data types.

Remove Missing Finder Items

This Action removes missing Finder items from the result passed by the previous Action. This Action can be set to stop if all Finder items are removed. The output from this Action is either the found files or the missing files from the result passed by the previous Action. Use this Action in combination with the Open Result Action to filter saved results of missing or moved files.

This Action accepts and returns the Files/Folders data type.

New Folder Inside Result Folder Action

This Action creates a new folder at the location (file path) of the first folder found in a saved result (see What is a Result Folder?). If a folder already exists with the same name as the new folder, a number is appended to the name of the new folder. The result passed from the previous Action can be copied, moved into the new folder, or ignored. The output from this Action can be:

• a reference to the new folder,
• a reference to the copied or moved items inside the new folder, or
• the result from the previous Action.

This Action accepts the Files/Folders data type.

Copy Finder Items to Result Folder Action

This Action copies the result from the previous Action to the location (file path) of the first folder found in a saved result (see What is a Result Folder?). The copied items will either replace an existing file or folder or have a number appended to their file name.  The output from this Action can either be a reference to the copied items or the passed items from the previous Action.

This Action accepts the Files/Folders data type.

Move Finder Items to Result Folder Action

This Action copies the result from the previous Action to the location (file path) of the first folder found in a saved result (see What is a Result Folder?). The moved items will either replace an existing file or have a number appended to their file name.  The output from this Action can either be a reference to the moved items or the passed items from the previous Action.

This Action accepts the Files/Folders data type.

Stop if Result is Empty Action

This Action stops the Workflow from continuing if a saved result does not contain any items. Input into this Action is optional and can be of any data type. The same items that were passed into this Action are returned as the output.

This Action accepts any data type.

Get Common Folder Action

This Action returns the first common folder found in the result passed from the previous Action (see What is the First Common Folder?). This Action can be set to stop if a common folder cannot be determined.

This Action accepts the Files/Folders data type.

Limit Result Action

This Action returns to the next Action a limited number of items from the result of the previous Action. This Action can be set to stop if the result passed from the previous Action is less than the limit.

This Action accepts and returns Files/Folders and URLs data types.

Instruction Action

This Action displays an instruction within the Workflow. The instruction is a HTML document located on a web server that is downloaded and displayed within the Workflow. This Action accepts a primary URL and an optional secondary URL for the location of the instruction page. The same items that were passed into this Action are returned as the output.

This Action accepts any data type.

AWA Manager Action

This Action is used to manage global saved results and to register and activate the Automator Workflow Additions Actions. Management functions include viewing and removing global saved results and removing the contents of a global saved result. This Action should not be included in a Workflow.