Filter and organize records
Filter
Keeps only the records that match a condition and drops the rest.
Nodes › LogicOpen in Neblex
- Good for
- Letting only relevant records through
- Role
- Works on the records in a flow
- Find it in
- Nodes › Logic
When to use it
- Only some records matter downstream, such as open tickets or orders above an amount.
- You want to remove irrelevant records early so later steps do less work.
Reach for something else when
Branching, merging & loopsWhen different records should take different paths; use conditions on the connecting lines.Assert Data QualityWhen bad data should stop the run rather than be dropped quietly.
Example
How it works
- Settings
- Condition: Field, Operator, Value (see Conditions).
- Output
- The matching records, unchanged.
- Example
- Field
status, equals,open.
Add it to a flow
- Open the flow from Build › Workflows.
- Open Nodes and find Filter under Logic, or search for it. Click it or drag it onto the canvas.
- Drag from the previous step's output handle to its input, then open its settings with ✎ Edit.
- Run the flow and click the step to see the records it received and produced.
More in Filter and organize records
SortOrders records by a field, ascending or descending.Nodes › LogicKeep first NPasses on only the first records, up to the number you set.Nodes › LogicRemove duplicatesRemoves repeated records, or tags them for review, using exact, fuzzy or phonetic matching.Nodes › LogicSplitTurns one record that holds a list into one record per list item.Nodes › LogicGroup into batchesPacks records into groups of a fixed size, so one call can carry many records.Nodes › LogicMerge by keyCombines records that share a key into a single record.Nodes › Logic