Glossary

Plain-language definitions of the words you'll meet in Dazyflow and in the Step catalog. New here? Read How Dazyflow works first — it ties these together.

App

An outside service you connect to Dazyflow — Gmail, Klarna, Slack, Fortnox, and so on. You set one up once on the Apps page; then any flow can use it. See also Connection.

Branch

A step that sends your flow down one of two paths — "Yes" or "No" — based on a yes/no value. Pair it with Compare to decide which way to go. Like a fork in the road.

CEL / expression

CEL ("Common Expression Language") is a small, safe formula language — think of an Excel formula. You use it in a few steps to compute a value from your data, e.g. row.price * 1.25 or row.age >= 18. You don't need it for most flows.

Compare

A step that checks two values (is A greater than B? does A contain B?) and gives back a yes/no answer, usually fed into a Branch.

Connection

Your saved login for an app — the sign-in or key it needs. It's stored separately from your flows and kept hidden, so credentials never appear inside a flow you might share or export.

Cron / schedule

A way to say "run this on a timetable" — every day at 09:00, every Monday, every 15 minutes. You pick it with a simple schedule editor; behind the scenes it's stored as a short code called a cron expression (you rarely need to see it).

Data / data record

Structured information with named fields — like one row of a spreadsheet, or an object such as {name: "Ada", email: "ada@shop.se"}. Many steps pass data between each other. A list of data is many rows.

Draft

A flow that hasn't been published yet. Drafts don't run on their own, so you can build and test safely. Publish when you're ready to go live.

E.164

The international standard way to write a phone number, with a country code and no spaces — e.g. +46701234567. The Phone step converts local numbers (like 070-123 45 67) into this format so SMS steps accept them.

Flow

Your automation: a set of steps connected in order that Dazyflow runs for you from start to finish. The central thing you build in Dazyflow.

For each / loop

A step that takes a list and runs the same actions once for every item in it — e.g. send one email per row. Use it whenever an earlier step gives you many things and the next step handles one at a time.

Header (HTTP)

Extra information attached to a web request that isn't the main content — things like who sent it or what format it's in. Mostly relevant when connecting to other systems.

HMAC

A way to prove a message really came from who it claims to, using a shared secret key. You'll only meet it when integrating with systems that "sign" their requests; ignore it otherwise.

Input

A value a step needs to do its job. You can connect an input from an earlier step's output, or type it in as a setting.

JSON

A common text format for structured data — used when talking to other systems. Dazyflow can read it into rows and write it back out; you rarely have to write it by hand.

List

Many values at once — e.g. all the rows from a spreadsheet, or every new email. The catalog writes this as "list of …". To act on each item, use a For each loop.

Output

What a step produces when it finishes — the result it hands to the next step. You connect an output into the next step's input.

Poll / polling

Checking an outside service on a timer to see if something new has happened — e.g. "look at Fortnox every few minutes for a newly paid invoice." A common way to start a flow when the service can't notify Dazyflow directly.

Port

A connection point on a step — the sockets you draw lines between. Inputs are ports on the way in; outputs are ports on the way out.

Publish

Turning a draft into a live flow. Once published, its trigger is active and the flow runs on its own.

Regular expression (regex)

A pattern for finding or pulling text out of other text — e.g. "every number" or "anything that looks like an invoice id". Powerful but fiddly; only needed for advanced text work.

Retry

Trying a failed step again. Steps that are safe to retry are re-tried automatically by Dazyflow; steps that run once (like sending money) are not, so nothing happens twice by accident.

Row

One record of data — like a single line in a spreadsheet. A list of rows is a table.

Run

One execution of a flow. The Runs page lists them and shows what each step did, so you can check results or find a problem.

Secret

A sensitive value — a password, an API key — stored safely and hidden. Flows refer to a secret by name (e.g. ${secret.MY_KEY}) instead of containing the value itself.

Setting

A value you type directly on a step (as opposed to connecting it from an earlier step). Good for values that don't change between runs.

Step

A single instruction in a flow — send an email, look up an order, filter a list. You connect steps together to build a flow. (Some older text calls these "nodes".)

Timezone (IANA)

The named region used to interpret times — e.g. Europe/Stockholm. Setting it makes "every day at 09:00" mean 9am your time, not UTC.

Trigger

The step that starts a flow — on a schedule, when a webhook arrives, when an app event happens, or when you press Run.

Webhook

A web address Dazyflow gives your flow so other systems (or its built-in form) can start it by sending it data. Used when something should kick off the flow the moment it happens.

Wire / connect

Drawing a line from one step's output to the next step's input, so the value flows through. The heart of building a flow.

Workspace

A container for your flows, files, and connections — like a folder for one project or team. Your account can have more than one.

Yes/no

A true-or-false value, used to make decisions. Compare produces one; Branch acts on it.