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Calling recipe's connection - How to access the connection ID/name inside the function?

saraiva — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:04:34 GMT

Hello,

Here's the scenario:

I have two tenants of a certain application that I can integrate with. They're similar in everything, only store different data - hence I have Connection_1 and Connection_2.
I'm building CRUD recipe functions and other useful functions for that application. Let's say I have function Foo and function Bar.
All recipe functions' connections are using "Calling recipe's connection" (see image).

This enables caller to provide a connection ID/name to select between Connection_1 or Connection_2 (see image).

Function Foo (parent) calls function Bar (child).
I would expect that I could call Bar (child) with the same Connection ID/Name, however, apparently there's no way to access the connection ID/Name that was used to call the parent.

Can you confirm this? Or am I missing something?

If it's really not possible, this really sucks. -.-''

Thanks for your time!

Re: Calling recipe's connection - How to access the connection ID/name inside the function?

saraiva — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:06:54 GMT

I have a workaround, but it's really silly, which is to add an input parameter "Connection ID" to the parent function, so I can then use that "Connection ID" to call the child function.

Re: Calling recipe's connection - How to access the connection ID/name inside the function?

gary1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:41:59 GMT

This is the way.

Re: Calling recipe's connection - How to access the connection ID/name inside the function?

saraiva — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:53:44 GMT

Bah!... -.-''

That's so ugly and error prone.

Time to open a ticket with Workato to suggest such "feature".

Re: Calling recipe's connection - How to access the connection ID/name inside the function?

saraiva — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:57:55 GMT

Looks like someone already suffered with the same.
Please go and upvote on the idea here: https://ideas.workato.com/app/#/case/516376?currentProductId=caf1efdf-1d7e-4b7b-aeb9-28e4b0f4b25c&cpid=ae367ce2-016d-4f78-98ed-3cb48015b15d