The Switch group of actions
The Switch group of actions is used when a flow's next steps depend on the value of a specific variable. Let’s clarify this with an example.
The following flow retrieves a list of all the files in the Documents folder, and produces a file count based on 3 types of filenames: those containing the word Payments, those containing the word Employees, and those containing the word Schedule. A message containing the file counts is then displayed on the screen for the user to review.
First, we will retrieve the path to the Documents folder, retrieve all the files inside, and initialize four variables to act as file counters:
Because the files located in the Documents folder are stored in a list, we will use a For Each loop to iterate through each file:
Now, each file must be checked for the required keywords. To achieve this, we will use a Switch action:
Next, we will add the alternative cases, using Case actions. The Contains comparison is used, since filenames may contain more characters than our keywords:
Eventually, the flow should look like this:
We will also add an unconditional alternative, in case some files contain none of our keywords:
Inside each case, we will increase the respective counter variable; finally, we will add a message box to be displayed:
