Inject Data (obsolete)

Audience: Low-code Engineers

Skill Prerequisites: Actions, Tokens

Adds tokens to the current execution. Each row has a Name and a Value. The value can mix text and tokens, and it's evaluated once when the action runs. Later actions can use the result, for example [FullName].

caution

This action is obsolete. Use Create/Update Tokens instead. Existing Inject Data actions still work, but new applications shouldn't use it. See Migrating to Create/Update Tokens.

Typical Use Cases

• Understand or maintain an existing application that already uses it
• Migrate an existing action to Create/Update Tokens

Don't use it to

• Build anything new. Use Create/Update Tokens, which lets you reorder rows, replace tokens more than once and use tokens in names.
• Keep data for a later request, such as the next submit. Tokens only exist for the current execution.

Related Actions

Action Name	Description
Create/Update Tokens	The replacement. Sets one or more tokens from expressions.
Execute Token (Obsolete)	Another obsolete action replaced by Create/Update Tokens.
Run SQL Query	Runs SQL and saves the result in tokens.

Input Parameter Reference

Parameter	Description	Supports Tokens	Default	Required
Data	A list of rows, each with a Name and a Value. The value is the expression to evaluate, for example [FirstName] [LastName]. Tokens in the value are replaced once. Rows with an empty name are skipped.	Yes (Value)	empty list	No

Output Parameters Reference

Parameter	Description
Data (Name)	Each row's Name becomes a token that holds the evaluated Value. Use it as [Name] in later actions.

Considerations

• Existing tokens are overwritten. If a token with the same name already exists, its value is replaced. Names aren't case-sensitive.
• Each name is used once. If two rows have the same name, only the lower row's value is used.
• Rows can't be reordered. Create/Update Tokens has ordering, so you can control which row runs first.
• Tokens are replaced once. If the result contains more tokens, they stay as text.
• Type the name without brackets. Enter FullName, not [FullName]. Tokens in names aren't replaced.

Migrating to Create/Update Tokens

Replace each Inject Data action with a Create/Update Tokens action:

Inject Data	Create/Update Tokens
Data, Name	Token Name of a row in Tokens
Data, Value	Token Value of the same row
(tokens replaced once)	Number of Recursions set to 1 (the default)
(no tokens in names)	Tokenize Token Names unchecked (the default)

Examples

tip

To understand how to use the below examples, please see Running Examples.

1. Set a full name and a default status (obsolete)

This action sets [FullName] from two tokens and sets [Status] to New.

{
    "Title": "Inject Data (obsolete)",
    "ActionType": "InjectData",
    "Description": "Set the full name and the default status",
    "Parameters": {
        "Data": [
            {
                "name": "FullName",
                "value": "[FirstName] [LastName]"
            },
            {
                "name": "Status",
                "value": "New"
            }
        ]
    }
}

2. The same action with Create/Update Tokens

This is the recommended replacement for example 1. It gives the same results.

{
    "Title": "Create/Update Tokens",
    "ActionType": "ApplyTokens",
    "Description": "Set the full name and the default status",
    "Parameters": {
        "Tokens": [
            {
                "name": "FullName",
                "value": "[FirstName] [LastName]"
            },
            {
                "name": "Status",
                "value": "New"
            }
        ],
        "RecursionCount": "1"
    }
}

Revised 09/26/2026