Contains Text Step

The Contains Text step checks if one piece of text is inside another. You can use this to check data or control how your process runs.

How to Use the Contains Text Step

Use this step to look for text within a variable.

Step 1: Add the Contains Text Step

1. Drag the Contains Text step into your process.
2. (Optional) Give the step a different name in the Step name field.

Step 2: Set Up Input Parameters

Source text variable (Required)

• This is the variable that holds the text you want to search through.
• Example: A variable called emailBody that has the full text of an email.

Text to contain (Required)

• This is the specific text you are looking for.
• You can type in the text directly or use an existing variable.
• Example: The words "invoice number" or a variable called keyword.

Use regex (Required)

• Choose T (True) if you want to use a regular expression for your search.
• Choose F (False) if you are looking for an exact text match. This is the default.
• Regular expressions let you match more complex patterns.

Step 3: Define Output Parameter

Contains (Required)

• This is a new or existing True/False variable.
• It will store the search result:
  • True if the "Text to contain" is found in the "Source text variable".
  • False if the "Text to contain" is not found.
• Example: A variable called foundKeyword.

Parameters Explained

Step name (Optional)

• A custom name for this step in your process.

Source text variable (Required)

• The text variable where the search will happen.

Text to contain (Required)

• The text or variable you want to find.

Use regex (Required)

• T (True): Turns on regular expression matching.
• F (False): Does an exact text search. This is the default.

Contains (Required)

• A True/False variable that stores True or False based on the search result.

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