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Dynamic connections
10 min
this feature is available to enterprise customers a dynamic connection is a variable that contains a connection it allows you to choose which connection a module uses in a scenario run imagine that your company uses gmail to communicate with clients and prospects each team member has their own gmail account and is responsible for a specific region you have a scenario in make that sends emails to prospects or deals, and you want those emails to be sent from the gmail account of the team member responsible for the region without the dynamic connection, you can add a router and set up filters for each region and manager, and manually select the connection in each module with the dynamic connection, however, you can group several connections into one variable when you run a scenario, you can select which account will be used within the scenario inputs this is particularly useful for complex scenarios with multiple modules and users instead of going through each module one by one to select the required connection or creating multiple scenarios, you can simply define which connection to use through the scenario inputs create a {{scenario singular lowercase}} with a dynamic connection to create a {{scenario singular lowercase}} with a dynamic connection, you have to assign a connection to build the {{scenario singular lowercase}} {{product name}} calls the initial connection as the "build time value " when you finish the {{scenario singular lowercase}} , you can assign a different connection to the dynamic connection anytime go to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} and select an app module click the three dots next to create connection , and then click create a dynamic connection in the dynamic connection name field, type the name of the connection set the build time value for the dynamic connection in the build time value , choose an existing connection or click add or create new connection to create a new connection in case of creating a new connection, enter a name for the connection in the connection name field of the emerging window click save grant {{product name}} access to your dropbox account click save you have set the build time value for the dynamic connection you can see the connection in the build time value field then, select whether you want to use the build time connection as the default or not {{product name}} uses the default value to run the {{scenario singular lowercase}} you will be able to select a different connection when you run the {{scenario singular lowercase}} on demand optional in the default value field, y ou can select the default connection that will be used when a dynamic connection is selected to create a new connection that will be set as the default value, click add and follow the steps to create a connection you can set the default value for the dynamic connection in the scenario inputs interface as well in the scenario builder toolbar, click scenario inputs and outputs expand the input to see the default value field set the default if you don't provide a default value for the dynamic connection, you can schedule the scenario to on demand only click save you created a dynamic connection now you can continue configuring the module you can find your dynamic connections in in the build time value tab, you can also see the dynamic connection with the connection it's using in the build time value tab, you can also see the dynamic connection with the connection it's using run a {{scenario singular lowercase}} with a dynamic connection a dynamic connection is like a variable or a container for connections, which is empty until you assign a connection to it thus, to run a {{scenario singular lowercase}} with a dynamic connection, you have to assign a connection to it or use a default you can either create a new dynamic connection or use an existing one use an existing dynamic connection to run a {{scenario singular lowercase}} with a dynamic connection, use the {{scenario singular lowercase}} inputs in {{scenario singular lowercase}} inputs, assign a connection to the dynamic connection for your {{scenario singular lowercase}} run or use the default to run your {{scenario singular lowercase}} on schedule, you have to provide a default for your dynamic connections {{product name}} uses the default connection in scheduled {{scenario singular lowercase}} runs go to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} click run once a {{scenario singular lowercase}} inputs window appears you can either set up a new connection or use an existing connection click ok {{product name}} runs the {{scenario singular lowercase}} with the selected connections update a dynamic connection compared to other connections, dynamic connections are flexible and can change the value they contain for example, you might want to assign a different connection to the dynamic connection with each {{scenario singular lowercase}} run this might be practical when you want to frequently use different credentials in the {{scenario singular lowercase}} another option is to update just the default for the dynamic connection for scheduled {{scenario singular lowercase}} runs you can update a dynamic connection docid\ l9gc1xfkueukw x qjrpz /#update dynamic connections in the inputs update dynamic connections in the module settings to update a dynamic connection in the module settings open the connections dropdown list in the app module and find the dynamic connection you want to edit click edit next, you can change the dynamic connection name (optional) in the build time value dropdown list, select the connection you want to assign to the dynamic connection click add , if you want to create a new connection click save you have updated the dynamic connection when the {{scenario singular lowercase}} runs, the dynamic connection will use the connection you assigned update dynamic connections in the {{scenario singular lowercase}} inputs to update a dynamic connection in the scenario inputs go to the {{scenario singular lowercase}} in which you want to update the dynamic connection in the scenario builder toolbar, click scenario inputs and outputs switch to the build time value tab click edit in the dropdown list, select another connection you want to assign to the dynamic connection click add if you want to create a new connection click save you have updated the dynamic connection when the {{scenario singular lowercase}} runs, the dynamic connection will use the connection you assigned delete a dynamic connection to delete a dynamic connection go to the {{scenario singular lowercase}} in which you want to delete the dynamic connection in the scenario builder toolbar, click scenario inputs and outputs in the scenario inputs tab, click the delete icon next to the dynamic connection click save you have deleted your dynamic connection