OKTA Workflows and Automation Flashcards

An Okta administrator wants to automatically send a Slack message whenever a new user is added to the 'Finance' group. What Workflow component should initiate this?

Answer: A Group Membership Added event trigger

The 'User Added to Group' (Group Membership Added) event trigger fires whenever a user is added to a group, enabling the Slack notification action to follow.

What is the role of the 'Okta' connector in Okta Workflows?

Answer: It provides pre-built action and event cards for the Okta platform

The Okta connector in Workflows includes a library of pre-built action cards (e.g., Create User, Assign App) and event trigger cards specific to the Okta platform.

A Flow in Okta Workflows is triggered by a scheduled timer. Which card type enables this?

Answer: Scheduled Flow card

The Scheduled Flow trigger card allows a Flow to run automatically at defined intervals (e.g., daily, weekly) without needing an external event.

How can an Okta Workflow Flow receive data from an external system via HTTP?

Answer: By using an API Endpoint trigger to expose a webhook URL

An API Endpoint trigger exposes a unique HTTPS URL that external systems can POST data to, initiating the Workflow Flow with the supplied payload.

Which of the following best describes 'Flow History' in Okta Workflows?

Answer: A record of past Flow executions including inputs, outputs, and errors

Flow History provides a detailed execution log for each Flow run, showing each card's input/output values and any errors that occurred.

What Okta Workflows feature allows administrators to pass data from a parent Flow to a Helper Flow?

Answer: Input/Output parameters on Helper Flows

Helper Flows define named Input parameters that receive values from the parent Flow, and Output parameters that return results back to the caller.