Switch cannot output data I want

[nervus70]

Hello Everyone

I’d like to create a switch that allows me to redirect to a sub-workflow.
This sub-workflow needs to receive multiple pieces of data.

Unfortunately, when a rule in the switch matches, it only sends the matched value as data.
That’s obviously completely insufficient for my sub-workflow, which requires additional data like a the initial prompt I need in my subworkflow.

The weird thing is that in the fallback, I do get this data —
but of course I can’t trigger my workflow through the fallback; that makes no sense, it’s not what I want.
Why does the fallback contain this data, but the output data of the matching case does not?

It seems there’s no way to configure the switch to send more than just the matched value.
This feels completely a non-sense — and it’s currently blocking me.

I’ve tried several strategies using if-else, but I keep running into the same limitation.
Honestly, it seems absurd that such a simple thing isn’t possible.

In the screenshot I would like to have the $json.text value in the output data. But not able to do that.

Thank you!

[mohamed3nan]

Hello @nervus70

@nervus70

In the screenshot I would like to have the $json.text value in the output data. But not able to do that.

Actually, the switch will return all outputs once the rule is true.

But in your case, the issue is with the merge node, which outputs 2 items instead of 1

Probably the output from one branch and text from another.

So, use the merge in combine mode and Combine By All Possible Combinations to get a single item that contains both branches..

If that’s not the case, please share the workflow in more detail so the picture becomes clearer..

[nervus70]

Ok the issue was the merge node, I did not know that I had to combine data. It makes sense.
Thank you very much