New in Okta Workflows: Duplicate Cards, New Connectors and Templates

The Okta Workflows team released several new capabilities to help you build identity automation.

In this blog post:

Duplicate a card

The duplicate card option creates an exact replica of an existing card in your flow. This is helpful when creating flows that require multiple similar cards – for example, long flows with repeated functions, or flows with branching.

Click the duplicate card icon at the bottom of a card to duplicate it:

Other new features

There are two more new features:

OAuth Scopes Customization feature.
The API Connector has Client Credentials support.

OAuth Scopes Customization feature

When an Okta Workflows user (automation builder) authenticates to a connector using the OAuth 2.0 protocol, they must grant permissions for all OAuth scopes associated with the connector, regardless of whether those scopes are necessary for a specific use case. This approach often results in the creation of overly permissive connections.

When a connector supports the OAuth Scope Customization feature, users gain the flexibility to create connections tailored to their specific needs. They can limit flows to only essential actions required in a third-party application, minimizing the risk associated with overly permissive connections.

The API Connector has Client Credentials support

The API Connector function cards now support authentication using OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials.

OAuth connection with Client Credentials support.

New connectors

There are several new connectors.

Greenhouse connector.
BambooHR connector.
Darwinbox connector.

Greenhouse connector

Greenhouse is a hiring software platform that helps recruitment with tools for attracting talent, conducting interviews, and making data-driven decisions.

The Greenhouse connector has the following actions:

Action	Description
Add User Email Address	Creates an unverified email address for the specified user in Greenhouse.
List Candidates	List all of an organization’s candidates who are currently in Greenhouse.
List Users	List all of an organization’s users who are currently in Greenhouse.
Read Candidate	Retrieve a candidate’s information in Greenhouse.
Read User	Retrieve the information for a specific user in Greenhouse.
Update Candidate	Edit a candidate’s basic information in Greenhouse.
Update User	Edit a user’s basic information in Greenhouse.

Greenhouse connector actions.

BambooHR connector

The BambooHR connector provides the ability to manage employees.

Action	Description
List Employees	Retrieve a list of employees in BambooHR.
Read Employee	Read BambooHR information about a specific employee.
Update Employee	Update an employee’s fields in BambooHR.

BambooHR connector actions.

Darwinbox connector

Darwinbox is an end-to-end HR Technology solution that helps enterprises simplify HR across the entire employee lifecycle. Darwinbox is a third-party connector that was built by Darwinbox.

Action	Description
Update Email ID	Updates a user’s email address in Darwinbox.
Update User Attributes	Fetches an HR update from Darwinbox.

Darwinbox connector actions.

New templates

There are several new templates.

Template	Description
Examples of OpenAI prompts	Discover the potential of artificial intelligence with practical example prompts to help guide you through automating tasks, generating creative content, and more.
Enable a grace period for Identity Governance Access Certification	During an access certification, some organizations might allow for revoke decisions. Some campaigns implement a grace period where end users retain access to the resource before their access is revoked.
Get an Atlassian ID	Many actions supported within the Jira connector, such as creating or assigning user issues, require an Atlassian ID. You can use this helper flow to find a user’s Atlassian ID when necessary.
Identify inactive third-party users	Identifying inactive users of SaaS applications managed within Okta allows for maintaining the principle of least privilege.
Implement log streaming with Okta Workflows	This template focuses on implementing log streaming and Okta Workflows to capture specific event types from the Okta System Log. Log streaming enables the export of System Log events in near real-time to platforms like Amazon EventBridge or Splunk Cloud. You can use this functionality to monitor suspicious activity, automate responses to specific events, or troubleshoot.
Offboard Google Workspace users	This template shows how to perform several tasks in Google Workspace when offboarding a target user.
Workflows tutorials	The Okta Workflows tutorials template is a comprehensive guide designed to help you experience Okta Workflows. This resource demonstrates the automation capabilities of flows to both beginners and advanced users. Integrating this template into your Okta preview organization gives you access to sample users and a suite of flows showing the versatility and efficiency of Okta Workflows.

New Workflows templates.

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