Access subflow name like an environment variable?

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Hello,

maybe I'm missing something here... I've created a subflow with environment variables, which I can set when placing the subflow in the mainflow:
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In this case I can use ${Test} inside the subflow with no problem. But how do I access the Name-Property (should expand to "MyName" in the example above)?! I can't get this to work, is it possible or do I need an additional enviornment name to accomplish what I want?

Thanks in advance!

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You cannot access the name property. You can only access the environment variables you've defined on the subflow.

But you do raise an interesting point that we should consider.

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Could you set 'Test' up as an object and pass in the name too - something like {"MyName";"MyVariable"} - I have no idea if this will work or if it is feasible, just a thought....

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@knolleary Thank you! Atleast I know now, that I'm not doing something wrong here :slight_smile: Maybe this can be added in a future release.

@zenofmud Yes, I added an additional property (something like NODE_NAME) and currently type in the node name twice (as "Name" and as "NODE_NAME"), works fine, but would be easier to have access to the name property :wink: Thanks for your suggestion.