Manual Runs: allow me to pick the previous output
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Description
Something is missing from the manual runs component: the ability to use the previous output (of the workflow or the previous step, depending on what you're running) as an input
This is critical to manually triggering Cron workflows.
I think as well we need an easy option to just re-use the last input? You can get this from the Existing tab menu but it takes a few clicks and some hunting.
See the discussion at https://github.com/OpenFn/lightning/issues/3118#issuecomment-2919761721
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Research direction
Start with the manual runs component and review the discussion linked from issue 3292, especially the referenced comment in issue 3118. Clarify whether the change should support the previous workflow output, the previous step output, and reusing the last input; done means these inputs are available through an obvious manual-run option.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- elixir
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 35/100