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Log action

reference australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read log-message-flow-designer.md

Logs a message in the Workflow Studio log table sys_flow_log.

Roles and availability

Available as a Workflow Studio ServiceNow core action. Users with the flow_designer or admin role can add an action to a flow and define configuration details.

You can view the logs in the flow execution details. To learn more, see Flow execution details and Data pills.

Fields

Field	Description
Log level	Level of importance of the log message.- Error Warn Info
Log message	Message to display in the Flow log [sys_flow_log] table. Enter text or drag data pills into the field. Note: The Workflow Studio design environment only supports entering 255 characters of text for a log message. The length limitation only applies to text entered directly into the input. Data pill values can exceed 255 characters in length. You can log values greater than 255 characters long by using either a data pill value or calling the GlideSystem - log(String message, String source) method from a script.

Field

Description

Log level

Level of importance of the log message.- Error

Warn
Info

Log message

Message to display in the Flow log [sys_flow_log] table. Enter text or drag data pills into the field. Note: The Workflow Studio design environment only supports entering 255 characters of text for a log message. The length limitation only applies to text entered directly into the input. Data pill values can exceed 255 characters in length. You can log values greater than 255 characters long by using either a data pill value or calling the GlideSystem - log(String message, String source) method from a script.

## General guidelines

Test your flow to ensure it generates useful logging information

Test your flow and review its execution details. Make sure that the log action stores useful data.
Use data pills to log dynamic data

Add one or more data pills to your Log action to store dynamically generated values. Make sure that the data pills come from actions and flow logic that have run before the Log action.

Parent Topic:Workflow Studio actions

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title: Log action
description: Logs a message in the Workflow Studio log table sys\_flow\_log.
locale: en-US
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product: Workflow Studio
classification: workflow-studio
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Actions, Flows, subflows, and actions reference, Flows, subflows, and actions, Workflow Studio, Build workflows]
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# Log action

Logs a message in the Workflow Studio log table sys\_flow\_log.

## Roles and availability

Available as a Workflow Studio ServiceNow core action. Users with the flow\_designer or admin role can add an action to a flow and define configuration details.

You can view the logs in the flow execution details. To learn more, see [Flow execution details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/flow-execution-details.md) and [Data pills](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/data-population.md).

## Fields

<table id="table_fzt_n55_3cb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Log level

</td><td>

Level of importance of the log message.-   Error
-   Warn
-   Info

</td></tr><tr><td>

Log message

</td><td>

Message to display in the Flow log \[sys\_flow\_log\] table. Enter text or drag data pills into the field. **Note:** The Workflow Studio design environment only supports entering 255 characters of text for a log message. The length limitation only applies to text entered directly into the input. Data pill values can exceed 255 characters in length. You can log values greater than 255 characters long by using either a data pill value or calling the GlideSystem - log\(String message, String source\) method from a script.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## General guidelines

-   **Test your flow to ensure it generates useful logging information**

    Test your flow and review its execution details. Make sure that the log action stores useful data.

-   **Use data pills to log dynamic data**

    Add one or more data pills to your Log action to store dynamically generated values. Make sure that the data pills come from actions and flow logic that have run before the Log action.


**Parent Topic:**[Workflow Studio actions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/flow-actions.md)