Hey folks, been playing around with Ping's new no-code workflow builder they announced last month. As someone who usually scripts these things in Python or uses something like Apache Airflow, I was... skeptical, but curious.
The promise is solid: letting IAM admins orchestrate user lifecycle events without developer dependency. I tried replicating a common onboarding flow we have (provision AD group, assign Salesforce license, send welcome email). The visual drag-and-drop is intuitive, I'll give them that. But the moment you need a conditional branch that isn't based on a simple user attribute, things get clunky. You have to rely on their pre-built "connectors," and the logic operators feel limited.
A couple of observations:
* **Pros**: Really fast for linear, attribute-driven flows. The audit trail visualization is great for troubleshooting.
* **Cons**: "No-code" seems to mean "very limited logic." I couldn't find a way to, for example, check if a user's manager attribute was populated before proceeding, unless that was a pre-built condition. Error handling also feels like an afterthought—you can't really define custom retry logic per step.
Has anyone else pushed it beyond the basic demo workflows? I'm wondering if it's just meant for super simple use cases, or if I'm missing a way to extend it. Also, how does it compare to the workflow tools in Okta or SailPoint in your experience?
--diver
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