---
alias: user-guide-automation-business-scenarios-building-structure-step-script
tags:
- automation
- connect iot
description: "Executes scripts within a system, offering advanced functionality for data manipulation and actions"
---

# Script

Executes a script. This step is helpful to retrieve information, perform transformations or execute actions in the system. This step requires more advanced knowledge from the scenario builder.

| Name   | Description                                                                                                                                                      | Mandatory | Type                 | Possible Values | Default Value |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ------------- |
| script | Script to execute. When a string, it is expected to be encoded in Base64. When a string array, it is expected to be the code, one line per position of the array | Y         | `String`, `String[]` |                 |               |

## Available Scope

| Property           | Description                                                                                                                                 | Type                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| answers            | List of all answers provided by the user so far. The script has full access to the list, allowing it to read, change, add or remove answers | `Object`                                                                                                                                                                        |
| stepDefinition     | Representation of the step where the script is executing. Cannot be changed.                                                                | [[user-guide-automation-business-scenarios-building-structure-step|BusinessScenarioStep]]                                                                                                                                             |
| lboUtilities       | A set of utilities available to use to manipulate or invoke the light business objects.                                                     | [LBOUtilities](script-scopes/lboutilities.md)              |
| iotUtilities       | A set of utilities available to use to manipulate or invoke the light business objects.                                                     | [IoTUtilities](script-scopes/iotutilities.md)              |
| masterdataDirector | A set of utilities available to use to create masterdata objects.                                                                           | [MasterDataDirector](script-scopes/masterdatadirector.md) |
| workflowBuilder    | A set of utilities available to use to create workflow objects.                                                                             | [WorkflowBuilder](script-scopes/workflowbuilder.md)        |

!!! info
    Information for the scope types for this step is available from the navigation menu on the left.

## Example snippets

```json
{
    "type": "Script",
    "settings": {
        "script": [
            "console.log('Hello World');",
            "// Dump all previous answers",
            "console.log(this.answers);",
            "this.answers.newAnswer = 'new Value';",
        ]
    },
    "next": "NextStep"
}
```

```json
{
    "type": "Script",
    "settings": {
        "script": "Y29uc29sZS5sb2coJ0hlbGxvIFdvcmxkJyk7Ci8vIER1bXAgYWxsIHByZXZpb3VzIGFuc3dlcnMKY29uc29sZS5sb2codGhpcy5hbnN3ZXJzKTsKdGhpcy5hbnN3ZXJzLm5ld0Fuc3dlciA9ICduZXcgVmFsdWUnOw=="
    },
    "next": "NextStep"
}
```