---
alias: user-guide-automation-workflow-edit-json
tags:
- connect iot
description: "Modify existing automation workflow JSON code through a straightforward editing process"
---

# Edit Automation Workflow JSON

:lock: AutomationWorkflow.**Edit**

## Overview

This operation is used to edit and download the JSON code behind an existing **Automation Workflow**.  

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Automation Workflow** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

1. Accessing the Edit JSON Automation Workflow can be done by pressing the **Edit JSON** button on the top ribbon.
2. Select the color that will be used in the export process.
3. The user can optionally select whether to *Download* the code in a JSON file or to *Copy* the code to the clipboard for later usage.
4. Press **OK** to complete the editing process. The **Automation Workflow** will change accordingly.

![edit_json_automation_workflow][edit_json_automation_workflow]

[edit_json_automation_workflow]: images/edit_json_automation_workflow.png