# Use runtime user connections in recipe functions

This guide provides information on how to use Runtime user connections in Recipe functions.

# Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following privileges before you begin:

  • Create/edit Recipes
  • View/edit Runtime user connections
  • Create/edit Connections

# Create a recipe function

1

Go to your account and create a new Recipe function. The recipe must use the Recipe functions - New function call trigger.

2

Add steps and actions. You can choose whether to use runtime user connections or the default recipe connection when selecting app connections for your actions.

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3

Save and test the recipe.


# Call the recipe and swap connections

You must define how recipes use the recipe from Step 1's runtime user connections:

1

Create a new recipe or open an existing recipe.

2

Click + (plus) and select Action in an app.

3

Go to the App tab and select the Recipe function by Workato app.

5

Go the Recipe to call field and select the recipe you created in Step 1.

6

Go to the Connection overrides section and configure the connections you plan to use at runtime.

7

Click Save.


# What's next?


Last updated: 7/21/2025, 11:22:23 PM