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title: If Conditional 
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-3-0/if-conditional
description: Learn how to effectively use the "if" condition in your workflow by leveraging the ExclusiveGateway statement. Follow our detailed instructions to easily set the condition in your workflow, including entering the condition name and selecting the suitable 
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createdAt: 2022-08-02T15:36:59.000Z
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If desired, the **if **condition can be used by making a comparison of the value of the output with the **ExclusiveGateway** statement.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/0qvA4WYqo5G0fzV5Ib9AZ_image.png "If Conditional")

For example, a workflow has been created in the figure below. There is a CLI Task in the first step with its output parameter. In the second step, the condition is executed according to the result of the output parameter.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/fIXeD0vAP92mB00XoGEr6_image.png "If Conditional ")

1. Click** connect tool**.
2. The **Propertiesn **tab is displayed to the right of the screen.
3. Enter the condition information.
4. Enter the condition name in the Name field
5. Select **Expression** from the Condition Type drop-down menu
6. Enter the conditional into the Expression field.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/cbeDokFzclk9Op5aeZ2EW_image.png "-If Conditional")

The Expression field type must be in JavaScript. **hostname **is the output parameter of the previous step.

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![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/wwzVRqwoXQ5DRM5iugbqN_image.png "If Conditional")