Creating a Flow with a Trigger

When creating a new flow, if you know the circumstances under which you want the flow to activate, you can select an available trigger that will activate the flow.

Note: Once a flow is created with a trigger, you cannot edit or delete the trigger from the flow. If you are unsure of the circumstances under which the flow should be activated, use the blank flow and add the trigger(s) at a later time as needed to the flow. Also, if you create a flow with a trigger, you cannot add more triggers. If you would like multiple triggers to activate the flow, create a blank flow to begin with and add the triggers at a later time as required. Refer to Creating a Blank Flow without a Trigger section

Follow these steps if you selected Select a trigger to start from in the Create a flow dialog:

Procedure

  1. In the Select a trigger type dialog, click a trigger with which to start the flow.
    A flow gets created with the trigger you selected.
  2. Click the flow name to open the page for the flow.
  3. Click the trigger to open its properties dialog and configure the trigger properties. Refer to the appropriate section for the type of trigger that you want to create.
    The following general category triggers are available for you to select:
  4. Hover next to the trigger tile until you see the () buttons. Click the () button next to the trigger to add an activity. Continue adding activities by clicking the successive () buttons.
    After adding an activity, be sure to configure its properties by clicking on the activity tile. If one or more activities are not configured properly in a flow, the Errors button on the lower right of the page shows the number of errors in the flow. click the Errors button to see the errors.

  5. Be sure to fix the errors before proceeding.
    After you have created the flow, you can either create more flows or build the app once you are done creating all the flows you need.
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