How to Reactivate a Deactivated Read-Only OOB Flow in Flow Designer (Change - Normal - Authorize)?
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05-29-2025 03:07 AM
Hi Community,
In my ServiceNow DEV instance, I accidentally deactivated the out-of-the-box (OOB) flow called Change - Normal - Authorize in Flow Designer. Since it's a read-only OOB artifact, I no longer have the option to activate it again via the UI.
Has anyone encountered this before?
How do I reactivate a deactivated read-only OOB flow ?
Appreciate any guidance or best practices to restore this flow.
Tried Solution ->
Imported TEST Instance : XML to DEV Instance but it skipped the record as the Flow-Designer is Read-Only.
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05-29-2025 07:26 AM
Navigate to sys_hub_flow.list and see if you can activate it via that table view. If not, you may need to clone it and activate the clone. Hope that helps.
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05-29-2025 07:38 AM
Hi @RitvikP
Agree with @BrianProvencher way if not work then clone or try to log a now support case and team can help you.
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