CAD Exam Mock Question

[SebCastro]

Hello, 

I am studying for the CAD exam and found this question on a mock exam 

Which of the following is NOT a Flow Designer feature?
• A. Run a flow from a Catalog item
• B. Call a flow from another flow or subflow
• C. Add stages to a flow
• D. Test a flow using the “Run as” feature

Which should be the right answer?

Thanks a lot in advance for your support

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Answer is D.

[Astik Thombare]

Hi @SebCastro ,

The Answer is D. Test a flow using the “Run as” feature

Here's why:

• A. Run a flow from a Catalog item: This is indeed a Flow Designer feature. You can configure flows to trigger when a user submits a specific Catalog item.
• B. Call a flow from another flow or subflow: This is another valid Flow Designer feature. You can create nested flows or call subflows within a main flow to enhance your process automation.
• C. Add stages to a flow: This is a fundamental aspect of Flow Designer. Building flows involves adding stages, which represent individual steps in your automated process.

D. Test a flow using the “Run as” feature: While testing is crucial for flow development, Flow Designer doesn't provide a built-in "Run as" feature for testing purposes.

However, ServiceNow offers a dedicated tool called Flow Test Utility specifically designed for testing flows. This utility allows you to:

• Simulate triggers and data inputs for your flow.
• Step through the flow execution one step at a time.
• Inspect variable values and flow outputs at each stage.

Therefore, while testing is essential, the specific "Run as" feature mentioned in the option is not available within Flow Designer itself.

Here are some links for further reference:

• Flow Designer Documentation: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/sandiego-application-development/page/administer/flow-designer/co...
• Flow Test Utility Documentation: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/tokyo-application-development/page/administer/flow-designer/task/...

Please mark ✅ Correct if this resolves your issue, and also mark 👍 Helpful if you find my response valuable based on its impact.

Regards,

Astik Thombare

[SebCastro]

Thanks a lot for your reply, I am confused since was my understanding that you cannot call a flow from another flow or a subflow. I know you can have a flow do something to trigger a different one but that won't count as calling it since you are not really calling it, just setting an action to create an event to trigger the other one. 

I got really confused with these questions since I came across this Exercise that points to setting Run as in a certain way to run tests 

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/courses/utah/app_store_learnv2_flowdesigner_utah_flo...

This other Community was saying flow from a flow was not possible

https://www.servicenow.com/community/belux-belgium-luxembourg-snug/call-a-flow-from-a-flow/td-p/2344....

Could you point me to some documentation that talks about nested flows? this will help me clear out the doubts since I thought B was not possible

[Aniket Chavan]

Hello @SebCastro 

I would also say " D. Test a flow using the “Run as” feature" is the right answer, since 'Run as' feature is not intended to test the flow.

Below can help you to understand the exact use of "Run as":

• Run as Property in flow designer
• Functionality of "run as" in Flow Designer
• Using Flow Designer

Let me know your views on this and Mark ✅Correct if this solves your query and also mark 👍Helpful if you find my response worthy based on the impact.

Regards,
Aniket