Execution Plan vs Workflow vs Flow

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David Christian
Kilo Guru

‎11-29-2018 06:12 AM

In the London release I noticed that there are some improvements to execution plans.  In the past I know execution plans was more for ServiceNow Express (I might have called that the wrong thing. It is the light weight version) users.  Is this still true?  In London what is the difference or comparison between Execution Plans vs Workflow vs Flow?

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Brad Tilton
ServiceNow Employee
ServiceNow Employee

‎11-29-2018 06:17 AM

Execution plans are not as powerful or flexible as workflows, and cannot be designed using a graphical editor. Execution plans are useful in some circumstances, for example, if you want to build your processes programmatically or through imports. ServiceNow recommends using workflows for request fulfillment processes.

Workflows give you more flexibility in being able to runs processes in parallel, call other workflows, using complex if statements, etc. Execution plans are better for simple processes involving sequential tasks.

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Brad Tilton
ServiceNow Employee
ServiceNow Employee

‎11-29-2018 06:17 AM

Execution plans are not as powerful or flexible as workflows, and cannot be designed using a graphical editor. Execution plans are useful in some circumstances, for example, if you want to build your processes programmatically or through imports. ServiceNow recommends using workflows for request fulfillment processes.

Workflows give you more flexibility in being able to runs processes in parallel, call other workflows, using complex if statements, etc. Execution plans are better for simple processes involving sequential tasks.