Flow designer as Scheduled Job

[JohnnySnow]

Hi Team,

I've created a flow which has the trigger set as below, this would essentially work as a scheduled job.

However, I was wondering if there is any easier way of executing this flow on-demand, like the option "Execute Now" in scheduled job.

[RohitRR]

Hi Jonney,

I would recommend you to create Flow custom action instead of Scheduled Flow Designer(Trigger as Daily). You can trigger the action using script.

Many thanks,

Uday Gadiparthi

[Runjay Patel]

Hi @JohnnySnow ,

You can use below script to execute the flow manually.

sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('global.flowName', inputs);

You can use this in UI action to trigger anytime while clicking on button.

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[Sohail Khilji]

Hi @JohnnySnow ,

if you already have a long flow created i would recommend using scheduled script to call the flow to execute on demand.

The below function will allow you to kick the flow ondemand on a scheduled script with execute now button.

sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow();

else:

if your starting of then i would recommend to use scheduled job instead, because Flow do not have option to trigger it ondemand.