How to call Flow Action method from UI Builder?

[Marty4]

Hi guys, we're really struggling with UI Builder advanced topics - does anyone know a way we can execute a Flow Action from UI Builder UI Event, like a Button action?  We know we can create Flow Action and execute client or server script but how do you wire this up to UI builder?  I hear that the GlideFlow is not supported so how can we call a script that does what we need.  The Flow action would be a outbound rest message to save some data.  Very common problem - very difficult to do without examples.

Extra credit - what are Client Script Includes in UI Builder and how do you create one that actually shows up in the dropdown?

thanks, please be specific we are new to this platform.

Marty

[Marty4]

Thanks Brad, we were able to use a Data Transform and server side script to call Action Flows! 

[Kirthika D]

Hi @Marty4 or @Brad Tilton , Good day!

I am currently looking for a solution to update a record via a flow which will run as "System User" (since the user does not have edit access to the record), and this flow needs to be triggered by a button click on UI builder. Using a transform data resource to execute a flow seems to be the solution I am looking for, but I do not have any prior experience with transform data resources. Can you help me with some ideas on how to set up the properties and/or the script on the transform data resource so that I can execute the flow via the same? I am aiming to pass the fields and values as either key-value pairs or as a query which can then be used by the flow to set the field values on the record. 

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks, 
Kirthika D

[Brad Tilton]

Here are a couple of links that may help:

• UI Builder - Data Resources 
• All about data resource in UI Builder