Quick Help: Can anyone pls tell me calling a flow designer from UI action is possible?

Prakash1to · ‎01-27-2019

Hi,

We are trying to trigger both On boarding and detailed assessments from business service form once it is created and we provide this flexibility through a UI actions (buttons). We configured triggers and actions in flow designer.

But is there anyway to call a flow in UI action script?

Urgent help is required.

kushal Tayade · ‎12-17-2019

Use below code in the UI action

try {
var flowInputs = {};
flowInputs['current'] = current;
flowInputs['table_name'] = current.getTableName();

var result = sn_fd.Flow.startAsync('SCOPENAME.FLOWNAME', flowInputs);
//The Sys ID of a flow execution (contextId)
var contextId = result.contextId;

} catch (ex) {
var message = ex.getMessage();
gs.error(message);
}

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rahulpandey · ‎01-27-2019

HI,

Flow designer can be triggered on update of record, you can create a true/false field(hidden) and on UI action click just make current.field_name = true; current.update();

This will update the record and then make flow designer to run only if that field is true.

Prakash1to · ‎01-27-2019

Thanks Rahul for your suggestion. Let me check.

Santi Cots · ‎09-16-2019

Hi,

Starting with NewYork release, you should be able to call a flow from UI action using the new APIs: FlowAPI or GlideFlow, depending if you want to execute on server or client side.

More here: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-servicenow-platform/page/administer/flow-designer/concept/api-access-flow-designer.html

Eric Feron · ‎09-18-2019

Hello there,

Just checking if you got your question answered.

Thank you 😊

EF