Flow isnt triggering for catalog item
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07-29-2025 08:27 AM
Flow isnt triggering for catalog item
Debugging that I did:
- Checked the run as is set to system user
- Checked if all the flows and subflows were active
- Catalog item active and in catalog is visible on the portal.
- No logs generated for flow. No errors
- In the flow designer executions ,nothing is coming up. However if I run manual steps and give the RITM raised , the flow runs.
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07-29-2025 08:32 AM
Things to check
1) is flow published and added to that catalog item in process engine
2) is your REQ auto approved after submission or it's in pending state? If it's auto approved then Flow should kick off
3) your instance should have only 1 Workflow on sc_request table. Hopefully it's not deactivated or not deleted.
check these links
Flow not triggered by Service Catalog
Flow Designer not Triggering for Service Catalog Request Item
"Service Catalog" Trigger type Flow is not started when Catalog Item request is created
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Ankur
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07-29-2025 08:45 AM
1) is flow published and added to that catalog item in process engine--DONE
2) is your REQ auto approved after submission or it's in pending state? If it's auto approved then Flow should kick off--Waiting for approval stage
3) your instance should have only 1 Workflow on sc_request table. - this is not there in DEV.
My flow gets triggered in DEV instance. However in higher instances its not getting triggered.
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07-29-2025 08:47 AM
My thoughts
1) Since your REQ is Waiting for approval, the RITM flow won't kick off as already informed.
2) the OOTB workflow should be there, if it's not in DEV then how is REQ handled? Did you create custom workflow on sc_request of Flow?
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Ankur
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07-29-2025 08:46 AM
Hi @AnciaM
Sometimes there are issues in trigger conditions in flow.
Check it and share the screenshot of flow.