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how to trigger a flow from flow designer using ui action script

Alon Grod — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:09:25 GMT

Hi,

How can trigger a flow (from flow designer) ui UI Action Script ?

Re: how to trigger a flow from flow designer using ui action script

Dr Atul - LNG — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:12:49 GMT

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/how-to-trigger-a-flow-from-a-ui-action/m-p/2162036

https://servicenow-events-or-lab-guidebo.gitbook.io/knowledge-2026/knowledge-2026/ccl7230-k26/exercise-2-trigger-a-flow-from-a-generic-action-on-a-form

https://www.servicenow.com/community/service-management-forum/i-want-to-execute-the-flow-of-the-flow-designer-in-the-ui-action/m-p/384185

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

var result = sn_fd.Flow.startAsync('flow name', flowInputs);

Re: how to trigger a flow from flow designer using ui action script

Tanushree Maiti — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:14 GMT

Hi @Alon Grod

Refer: https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/australia/servicenow_application_developer/app_store_learnv2_flowdesigner_australia_scripting_with_flows_subflows_and_actions

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/zurich/server/ScriptableFlowAPI

https://www.servicenow.com/community/servicenow-ai-platform-forum/flow-triggered-from-another-flows-created-ritm-not-triggering/m-p/1176330

var inputs = {};
       inputs['table_name'] = '<your_Table_Name>';
       inputs['current'] = current; // GlideRecord of table: incident
sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('global.[internal name of flow]', inputs);
       // Execute Synchronously: Run in foreground.
       sn_fd.FlowAPI.executeFlow('global.[internal name of flow]', inputs);

Re: how to trigger a flow from flow designer using ui action script

Ankur Bawiskar — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:00:22 GMT

@Alon Grod

the information you are looking for is easily available in docs or developer site

what did you try and where are you stuck?

Docs link below

FlowAPI - Scoped, Global

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Re: how to trigger a flow from flow designer using ui action script

yashkamde — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:07:48 GMT

Hello @Alon Grod ,

To trigger a Flow using script, you must use a server-side script utilizing the built-in sn_fd.FlowAPI or sn_fd.Flow...

so rather than writing a script manually generate itself from your code :

Script will something like this :

Then Use that block of code in your UI Action Script..

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