Flow designer Do the Following in Parallel not running in parallel

[gjz]

If an incident is created that is a security issue we have a requirement to create three tasks to run in parallel to address the security incident. Once the three incident tasks are complete the incident needs to be automatically closed.  I've chosen to use Flow Designer but I have found I can't get the three tasks to open at the same time.

My flow looks like this:

Here are the details of one of the tasks - the other parallel tasks are the same except for the assignment group.

If I check the "Wait" field, only the first task opens and the others will not until the 1st is closed.

If I leave it unchecked, the last task completes before the three tasks are complete - which is not the desired behavior, I need the last task to wait until all three tasks are complete.

Can anyone spot why this doesn't work?

[gjz]

I already tried that, it doesn't work.  I need all the actions in the flow logic to complete before going to the next action.  If I don't check the box the next action is executed immediately.

[Priyanka SHIND2 · Accepted solution]

ok.

Make wait checkbox unchecked so that all tasks will execute parallely.

Add If clause and check state for all tasks 

if the state of all tasks closed complete then it will jump to that next step.

PPlease let me know if it helped you

[gjz]

Thanks, this is what I ultimately had to do.  It isn't desired, it's much harder to read and understand that there is a join before the final task.  I also discovered I can't create any additional actions or logic for each parallel task, which seems very short-sighted to me.  I'll be reverting back to Workflows until this product is more mature and has the same functionality as Workflow.

[gjz]

Maybe I should phrase this differently.  In Workflow, if you branch you have a join at the end and the following actions won't begin until all branches are complete.  What is the equivalent in Flow Designer?

[Mike318]

Hi @gjz ,

The reason that it is not working for you is that you have connected the 3 tasks under the wrong branch.

The correct approach and equivalent to Workflows is exactly what you initially thought. i.e. you need to select the flow logic 'Do the following in parallel' and then add the three tasks below it with the 'Wait' checkbox checked. As soon as all the tasks below the flow logic 'Do the following in parallel' are completed it will move forward. I have implemented the above solution and it works correctly through Flow Designer.

You need to create each task on the branch of the 'Do the following in parallel' and not one task under the other. Please see screenshots:

Please mark my answer as correct if these information is what you needed. Thanks!