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Adding Action Flows to Process Orchestration

Action Flows in Celonis Platform are automated workflows built from a series of modules that define how data should be transferred and transformed between apps and services. You can use Action Flows as building blocks for Process Orchestration steps.

Adding Action Flows to Process Orchestration

  1. In Studio, go to your Process Orchestration and click Edit.

    If you haven’t created one yet, see Creating Process Orchestration.

  2. In your Process Orchestration, click the plus icon and select Process step.

  3. From the process step panel on the right, select Add event.

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    The edit process step screen opens. Here’s where you can view all Action Flows compatible with your Process Orchestration. You can directly access the individual Action Flows to make changes, activate them, or check their status.

    The Edit process step popup windows with a list of Action Flows available for this step.
  4. Select from existing Action Flows, or create a new one:

    • To create a new Action Flow:

      1. Select Create Action Flow.

      2. Give the Action Flow a name and description.

      3. Select Create.

        Your Action Flow is created with the following predefined settings to make it immediately available for use in Process Orchestration:

        • set to on-demand

        • contains the dpInstanceId input

        • contains the Completion Event module

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      4. Go to your Action Flow - publish it and make it active.

      5. Go back to your Process Orchestration and from the list of available Action Flows, select the one you've just created.

        Tip

        If you can't see your Action Flow on the list, refresh the edit process step view.

      6. Select Next.

    • To add an existing Action Flow:

      1. From the list of available Action Flows, select the one you want to use as a process step.

        When adding or editing a step, you can see a list of all Action Flows available for a given Process Orchestration. You can directly access the individual Action Flows to make changes, activate them, or check their status.

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      2. Click Next.

Action Flows created this way are immediately available for use within Process Orchestration.