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Creating Steps in a Flow

When you create a step from an operation, decision, or flow, the step is an instance of that operation or flow and so inherits the inputs, outputs , and other characteristics.

ClosedCreate a step from a flow, operation, or decision
  1. In the Projects pane, double-click the flow in which you want to create the step, so that it opens in the authoring pane.

  2. Drag a flow/operation/decision to the authoring pane, from either the Projects pane or the Dependencies pane.

    Note The step icon reflects whether the step was created from an operation, a flow, or a decision operation.

    Flow

    Operation

    Decision

  3. To copy, cut, paste, and rename a step, select it and use appropriate buttons from the Authoring pane toolbar .

    1. To copy a step, click the Copy button in the authoring pane toolbar or press CTRL+C keys, then click Paste button or press CTRL+V keys to paste.
    2. To cut a step, click the Cut button in the authoring pane toolbar or press CTRL+X, then click Paste button or press CTRL+V keys to paste.

      Note  

        You can copy and paste steps on the canvas multiple times as per your requirement.

    1. To rename a step, click the Edit button in the authoring pane toolbar. Enter a name for this step and click OK.

      2. For example: you may want to rename a step to reflect its function within the flow.

      Note  

      • A name of a renamed step must be unique in the flow. This applies to names with different case—for example, you cannot name one step to "Ping" and another to "ping".
      • A renamed step cannot have an blank name.

  4. To delete a step from the canvas, select it and click the Delete button in the authoring pane toolbar.

    Note When you delete a step, any navigation lines linking this step to other steps are also deleted.

  5. To reorganize the steps and results on the canvas, click the auto arrange icon from the authoring pane toolbar.

  6. To zoom-in or zoom-out of the canvas, you can use mouse-click and drag or scroll on the slider . To reset the zoom, click .

    7. Note The auto arrange, zoom and reset zoom icons are active and enabled in graph view only.

  1. Click Save .
ClosedView the step properties

  1. Click a step in the authoring pane. The Step Properties pane appears at the right side of the canvas.

    The Properties pane contains the Input/Output tabs, with information about the selected step.

    For more information about the Inputs/Outputs tabs, see Defining Step Properties.

ClosedDrill down to view a subflow/operation within a step

To drill down within a step to see the details of the flow, decision, or operation that was used to create it:

  • Click the Drill Down into the Step button in the authoring pane toolbar.

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