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Flow examples

Four small flows you can adapt: reminder, escalation, integration push and catalog fulfilment.

Quick answer

Four small flows you can adapt: reminder, escalation, integration push and catalog fulfilment.

Key takeaways
  • Re check conditions after a wait step
  • Escalations should leave a work note explaining themselves
  • Failed integration pushes need an alert, not a silent continue
  • Keep fulfilment tasks in the flow, not in script

Reminder before breach

Trigger on incident updated, condition priority 1 and state not resolved. Wait for duration until 30 minutes before SLA breach, then send an email to the assignment group manager. Guard it with a check that the record is still open when the wait finishes.

Escalation on no acknowledgement

Trigger on created, wait for condition acknowledged is true with a timeout, and on timeout reassign to the on call escalation group and post a work note. The work note matters, because it explains to the next person what happened.

Push on close

Trigger on updated where state changes to closed. Use a REST action to notify the downstream system, and set error handling to stop with a failure that raises an event so a failed push is visible rather than silent.

Catalog fulfilment

Trigger on the request item, ask for approval from the requester manager, create catalog tasks for each fulfilment step, and close the item when all tasks are closed. Keep task creation in the flow so the process is visible to the process owner.

Practice challenge

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Question 1 of 2
What should follow a long wait step?

Frequently asked questions

Where do I put logic shared by several flows?
In a subflow or an action, so a change happens once.
Should flows update the same record that triggered them?
It is allowed, but be careful with triggers that fire on update or you will create a loop. Add a condition that prevents re triggering.
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