Flow Designer and Automation Flashcards

What happens to a Flow Designer flow's execution history when the flow is deactivated?

Answer: Existing execution records are preserved; new executions no longer occur

Deactivating a flow prevents new executions but does not delete historical execution records, which remain in the Flow Executions table.

Which field on the Flow Execution record shows the step-by-step trace of a completed flow run?

Answer: Flow Context

The Flow Context record stores step-by-step execution detail, including input/output values for each action that ran.

In Flow Designer, how do you pass data OUT of a Subflow back to its calling flow?

Answer: Define Output variables on the Subflow and set them inside the subflow

Subflows expose Output variable definitions; the calling flow receives those values as data pills once the subflow step completes.

Which Flow Designer feature lets a single flow branch into multiple parallel paths that all execute simultaneously?

Answer: Parallel Branch

Parallel Branch allows the flow to run several independent branches concurrently, rejoining after all branches finish.

A flow must send a Slack message only if an incident priority is 1 - Critical. Which step type implements this conditional logic?

Answer: Flow Logic > If

Flow Logic > If evaluates a condition (Priority = 1 - Critical) and only executes the enclosed Slack action when true.

What is the primary advantage of using Flow Designer Actions over inline scripts within a flow?

Answer: Actions are reusable, versionable, and testable independently of any flow

Actions encapsulate logic into reusable, independently versioned units that can be tested and shared across multiple flows and subflows.

Which table stores the definition records for Flow Designer flows in ServiceNow?

Answer: sys_hub_flow

Flow Designer flow definitions are stored in the sys_hub_flow table, separate from the legacy Workflow Engine's wf_workflow table.