# Obtaining process flow & version IDs for API requests

## Introduction

When you send a Patchworks API request to initialise a process flow, you must provide the **internal IDs** for the required process flow and version. This guide walks through the steps required to obtain this information.

## The steps

**Step 1**\
Log in to the Patchworks dashboard.

**Step 2**\
Select **process flows** from the left-hand navigation menu and select the process flow that you want to update.

**Step 3**\
Check the title bar in the top-left corner and make a note of the number above the title - this is the `process flow ID`:

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**Step 4**\
Click the settings icon:

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&#x20;...to access process flow settings:

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**Step 5**\
Look in the **versions** panel and find the version of this process flow that you want to initialise, then note the associated ID - this is the `process flow version ID`:

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{% hint style="info" %}
For more information about process flow versioning please see our [Process flow versioning](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/process-flow-versioning) page.&#x20;
{% endhint %}

**Step 6**\
You'll use this information [later ](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/developer-hub/patchworks-core-api/core-api-spotlights/initialising-a-process-flow-and-sending-data-via-the-patchworks-api/the-steps/initialising-a-process-flow-and-sending-data)in any API requests made to initialise this process flow. &#x20;