Initialising a process flow manually with a payload
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The initialise flow with payload option can be used if you want to run a process flow immediately with a given payload in a single operation - it's particularly useful if you are sending data into Patchworks via the Patchworks API or a webhook and need to test a process flow with specific data.
Before initialising a process flow manually, make sure that you won't be duplicating data, or causing duplication next time the process flow runs according to trigger settings.
The maximum number of characters for a single payload is 100k. Anything larger than this may cause the process flow to fail.
To initialise a process flow manually with a payload, follow the steps below.
Step 1 Access the process flow that you want to run.
Step 2 Click the initialise flow with payload option from the toolbar:
Step 3 A payload window is displayed:
...so you can paste in the required payload and initialise the flow:
If required, you can also choose to pass in a flow variable value. Any existing flow variables are displayed - to make a change, toggle the variable field ON and update the value as needed:
