Start flow from any shape

Initialise a process flow from any shape or step - bypassing preceding actions and jumping straight to the part of the flow you need to test or run.

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Introduction

Previously, running or testing a process flow always meant starting from the very beginning. The Start from here feature lets you pick any shape in your flow as the entry point. All actions and scripts above that shape are skipped - execution begins exactly where you specify.

This is particularly useful when developing or debugging mid-flow logic, where repeatedly running preceding steps would be time-consuming or have unintended side effects.

Actions and scripts before the selected starting shape are not executed. Ensure any variables or data those steps would have set are accounted for - you can supply them manually when initialising.

Using start from here

1. Open your process flow in the flow builder.

2. Right-click on the shape you want to start from.

3. Select Start from here from the context menu.

4. Choose to initialise immediately, or set variables and payloads before running.

Initialisation options

Initialise flowRuns the flow from the selected shape immediately, with no variable pre-configuration. Best used when the shape does not depend on output from preceding steps.

Set variables and payloadsOpens a configuration panel where you can manually define the variables and payloads that earlier steps would normally have produced. Use this when the starting shape requires input data.

⚠This feature is designed for development and testing purposes. Use caution when running partial flows against production data, as upstream validation steps will be skipped.