Stages, steps, and Decision paths in Flow Approval processes
Key Takeaway
Stages run one at a time and you control only when they complete, steps inside each stage do the work, and Decision elements choose which path comes next.
A flow approval process is an approval built in Flow Builder from three main pieces: stages, steps, and Decision elements. Stages group steps into phases that run one at a time. Steps do the work, either by asking a person to review or by running automation in the background. Decision elements choose which path the process takes next.
What a flow approval process must contain
A flow approval process is made of Stage elements and Decision elements, and the steps sit inside the stages. It has these minimum requirements:
- Every flow approval process must contain at least 1 stage.
- Each stage holds at least 1 step.
- Every flow approval process requires at least 1 approval step. If a flow approval process has no approval steps, approval submissions based on it are always approved.