{"id":27891,"date":"2020-12-22T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=27891"},"modified":"2022-03-22T07:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T07:58:12","slug":"identify-different-types-of-flows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/identify-different-types-of-flows\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify Different Types of flows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power Automate as a service has been used to automate repetitive tasks to bring efficiencies to any organization. Moreover, we can create different types of flows including &#8211; cloud flows, desktop flows, or business process flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cloud Flows<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It is suggested to create cloud flow when you want your automation to be triggered either automatically, instantly, or via a schedule. Further, below is a given table displaying different types of flows, their use cases and automation target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><strong>Flow type<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Use case<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Automation target<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Automated flows<\/td><td>We focus on creating automation that is triggered by an event like the arrival of an email from a particular person, or either specifying your organization in social media.<\/td><td>Connectors&nbsp;for cloud or on-premises services connect your accounts and enable them to talk to each other.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Instant flows<\/td><td>We start automation with a click of a button. Also, you can automate for repetitive tasks from your Desktop or Mobile devices. This type of flow is suggested when you need to instantly send a quick reminder to the team with a push of a button,<\/td><td>Wide range of tasks such as requesting an approval, an action in Teams or SharePoint.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scheduled flows<\/td><td>In order to schedule automation like data upload to SharePoint or a database on a routine basis.<\/td><td>Tasks that need to be automated on a schedule.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Source: Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Desktop Flows<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the important features of desktop flow includes &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, desktop flows are used to automate tasks on the Web or the desktop. <\/li><li>Secondly, using Power Automate Desktop we can automate tasks on the desktop as well as the Web. <\/li><li>In the same vein, you can use the two legacy methods of creating desktop flows: Windows recorder (V1) and Selenium ID.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Business Process Flows<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the important features of business process flow includes &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, business process flows provide a guide for people to get work done. <\/li><li>Secondly, they provide a streamlined user experience that leads people through the processes their organization has defined for interactions that need to be advanced to a conclusion of some kind. <\/li><li>Lastly, user experience can be tailored so that people with different security roles can have an experience that best suits the work they do.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/microsoft-power-platform-fundamentals-pl-900-free-practice-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/testpreptraining.ai-4-750x117.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Exam PL-900 Free Practice Test\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-automate\/flow-types\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overview of the different types of flows<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power Automate as a service has been used to automate repetitive tasks to bring efficiencies to any organization. Moreover, we can create different types of flows including &#8211; cloud flows, desktop flows, or business process flows. Cloud Flows It is suggested to create cloud flow when you want your automation to be triggered either automatically,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Identify Different Types of flows - Testprep Training Tutorials<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about different types of flows with online tutorial and free practice test. 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