Hi Itay!
It's definitely possible to run a flow from another flow-- the most common way we see this done is to kick off the flow from a final task in the first flow. As for whether it's advisable and the best way to do so, would you mind sharing a bit about your use case?
i
itay livni
11/12/2019, 11:34 PM
I have a
flow
called
make knowledge graph
that manages another
flow
called
make node
.
make node
can be run in parallel/mapped as long as the first
make node
is built. basically like a web scraper
z
Zachary Hughes
11/13/2019, 2:45 PM
Okay, gotcha-- thanks for the use case! On a surface level, your use case sounds like it might be better managed as tasks and mapped tasks within a flow, rather than two interdependent flows.
That said, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from running these as two flows! There's no prescribed manner of calling a flow from another flow-- either of the ways you mentioned should do the trick.
@josh any final thoughts?
j
josh
11/13/2019, 2:49 PM
Nope! No set way of performing this action. Just wondering, is there a reason preventing you from having the
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