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How the child stream receives parameters based on the parent class

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hi,everyone

 

I am creating a child stream and when the parent stream calls me, it will pass me some parameters, how do I go about receiving them

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    _Ken Profile Picture
    120 on at

    EDIT:
    Parent - Child flows are only available if they are created inside a solution. Known as "solution aware flows". 

     

    Create the child flow 

    Type: Instant flow - Manually trigger a flow
    Add one or more "Choose the type of user input"
    Name them appropriately

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    The values are retrieved from dynamic content selection box.

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    Always add action "Respond to PowerApp or flow" at the exit points of your flow.
    The parent flow will wait for this reply or timeout error if the child flow never responds with this action.
    After child flow is saved..

     

    Create the Parent flow.
    When using action "Run a child flow" the input parameters are exposed

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    and responses from the child flow can be retrieved from the dynamic selection list.


    Bonus tip:
    Currently json objects cannot be passed between Parent and Child flows.
    To get around this convert json to string using:  string()
    Then add action Parse JSON in the other flow to convert it back to json.

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thank you for your answer.

    But I tried to create a parent flow and a child flow myself and I didn't find Run a Child Flow

    Can you tell me where it is in that component?

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  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    I found the solution to this problem, it requires us to create a new stream inside the solution.

    Thanks again for your help!

  • _Ken Profile Picture
    120 on at

    Correct, action "Run a child flow" is only available in "Solution aware flows". That is, flows created inside a solution.

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