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Actionflows and the Action nodes within them usually run as a result of a button click or task plan, however, on occasion you may wish to run an Actionflow or individual

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Running Actionflows

To run the entire Actionflow, use the

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in the Actionflow toolbar

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Running Actionflows with Input Parameters

1. Open the Actionflow you want to run

1. Click the

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2. A prompt will display to enter any input parameters, if applicable 

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   1. If any of the input parameters have Default Expressions, these will display greyed out but can be overridden by clicking the tick box and typing into the input box or toggling the true/false field 
      1. To set Default Expressions, click the

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   2. Actionflows without input parameters can still be run

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   2. Where the Actionflow contains multiple phases, the inputs must be entered for each phase, as displayed by the coloured circles 
      
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2. Click Run Action
3. A Log File message will display if the Actionflow was successful

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   2. If an output is connected, a Result for Action message will display the results of the Actionflow

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Running HTTP Actions

To run an individual

1. On the Test HTTP Action window, on the Inputs tab, enter values for the mapped attributes, if applicable
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2. On the Headers tab, existing headers can be edited by double-clicking
   1. To add headers, go to the HTTP action 

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3. Press Send to see the Response
4. The Headers tab contains the response from each header sent in the request
   1. These include headers you have not explicitly specified but are sent automatically with each request
5. The Body tab shows the Response Body of the HTTP call
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