Flows

Changing the Default Flow Language

Flows will send in the language you've selected at the creation of a flow. To change that default language, follow these steps.

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Background Flows

Contacts can only be active in one Messaging flow at a time, but Background flows can send at any time without interrupting other flows.

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Splitting by Group Membership

You can route contacts through your flow based on their group membership.

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Start Flow Sending Options

What do the checkboxes in the 'Start Flow' dialogue mean?

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Viewing the Flow Start Log

See your Flow Start Log to view a detailed record of every flow that has been started from your account.

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Using the Context Explorer

Use the Simulator to view the variables available in your flow.

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Adding a Topic to your Facebook Messenger Flow

Adding a topic (or Facebook tag) helps guarantee delivery of your messages.

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Global Variables

A global is a shared value that can be used across your account, making the reference of frequently used values much simpler.

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Adding Classifiers to a Flow

Classifiers allow you to interpret free text within a flow to extract relevant pieces of information.

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Sending Airtime with DT One

Send your contacts mobile top-ups to their prepaid phones using DT One, formerly TransferTo.

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Starting Contacts in a Flow based on a Search

Search for contacts based on a query and start them in a flow.

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Starting Somebody Else in a Flow from a Query

Within a flow, you can start recipients from a query in a different flow. See how here.

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Creating an Image Attachment URL

You can collect an image sent by a contact and save the result as the image URL.

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Start Somebody Else in a Flow

Use this action to place a separate contact or group in a flow when a contact reaches this step.

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Split by Contact Field

Use this action to check for pre-existing fields for your contacts.

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Split by Flow Result

Use this Split Action to evaluate a sequence of values separated by a space ( ), period (.) or plus sign (+).

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Actions

An action represents some action(s) taken on behalf of your flow. For example, "Send and email" or "Update the contact".

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Response Rules

Response rules evaluate the operand designated by the Split Action type, such as "has a number" or "is not empty".

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Setting your Contacts' Language Preferences

What if my contacts prefer to communicate in a particular language?

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Use a 'Split Randomly' Action to Create Evenly-Distributed Buckets

The 'Split randomly' action creates equally distributed pathways through which your contacts will randomly pass.

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Navigating the Flow Editor

The flow editor is where you build and edit your flows. Read this article to learn how to use this powerful tool.

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Variable Reference

Use this reference guide to understand how to use variables in your flows.

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Introduction to Flows

A flow is a visual representation of conditional branch logic that's applied to your contacts once they enter the flow.

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Adding Labels to Responses

Labeling incoming messages allows you to isolate responses to a specific question.

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Send Somebody Else a Message

Place this action at any node in a flow to send a message to someone other than the active contact that reaches that step.

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Sending Messages with a Flow

Use the Send Message action to send your contacts an automated message when they reach a particular node in a flow.

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Introduction to Flow Variables

Learn how to use variables in your flows.

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Switching Flows from the Old Editor to the New Editor

You can switch old editor flows to the new editor without having to re-do your flows. See how here.

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Setting an Expiration for a Flow

You can automatically expire inactive contacts from a flow after just 5 minutes or up to 30 days.

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Configuring a Webhook with Airtable

Store vast amounts of data in Airtable and use our Call Webhook feature to pull that data into your flow.

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Adding Notes to a Flow

Add notes within the flow editor as reminders to yourself or messages for collaborators.

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Adding Timeouts to a Flow

What happens when a contact doesn't respond to a message in a flow?

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Copying a Flow

Create a clone of a flow by following these simple steps.

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Exporting Flow Results

How do I export flow results from one or multiple flows?

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RuleSets, Now Called 'Split Actions'

Split Actions are the pivot points in a flow, "splitting" it into new branches. Use this guide to learn more.

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Calling a Webhook

Use this guide to configure a 'Webhook Call' Split Action, view Webhook events, and troubleshoot.

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Importing a Flow

How do I import a flow into my account?

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Exporting a Flow

How do I export a flow from my account?

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Organizing Flows with Labels

Labels help you manage a large number of flows.

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Creating a Multi-Language Flow

What if my contacts speak different languages?

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Starting another Flow

Use the Start another Flow action to move your contacts from one flow to another from within a flow.

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Setting your Contacts' Language Preferences

What if my contacts prefer to communicate in a particular language?

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Sending a Message to a Group

How do I send a message to an entire group of contacts?

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Starting a Flow

How can I start a flow?

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Viewing Flow Results

Results give you an overview of your flow, analytics on messages and runs & data on all activity in your flow- start to finish.

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Creating a Flow

Follow these simple steps to create a flow.

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Assigning Keywords to a Flow

A keyword is the first word in an incoming message and can be used to initiate a flow.

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Flow Types

Learn more about our three different flow types: Messaging, Phone Call, and Surveyor.

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Invalid Regular Expressions

How to resolve a flow issue for an invalid regular expression

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Fixing Missing Dependencies

Sometimes your flow depends on something that no longer exists.

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