Flow Links

Flow links allows you to connect pieces of flows without a direct connection. Use cases are:

• Making flows easier to read by making connections in the same flow.
• Let jobs move from one flow to another without intermediate hotfolders.

This is done by having a “Flow Links Send” element with a specific value for the “Channel“ property. When a job arrives in a “Flow Links Send” element, then the App will send a notification to a “Flow Links Receive” element which has the same value for the “Channel” property. The Receive element will then move the job from before the Send to the Receive element, including metadata and datasets. This way you can move jobs from one place in the flow to another, or to different flows.

It is also possible to add metadata in the Send element, similar to how the Data Mapper app works.