As an alternative to creating a new flow, you can import a flow, which was saved as a
.yaml document or a .flowyaml document into Designer Authoring.
About this task
Import an existing flow if you want to test it in your environment or edit it to your
requirements before you export it for deployment or redistribution.
You can import only flows that contain connectors or toolbox nodes that the current version of
IBM® App Connect Enterprise supports.
Procedure
Import a flow by completing the following steps:
- In the sidebar navigation menu, click Designer to open the
Designer page.
Any flows that you created
before are displayed.
- Click .
The Import a flow wizard
opens.
- Select a .yaml or .flowyaml file by using one
of the following methods:
- If you want to import a flow from your local file system, click Add a YAML
file to open your local file system. Select a file, click Open,
and then click Import.
- If you want to import a flow from a repository, for example a GitHub repository, enter the file URL into
the input field, click Add file, and then click
Import.
The
.yaml document or
.flowyaml document is
imported into a folder in the
flows subdirectory of the
--designer-directory that was created when you ran the
Designer command. For example:
Directory of Directory of $HOME/IBM/ACEDesigner13/flows
08/21/2024 12:08 PM <DIR> .
08/19/2024 01:00 PM <DIR> ..
08/21/2024 12:08 PM <DIR> anImportedFlow
08/19/2024 01:01 PM <DIR> Untitled flow 1
08/19/2024 07:23 PM <DIR> Untitled flow 2
08/20/2024 10:55 AM <DIR> Untitled flow 3
08/20/2024 04:20 PM <DIR> Untitled flow 4
08/20/2024 04:23 PM <DIR> Untitled flow 5
What to do next
You can edit the imported flow in the Flow Editor as described in
Creating an event-driven flow.