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title: Configure a Start a Flow Action
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description: You can configure Start a Flow interactions for custom autolaunched or screen flows.
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  - Cross Cloud
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# Configure a Start a Flow Action

You can configure Start a Flow interactions for custom autolaunched or screen flows.

1. To edit the dashboard, click **Edit**.
2. Select a text widget, and in the right panel, click **Interaction**.
3. Click **Create Interaction**, and select the interaction.
4. For Event, select **Click**, and then click **Add Action**.
5. For Action, select **Start a Flow**.
    
    ![The Start a Flow action settings for the interaction.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_dashboard_interactions_action_flow_panel.png)
6. For Flow, select a flow.
    
    Dashboard interactions support custom autolaunched and screen flows. Only active flows are visible. If you don’t see your flow, make sure that you’ve activated it. If you have no custom flows, go to the Flow Builder to create a flow. See [Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
7. If the selected flow requires inputs to run, they’re listed with Add Mapping actions. For each flow input, click **Add Mapping**.
    1. Select the value type.
        
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                    <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d114583e124">Type</th>
                    <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d114583e127">Description</th>
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                    <td data-label="Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d114583e124 ">Static</td>

                    <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d114583e127 ">Enter the input value.</td>

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                    <td data-label="Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d114583e124 ">Dynamic Field</td>

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                      <ul>
                        <li>For Data Source, click <strong class="uicontrol">Choose Query</strong> and select
                          a query from a dataset. </li>

                        <li>For New Value, click <strong class="uicontrol">Select field</strong> and select a
                          query field for the input. </li>

                        <li>Select the interaction type.</li>

                      </ul>
                    </td>

                  </tr>
                </tbody>
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    2. Click **Update**.
8. Click **Apply**.
9. To test the interaction, preview the dashboard, and then save.