--- schema_version: "1" id: b26b12aceba8292ed79b49018fdc2216dcd7ad1d90de12798d2d09ca2b165435 title: Make a MuleSoft RPA Process Available to Flows collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/platform/264-0-0/flow_build_make_mulesoft_rpa_available_to_flow.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_make_mulesoft_rpa_available_to_flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 675af9fb329852f53085285534a2e7aa05d93df04aa16de641e45f95a470650e description: Configure the connection between MuleSoft Anypoint platform and your org to import MuleSoft RPA APIs. Then, register the APIs as an external service to use them in flows. products: - Flow Builder - Salesforce Platform release: "264" --- # Make a MuleSoft RPA Process Available to Flows Configure the connection between MuleSoft Anypoint platform and your org to import MuleSoft RPA APIs. Then, register the APIs as an external service to use them in flows. ### Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_note.png) Note To use Mulesoft RPA with Flow Builder, you requires a MuleSoft Automation subscription and a MuleSoft RPA user with all necessary permissions. See [Anypoint Access Management RPA Permissions.](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-home/automation-userrolesandpermissions-anypointrpapermissions) Before you can make a MuleSoft RPA process available to flows: - In MuleSoft RPA Manager, [publish the RPA process as a REST API to Anypoint Exchange](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-manager/processautomation-deploy#publish-automation). - In MuleSoft RPA Manager, [create an API key](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-manager/usermanagement-connect) for yourself and store it in a secure place. Optionally, copy the API key to use it in the creation of an external credential. - In Salesforce, create and assign a permission set that enables users to invoke this MuleSoft RPA process in a flow. 1. [Connect Salesforce to MuleSoft Anypoint Exchange from Setup](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.external_services_setup_mulesoft_connect_to_anypoint_exchange.htm&type=5&language=en_US), create the initial connection between MuleSoft Anypoint platform and your org. 2. [Create an external credential](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_create_edit_custom_auth_ext_cred.htm&type=5&language=en_US) for authenticating to MuleSoft RPA Manager with these values. The external credential details how Salesforce authenticates to MuleSoft RPA Manager. You link the external credential to a user’s permission set and to the named credential that specifies the URL for MuleSoft RPA Manager.

Section	Value
Label	A user-friendly name for the external credential that’s displayed in the Salesforce user interface, such as in list views.
Name	A unique identifier that’s used to refer to this external credential from callout definitions and through the API. The name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters. It must be unique, begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores.
Authentication Protocol	Custom
Principals	Create a principal with these values. Sequence Number `1` Authentication Parameters Add an authentication parameter whose value is the API key that you created before in RPA Manager. You use the name of the authentication parameter in the custom header for this external credential.
Custom Headers	Create a custom header with these values. Name `x-apikey` This value is case-sensitive. Value `{!$Credential.External_Credential_Name.RPA_API_Key}` `External_Credential_Name` is the name of the external credential. `RPA_API_Key` is the name of the authentication parameter that you created to store the API key that you created before in RPA Manager. Sequence Number `1`

3. [Enable the external credential principals](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_enable_ext_cred_principal.htm&type=5&language=en_US) using the permission set you created to enable users to invoke this RPA process. 4. [Create a named credential](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.external_services_mulesoft_create_named_credential.htm&type=5&language=en_US) that stores the URL for MuleSoft RPA Manager. You link the named credential to the external credential you created in the previous step.

Section	Value
Label	A user-friendly name for the named credential that’s displayed in the Salesforce user interface, such as in list views.
Name	A unique identifier that’s used to refer to this named credential from callout definitions and through the API. The name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters. It must be unique, begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores.
URL	Your MuleSoft RPA Manager URL, for example, `https://myOrg.rpa.mulesoft.com`.
External Credential	Select the external credential that you created in the previous step.
Generate Authorization Header	Deselect this option.
Allow Formulas in HTTP Header	Select this option.

5. Import the MuleSoft RPA API into Salesforce and use the named credential you created in the previous steps in the Import Service window. 6. Select the startProcess and getProcessExecutionStatus operations for the MuleSoft RPA API. Use the MuleSoft RPA process in a flow. #### See Also - [_Salesforce Help_ : Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_overview.htm&language=en_US) - [_MuleSoft RPA:_ Publishing Automation Assets to Anypoint Exchange](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-home/publish-process-automation-exchange)