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# Flow Environments

A flow environment specifies where a flow can run. For example, if a flow is associated with the Slack flow environment, you can enable users to launch the flow from Slack.

### Required Editions

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Flows can have these environments.

## Default

The flow can run from a Visualforce component, Lightning page, flow action, or custom Aura component.

## Offline

The flow can run only offline.

## Slack

The flow can run in Slack and the default environment. You specify the Slack flow environment when you save the flow. Then, you use the Slack Send Message to Launch Flow action in a different flow to enable users to run the flow from Slack.

You can determine the current environment of a flow from the Flows page of Setup and from the detailed view of a flow. For example:

![Flows page in Setup](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/platform_automation/images/flow/flow_concepts_environments.png)

![Flow details page](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/platform_automation/images/flow/flow_concepts_environments_details.png)

#### See Also

- [Use Flows with Slack](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_use_flows_with_slack.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Build a screen flow that’s designed to run in a Slack conversation or direct message group. Use another flow, a Slack shortcut, a slash command, or a button in a Slack view to run a flow from Slack.")