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description: Represents a list of flows that are grouped by category. Flows aren’t added directly to a Lightning Bolt Solution. Instead, add the category the flows are in to the Lightning Bolt Solution. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.
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# FlowCategory

Represents a list of flows that are grouped by category. Flows aren’t added directly to a Lightning Bolt Solution. Instead, add the category the flows are in to the Lightning Bolt Solution. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

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#### Important

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## File Suffix and Directory Location

FlowCategory components have the suffix .flowCategory and are stored in the flowCategories folder.

## Version

FlowCategory components are available in API version 43.0 and later.

## Fields

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| description | string | The description of this flow category. |
| flowCategoryItems | [FlowCategoryItems](#FlowCategoryItems)\[\] | The list of flows in this flow category. |
| masterLabel | string | Required. The label for this flow category, which appears in Setup. |

## FlowCategoryItems

Represents the list of flows in a flow category.

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| flow | string | Required. The name of the flow. |

## Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of a FlowCategory component.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FlowCategory xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <flowCategoryItems\>
        <flow\>PausableFlow</flow\>
    </flowCategoryItems\>
    <flowCategoryItems\>
        <flow\>BankingFlow</flow\>
    </flowCategoryItems\>
    <masterLabel\>updateBenefits</masterLabel\>
        <description\>All the update benefits.</description\>
</FlowCategory\>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types\>
        <members\>updateBenefits</members\>
        <name\>FlowCategory</name\>
    </types\>
    <version\>43.0</version\>
</Package\>

## Wildcard Support in the Manifest File

This metadata type supports the wildcard character \* (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see [Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_meta.meta/api_meta/file_based_zip_file.htm).