Concepts

Understand Workflows, Connections, data types, and execution behaviour.

Start with these explanations when you need to understand how Flowgear objects fit together.

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Data Types

Understand the data types used by Node Properties and Workflow data.

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Account and Subscription

An Account is the ownership and commercial boundary for Flowgear subscriptions and published Apps.

API Key

An API Key defines who or what may invoke a selected set of Workflows in one Site Environment.

Audit Trail

The audit trail records supported platform changes and security-relevant operations for an object or scope.

Connection

Connection identity and Environment values are shared platform concepts, but creation, assignment, and execution placement differ by runtime.

Dropdown

Holds predefined values in a dropdown menu.

Flow Connector

Canvas connections have different meanings in each Workflow designer.

Folders

Folders organize objects within a Site.

How Concurrent Workflows Are Measured

Each Flowgear subscription provides a Concurrent Workflow capacity that can be allocated to Sites.

Keys and Identifiers

Flowgear objects have stable keys that are separate from editable display names.

Microsoft Entra Registered Application

Several Flowgear nodes use Microsoft OAuth authentication to connect to Microsoft cloud services on behalf of a user.

Node

A Node provides an operation that a Workflow can use, such as calling an external service, transforming data, or controlling execution.

Node Sample

Node Samples provide sample values for Properties on a Node.

OAuth

OAuth (short for Open Authorization) is a secure way for apps like Flowgear to access your data in another service - without needing your username or password.

Platform Object Model

This article discusses the types of objects that exist within a Flowgear Tenant and their relationnships with each other.

Relationships and Last Used

Relationships show how platform objects depend on one another in a selected Environment.

Run Now

On-demand execution differs by runtime.

Site

A Site is the main workspace and permission scope for a set of Flowgear solutions.

Site Environment

A Site Environment is an ordered execution and release boundary within a Site.

Site Settings

Use Site settings in the Console to change Site identity, time-zone and security settings, manage Environments, and configure version control and Release Management.

Tenant

Your Tenant is the top-level Flowgear identity and administration boundary.

Workflow

A Workflow describes a series of steps for an integration or business process.

Workflow Canvas

The Workflow Canvas uses a different authoring model in each runtime.

Workflow Design Basics

Workflow authoring differs substantially by runtime.

Workflow Design Screen

The Workflow Design screen belongs to the v1 Runtime.

Workflow Landing Screen

The Workflow landing screen provides runtime-aware actions for a selected Workflow, including design, logs, active-instance stop, v2 Runtime status, and applicable v1 Runtime actions.

Workflow Logs Screen

Workflow log capture and designer integration differ by runtime.