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# Flow Actions

Flow Actions function as automated tasks that trigger following a specific event. Recognizing the importance of automation in modern business operations, we have enhanced our app's capabilities to include the Metafield Update task as a Flow Action.<br>

Consider a scenario where you currently update a specific metafield value manually every time a product's status changes to "Active." Automating this repetitive task represents a significant gain in efficiency, saving considerable time and effort in your daily workflow. Furthermore, automation eliminates the need to repeatedly train multiple staff members on this manual process. By utilizing Flow Actions, you can seamlessly automate the metafield updating process, solving these common pain points.

The best thing about this is that you’ll need just a few clicks to put the setup in place. Below are the steps:

1. Create a new workflow

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/7lEBpnUttnYaJ3i4NtC0" alt="Create a Workflow"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

2. Choose the desired Flow Trigger

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/ZMNyrjrJh1Pb2FBTqm8J" alt="Choose the Flow Trigger"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

3. Add the desired action

<figure><img src="/files/aAHLf56YyuEA5W6LvTnr" alt="Select Flow action"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4. Enter the desired metafield value, and choose the metafield definition (you can see all the scope-specific metafield definitions on the Configuration page that you can access by clicking on the Configure button

<figure><img src="/files/fLiy3xFRiO6MaX1PaX8w" alt="Set Flow Action Settings"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

5. Save the changes and turn your workflow on
6. Test the workflow

### Conditions&#x20;

It’s recommended that you set the validation as you need before the Action runs, so you’re sure that the Action runs only when you’d like that to happen. To set a condition, set the preferred checks before the action runs, for example:<br>

<figure><img src="/files/Wa7psEnYn7OmAkyWIFrk" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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