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Flow templates

Flow templates are pre-built flow definitions you can spawn into a real flow with a single click. Use them to bootstrap common automations and to share working flows across the companies you manage.

Templates live on a central template gallery that the BC client syncs from periodically. New templates and corrections reach you without an app update; you only need an internet connection and an active AutoFlow registration.

Where to find them​

  • AutoFlow Template Gallery – a list page reachable from the BC search. Lists every template you can see (your own private ones plus all public ones), filterable by language, publisher, and visibility.
  • From a flow's Save as template action – upload the flow you are looking at as a private template of your own tenant.
  • From the gallery's Create flow from template action – materialise a new local flow from any template you can see.

Sync behaviour​

The list syncs automatically the first time you open it on a fresh tenant. After that it shows up instantly because the templates are cached locally; click Sync now when you want the latest, otherwise the cache refreshes itself in the background while you keep working.

If the gallery is unreachable, the list still shows what you saw last time – the gallery list never blocks. The reason is recorded in the Sync log action on the ribbon if you want to check.

Template pre-requisites​

Each template declares a list of apps a tenant must have installed at a minimum version. The Template Details factbox shows the status:

  • Green – everything required is installed at a recent enough version. The template is ready to use.
  • Red – something is missing or too old. The factbox names the specific app, e.g. "AutoFlow: not installed on this tenant" or "AutoFlow: installed version 26.0.99.20 is older than the required 27.0.0.0". Install or upgrade the listed app and the status flips back to green – no need to re-sync.

The pre-requisites are also re-checked every time you click Create flow from template, so a template you can't use today won't silently spawn a broken flow.

Limits​

  • Maximum template payload size: 1 MB.
  • Maximum templates per tenant: 100 (private + public combined).

If you hit either, the upload is rejected with a clear message – the Sync log has the details.

Permissions​

  • See the gallery list / create flows from templates: every AutoFlow user.
  • Save a flow as a private template: every AutoFlow user.
  • Update / delete one of your own templates: AutoFlow admin.

OnPrem environments​

Templates work on OnPrem if the tenant is registered with the licensing server (the same registration AutoFlow needs anyway) and has internet access. Without internet, the list stays empty; in that case, the regular file-based flow import / export remains the way to share flow definitions.