# Building an automation flow

**URL:** https://community.triggre.com/t/building-an-automation-flow/759
**Category:** Automation flows
**Tags:** designer, automation-flows, connection-triggers
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.triggre.com/t/building-an-automation-flow/759 "2019-12-31T23:00:00Z")
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#### Post date: [December 31, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.triggre.com/t/building-an-automation-flow/759/1 "2019-12-31T23:00:00Z")

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**Automation flows** are used to build processes that run in the background of your application, without any user interaction. They are started by **Triggers** and can help you extensively automate any processes.

## How to build an Automation flow

1. Go to **Design** and then **Automation flows** :  
 ![Automation flows](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/triggre/original/1X/145e3415efb31948873ef6aedb9583d503932f57.gif)

2. Click the **Add button** :  

3. A new **Automation flow** is now created and opened. Start by giving it a good name, by clicking the **Edit icon** :  
 ![Edit automation flow name](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/triggre/original/1X/b002451e5ff6bf08655f9187e41fdccbd233ea63.png)

4. You can now enter a new name for the flow, for example _Send email alert for new users._

5. The first thing to do for your **Automation flow** is to add a **Trigger** , by clicking the **Add button** :  

6. You will now have to select the **Type of trigger** to use:  

7. For this example we will use a **Data trigger**. You can read more about [**Data triggers**](https://docs.triggre.com/features/automation-flows/how-to-use-data-triggers), [**Scheduled triggers**](https://docs.triggre.com/features/automation-flows/using-scheduled-triggers) and [**Connection triggers**](https://docs.triggre.com/features/automation-flows/using-connection-triggers) to gain a deeper understanding of what they do.

8. In the next step we select the **Built-in Data item**  **User** and after that, the action **When a User is added**. Now our **Trigger** appears in the **Automation flow** :  

9. Click the green **Add button** connected to the **Arrow** to start building your flow. In this example, we will add a **Flow part** :  

10. In this example we will choose a **Flow part** we made specifically for this **Automation flow** , called _Send notification email for new user_. If your **User flow** requires **Inputs** , you will have to specify them. You can use all values that are available in the **Automation flow** , such as the **Added data item** , in our case a **User** , and its **Properties** :  

11. After you add a **Flow part** , it is shown in the **Automation flow** :  

12. The final step is then to add an **End** to the **Automation flow**. Click the green **Add button** again at the end of the **Arrow** and choose **End** the **Automation flow** :  

13. The **End** of the **Automation flow** is added, and the **Automation flow** is completed:  

14. Exit **Add mode** by clicking the **Add button** again:  
 ![Add button](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/triggre/original/1X/f537cf1350f0977d6949fd462244091df3b731b1.gif)