FLOMATION GUIDES
Learn to automate, one step at a time
Plain-English guides for building flows in Flomation. Start with the ideas, build your first flow in about 15 minutes, then go further at your own pace. No code needed.
Start here
New to Flomation? Read these two first, in order.
1Getting started
Core concepts
Flows, triggers, steps, environments and runs: the handful of ideas behind everything else, in plain words.
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2Getting started
Build your first flow
Make a sign-up form that adds everyone who fills it in to a Google Sheet, and test it for real.
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Go further
Each guide builds on your first flow. Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
3Connecting apps
Connect your apps
Sign in to Google, Microsoft and more, keep API keys safe as secrets, and fix a connection that stops working.
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4Building flows
Choose how your flow starts
Run a flow by hand, on a schedule, from a form or a web address, or when something happens in another app.
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5Building flows
Pass information between steps
Use form answers, earlier results and saved settings anywhere in your flow.
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6Running & monitoring
Check your runs and fix failures
See what happened in every run, find the step that went wrong, and get told when something fails.
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App setup guides
Step-by-step setup for apps that connect in their own way.