Publishing a draft as a new flow definition

When you publish a new draft for the first time, or you have opened an existing flow definition from the Catalog as a draft, you can publish your updates as a new flow definition.

Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
Make sure you have DFCatalogAdmin permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
You have created a draft from an existing flow definition in Flow Designer.

When you publish your draft as a new flow definition, you have two options: publishing from the Flow Designer Canvas view, and publishing from the All Workspace Drafts view.
- Canvas
- Workspace
In the Flow Designer Canvas view, click Flow Options > Publish To Catalog.

Depending on your use case, select one of the following:

Select Publish As if you have updated an exisiting flow definition and want to publish your work as a new flow.

Select Publish if you want to publish a new draft for the first time. (In this case, the Publish As option is inactive)
In the All Workspace Drafts view, click on the right of the row representing the draft you want to publish.

Depending on your use case, select one of the following:

Select Publish As if you have updated an exisiting flow definition and want to publish your work as a new flow.

Select Publish if you want to publish a new draft for the first time. (In this case, the Publish As option is inactive)
Fill in the fields in the Publish A New Flow box.
- Provide a Flow Name for your flow definition.
  You can only provide a name when you publish your flow for the first time.
- Optionally provide a Flow Description.
  You can only provide a description when you publish your flow for the first time.
- Optionally provide Version Comments.
Click Publish.

Your draft is published to the Catalog as a new flow definition.