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Flow drafts

On the Flow drafts tab you can manage the life cycle of flow drafts and associated test sessions.

Opening a draft for editing

You can open a selected flow draft for editing in the Flow Designer.

  • Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
  1. Select the Flow draft that you want to manage.
  2. Click Options > Open.
    The flow draft opens in the Flow Designer.

Starting, stopping, and restarting a test session

Learn how you can start, stop, or restart a test session for a flow draft.

  • Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
  1. Select the Flow draft that you want to manage.
  2. Select one of the following options
    • To start a test session, click Options > Start Test Session. For more information on configuring a test session, see Test sessions.
    • To stop a test session, click Stop Test Session, then click End to confirm your choice.
    • To restart an Inactive test session, click Options > Restart Test Session

Publishing a flow draft

Learn about publishing a draft to the Catalog as a flow definition.

  • Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
  1. Select the Flow draft that you want to manage.
  2. Click Options > Publish.
  3. Provide a Flow Name and optional Flow Description, Custom Tag, and Version Description.
  4. Click Publish.

Reassigning a flow draft to a different project

Learn how to reassign a flow draft to another project.

  • Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
  1. Select the Flow draft that you want to reassign.
  2. Click Reassign.
    The Reassign Resource modal opens.
  3. Select a Project and click Reassign.

Deleting a flow draft

Learn about deleting flow drafts.

  • Make sure that you have DFDeveloper permission to perform this task. For information on account and resource roles, see Cloudera DataFlow Authorization.
  1. Select the Flow draft that you want to delete.
  2. Click Options > .
  3. Click Delete to confirm your choice.