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title: Flow
description: Learn about the Flow screen
documentId: ipaas-legacy-flow
locale: en-US
---

With a simple and intuitive design, **the Flow screen allows you to create and develop your integration flows in a low-code format.**

![flowScreen.png](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/flow_Screen_d778692ba1.png)

The **Flow** screen contains:

* A **canvas** with an **editing menu**;
* The **name and version** of the integration flow;
* The **menu options**.

## Canvas

You will build the integration flow on the canvas, which contains an editing menu with all the tools you need:

* **Description**: adds the integration flow description.
* **Environment variables**: opens the form to register environment variables for the current integration flow.
* **Steps**: adds the *steps* that will be part of the integration flow.

### Steps

*Steps* are components of the integration flow with different functions.
There is no limit to the number of *steps* an integration flow can contain.

By default, you will see the **Start** and **End** *steps* on the canvas, which mark the beginning and end of the integration flow, respectively.

All *steps* must be configured individually through their respective configuration forms.
To access the forms, click on the *step* on the canvas and then click on the edit icon that appears above it.
To the right of the edit icon, you will see the trash icon to delete the *step*.

The following types of *steps* are available in the editing menu:

* [**Triggers**](/docs/integrations/ipaas-legacy-triggers)

The trigger initiates the integration flow execution and automatically replaces **Start** on the canvas.

* [**General Tools**](/docs/integrations/ipaas-legacy-general-tools)

General tools perform operations with data within the integration flow.

* [**Connectors**](/docs/integrations/ipaas-legacy-connectors)

Connectors connect to third-party applications by making calls to corresponding *endpoints* through HTTP methods.

## Menu options

The menu in the upper right corner of the screen contains the following options:

* ![width=24px, height=24px](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/gear_Icon_ab57c56c7d.png): access the two options below:

   * ![rocket icon](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/deployments_Icon_ecc495956e.png) **Deployments**: access the **Deployments** screen and check the integration flows status.

   * ![trash icon](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/remove_Icon_486c52eeeb.png) **Delete**: delete the integration flow you created.

* **SAVE**: save all changes made to the integration flow.

* **DEPLOY**: [deploy](/docs/integrations/ipaas-legacy-deploy) your integration flow.

* **TEST MODE**: run the flow in [test mode](/docs/integrations/ipaas-legacy-test-mode) before deploying it.