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Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
Using Design Server
How to use the HCL Link Design Server.
Running flows in the Designer
When you develop a flow in the Flow Designer you can run the flow directly from the Designer either in the Design Server, or on a different runtime environment.
Running the flow
After you specify the server, variables and input data, using the Run properties dialog, you can run the flow.

Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
- Projects
  This documentation describes Design Server projects.
- Schemas
- Maps
- Flows
  A flow node invokes a sub flow within a flow. Sub-flows need not be wired to other nodes; it is valid to have a flow that is comprised of multiple sub-flows that each have listeners.
- Using Design Server
  How to use the HCL Link Design Server.
  - Add a user
    These procedures describe how to use the Design Server to add a new user.
  - Create a project
    Create a new project using Design Server.
  - Import a project
    Import a project using Design Server.
  - Create a flow
  - Define mapping between source and target
    This documentation describes how to use Design Server to define mapping between source and target.
  - Running flows in the Designer
    When you develop a flow in the Flow Designer you can run the flow directly from the Designer either in the Design Server, or on a different runtime environment.
    - Preparing to run a flow from the Designer
      Make these preparations in order to run your flow from the Designer.
    - Running the flow
      After you specify the server, variables and input data, using the Run properties dialog, you can run the flow.
    - Viewing logs
      The log for an individual node can be viewed by right-clicking on the node in the canvas and selecting View Log from the menu.
    - Viewing flow terminal data
      The input and output data of the flow can be viewed by clicking on the node containing the flow terminal and then clicking on the input or output terminal icon in the structure.
    - Displaying link data
      The data that was sent down a link in the flow can be viewed using either of these methods:
  - Auto-mapper
    The Auto-mapper functionality allows for similarly named fields to be automatically mapped from inputs to outputs. This alleviates the need to manually map each field individually.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
- Schema designer
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.

Running the flow

After you specify the server, variables and input data, using the Run properties dialog, you can run the flow.

Click on the Run button to run the flow.
This action prepares and packages the flow and any flows or maps that are used within the flow. If running on a remote server, the package will be deployed to the server. The flow is then run in debug mode which allows the data passed between links in the flow to be saved so that it can be viewed.
After the flow run is complete, indicators display on each node of the flow to indicate whether the node succeeded, failed or was not invoked.
A green tick indicator means that the node ran successfully, a red cross indicator means that the node failed (or a downstream node failed) and no indicator means that the node did not run (because no data was provided to its input). Hovering over the node status icon shows a status message for the node run.