> ## Documentation Index
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# Visual flow designer

> Use the Visual flow designer to build a flow by dragging connections between steps, setting step order, creating parallel groups, and editing flow settings.

The **visual flow designer** lets you start a new process, add steps, and create connections between steps by clicking and dragging between them. This gives you a visual representation of the flow's structure.

There are two ways to access the visual flow designer:

* Select a flow, open the **Items** tab in the ribbon, and click the **Visual flow designer** button.
* Or click the **Visual flow designer** button in the flow designer.

Once the visual flow designer is open, you can:

* **Add or modify steps**.
* **Add or modify the connections** between steps: this sets the order in which steps run.
* **Modify flow/step settings** (including Custom Layout) by hovering over the circle with the flow name (for flow settings) or the rectangle with the step name (for step settings).
* **Hide/show** and **enable/disable** steps.
* Create **parallel groups**.

<Warning>
  You cannot modify steps within a parallel group. Either modify them from the regular flow designer, or remove them from the parallel group, make the changes, then re-add them.
</Warning>

To add a new or existing step, or create a parallel group, click the **+** button in the top-left corner.

* To **add a connection** between steps, click and drag the arrow from the dot on the first step to the dot on the next step.
* To **remove a connection**, click the connection line and press **Delete**.
* To **add steps to a parallel group**, click the **+** button, add a parallel group, then drag a step into the parallel group box (make sure at least one corner of the step is inside the box).
* To **change step order** in a parallel group, click the arrows on the step to move it up or down.