What is the main functional difference between the Event Button and the Run Flow button?

charlesjohnson

While designing a project, I am wondering what is the difference between the Event Button and the Run Flow button?

Cody_Decisions

Hi there,

Both of these buttons fulfill similar purposes, but vary slightly depending on the Designer Element you are using.

The Event Button is available to Forms. They act as a trigger for Active Form Flows. This ultimately means that Event Button’s do not directly tell a Flow to run by themselves. Therefore, if one or more Active Form Flows are set to listen to an Event Button, it can trigger a Flow to run whenever a user clicks the button.

The Run Flow Button is available to Pages. When clicked by a user, the button directly runs a specified Flow.