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sourceDocument: Australia Build workflows
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# Fire Event action

# Fire Event action {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
* 
* Updated March 12, 2026
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Create a system event record in the Event \[sysevent\] table to be processed by a scheduled event handler. Pass event parameters using flow data.

## Roles and availability {#fire-event-action__section-subscription-roles}

Available as a ServiceNow Core action. Users with the flow_designer or admin role can add an action to a flow and define configuration details.

## Inputs {#fire-event-action__section-inputs}

Provide a value for each input that your action needs. To add dynamic values, you can also select data pills using the pill picker.{#fire-event-action__inputs-description}

Event \[Event Registration\]
:   Data type: Reference.Event Registration\[sysevent_register\]

    Event Registration record that defines the type of system event that you want to create.

Record
:   Data type: Record

    Sys ID of the record that triggered the event.

Table
:   Data type: Table Name

    Table containing the record that triggered the event.

Parameter 1
:   Data type: String

    Text input to specify the first event parameter.

Parameter 2
:   Data type: String

    Text input to specify the second event parameter.

## Outputs {#fire-event-action__section-outputs}

This action has no outputs.{#fire-event-action__outputs-description}  

## Fire an incident escalated event {#fire-event-action__example_k4f_tbq_4bc}

This example creates an incident.escalated event when an incident record is updated to change the value of the Escalation field. The incident.escalated event expects the value of parameter 1 to be the current value of the
Escalation field and parameter 2 to be the previous value of the Escalation field.