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# Create a workflow from a table

# Create a workflow from a table {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Automate a multi-step process by creating a workflow from the list view of any table
that supports workflows.

## Before you begin

* If you are designing the workflow as part of an update set process, see [Workflow movement with update sets](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/7ch1LfmQAc0_XtcT8uSb8g#c_WorkflowMovementWithUpdateSets "The system tracks workflows in update sets differently than other records because workflow information is stored across multiple tables.") before creating the workflow.
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## Procedure

1. Open a table, such as Incident or Problem, in list view. For example, navigate to Incident \> Open.
2. Right-click in the column header and select Configure \> Workflows.  
   The Workflow Versions on that table appear in a list.
3. ClickNew.  
   The Workflow Version opens in New Workflow view. The Table field is filled in with the table you selected in step 1 and is read-only.
4. Enter Name.
5. **Optional:** Enter Description.
6. **Optional:** Edit conditions fields as necessary.
7. Click Submit.  
   The new workflow is added to the Workflow Versions list.
8. Click the workflow Name.  
   The new workflow is created with the Begin and Endactivities connected by a single transition.

   ![New workflow]()
9. Finish creating the workflow by adding activities, validating, and publishing so the workflow is available to other users.  
   For more information, see [Work on workflows](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3h3anJpXK3KiutGhqH4BOg#work-on-workflows "To complete a workflow, you add workflow activities, validate the workflow, and publish it.").
10. **Optional:** To change advanced settings for the workflow, click the Properties icon ![Properties icon](). If you make changes, click Update.