:topic: Running a workflow

.. index::
   triple: DREAM3D-NX; Workflow; Run


Running a Workflow
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The following section will step you through **how to load and run a
Workflow**.

1. **Load your Workflow file**: Open the *File* tab on the *Menu Bar* at
   the top of the window and click on the **Open Workflow** option.

   .. figure:: Images/FileMenuOpenWorkflow.png
      :alt: Open Workflow File Menu

      Open Workflow File Menu

2. Once the file has been loaded the *DREAM3D-NX* window will look similar
   to that of the *Pipeline* view except that the *Filter Parameters*
   tab will be missing. Instead, there will be the *Workflow Parameters*
   tab (item 1 in the image below) where all the *Workflow Parameters*
   that are available for editing will be listed out. The user will also
   be able to see all the filters in the *Workflow*\ ’s pipeline from
   the *Pipeline* view (item 2 in the image below). Clicking on each of
   these filters will allow the user to view what the underlying *Data
   Structure* **looks like at that point in the pipeline** from the
   *Data Structure* view (item 3 in the image below)

   .. figure:: Images/WorkflowMode.png
      :alt: Workflow Mode

      Workflow Mode

3. **Edit your Workflow Parameters.** From the *Workflow Parameters*
   tab, the user can look through all the *Workflow Parameters* and make
   edits as needed.

4. **Run the Workflow.** Once you are satisfied with the parameters’
   values, **click the Run** button at the bottom of the *Pipeline* view
   to run the *Workflow*.

   .. figure:: Images/RunWorkflow.png
      :alt: Run Workflow

      Run Workflow

5. After viewing the results, one can return to step 3 and repeat the
   process as many times as necessary. **Remember that any output files
   written by filters in the Workflow pipeline will be overwritten if
   you do not move or rename them.** See section 4 of this documentation
   on
   `Visualization <../../04_Visualization/05_UserInterface/index.html>`__
   for more information on viewing results using DREAM3D-NX’s
   visualization tools .

.. |Workflow Button| image:: Images/AddToWorkflowButton.png
.. |Remove Workflow Button| image:: Images/RemoveFromWorkflowButton.png