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title: Execute Workflow Quick Action
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/execute-workflow-quick-action
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:32.462Z
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- [About the Execute Workflow Quick Action](docId:6IuNjGcdLGDWxkSzi7q50)
- [Parameters](docId:6IuNjGcdLGDWxkSzi7q50)
- Classic Action Designer: [Execute Workflow Action](docId\:pe5az0D1ggDBDsWWPlGYI)

## About the Execute Workflow Quick Action

Use the **Execute Workflow** action to run a workflow on demand. Executing this action is equivalent to clicking **Re-run Workflow** from the **View workflow definition and instance** dialog box in the **Action Menu**. See [About Workflows](docId\:YknNKMOv2vTIOWTA7Xn5w) for more information about workflows.

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:::hint{type="info"}
The Workflow quick action does not work when executed from the form view of a Business Object unless the **Automatically save changes when action is run in UI form context** check box is selected while creating the workflow.
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## Parameters

To access the parameters, select the **Action Block** to display them in the **Settings** pane.

### Action Block Settings

- **Block Label**: A unique name for the block. This is useful to identify each action when you have more than one of the same action block added or cloned in the design area.
- **Workflows**: Select the workflow to execute. from the drop-down list.

Click **Save** to commit your settings.

### Start Block Settings

These settings are accessed by selecting the **Start Block**, refer to [Start Block Settings](docId:2Wq6ihUN2zxiR21eA3M7g).

:::hint{type="info"}
This action does not respect the **Auto-save** checkbox option in the **Start Block** settings. It does save changes directly to the database, but please ensure that the behaviour you expect still occurs.
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