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Designing flows

Getting started​

There are a few steps to designing a flow.

  1. Determine requirements
  2. Create the flow
  3. Set targeting rules in the start block
  4. Design the flow logic using blocks

1. Determine requirements​

First you need to determine a few details about a flow you want to build with Dopt.

You should determine:

  • Targeting rules - What user properties will I use to target the right set of users? This will determine what user properties you’ll need to send Dopt and what the targeting rules in the start block will be.
  • Steps and flow logic - What are the steps of the desired flow? This will determine what component blocks you might want to use. What’s the logic that connects the steps? This will determine the paths between blocks.

2. Create the flow​

To create a flow, go to the flows page and click the Create flow button.

This will bring you to the flow canvas with a start block, custom block, and finish block already created.

You can rename the flow and add a description by clicking on the flow name.

You can scroll the flow canvas by holding space bar and dragging the canvas or scroll using a mouse wheel/trackpad (holding shift while scrolling will scroll the canvas horizontally).

3. Set targeting rules​

Navigate to the Settings tab in the flow to set targeting rules for which users should qualify for this flow.

Read more about targeting rules →

4. Design the flow logic using step and finish blocks​

Now, for each step in your desired flow, create a component block.

To create a component block, drag one of the component blocks from the block palette panel onto the canvas.

You can drag blocks to move them around.

Then connect the component blocks with paths to represent the flow logic. Do this by selecting a block and then dragging the edge from the bottom of the block to the other block.

Wherever you want the flow to end, you can add a finish block.

You can read more about blocks and paths in our concept overview.

Now that your flow is created, developers can leverage the API and SDKs to build the experience in your application.