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# Flow orchestration

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In this lesson, you'll learn the two strategies for orchestrating flows in Parabola — triggering a flow from within another flow, and using a dedicated orchestrator — so you can control exactly when and in what order your workflows run.

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  Chain your Sales by Category flow to a downstream flow so the next process is triggered automatically when it finishes.

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    <Step title="Create your downstream flow">
      Click the link below to create a pre-built downstream flow that your starter flow will trigger.

      [**Create your downstream flow**](https://parabola.io/api/clipboard/16490ae3-7535-4d2e-bbca-67b15addaabb/copy_to_flow?name=Parabola+University+301:+Downstream+flow)
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    <Step title="Add a Run another flow step to your initial sales by category reporting flow">
      Back in your initial sales by category reporting flow, press **S** to open the search bar, search for **Run another flow**, and drag it onto the canvas. Connect it to the output of your **Send to Parabola Table** step. Configure it to trigger **301: Downstream flow**.
    </Step>

    <Step title="Run your initial sales by category reporting flow and confirm the downstream flow is triggered">
      Click **Run flow** in the top right. Open your downstream flow in a separate browser tab and watch it start running after the table is updated.
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