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    DataWorks:Create and manage business processes

    Last Updated:Mar 26, 2026

    In DataService Studio, a business flow organizes and manages your APIs, functions, and service orchestrations, helping you analyze data by business. You must create a business flow before you can create an API.

    Prerequisites

    Before you begin, ensure that you have:

    • Activated the API Gateway service

    • Created an API group in API Gateway

    Create a business flow

    1. Go to the DataService Studio page. Log on to the DataWorks console. In the top navigation bar, select the desired region. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Data Analysis and Service > DataService Studio. On the page that appears, select the desired workspace from the drop-down list and click Go to DataService Studio.

    2. On the Service Development tab, hover over the image.png icon and select Create Business Flow.

      Parameter Description
      Business Flow Name A unique name for the business flow within the workspace. Must start with a letter or Chinese character. Can contain Chinese characters, letters, digits, and underscores (_). Length: 4–50 characters. Example: sales_api_v1.
      API Group The API group that the APIs in this business flow belong to. An API group is the unit of API management in API Gateway, and each group maps to an API product in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace. To create an API group, go to the API Gateway console.
      Description A description of the business flow, up to 180 characters.

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    3. Click OK.

    After the business flow is created, it appears in the Business Flow list. Next, create APIs, functions, or service orchestrations inside it.

    Modify a business flow

    1. On the Service Development tab, right-click the business flow and select Edit Properties.

      修改属性

    2. In the Edit Business Flow dialog box, update the Business Flow Name or Description as needed.

      编辑

      Note

      The Owner and API Group parameters cannot be modified.

    3. Click Confirm.

    Delete a business flow

    1. On the Service Development tab, right-click the business flow and select Delete.

      删除

    2. In the Message dialog box, click Confirm.

      Note

      You can only delete a business flow that contains no objects (folders, APIs, functions, or service orchestrations). Delete those objects first before deleting the business flow.

    What's next

    After creating a business flow, create APIs, functions, or service orchestrations inside it to start building your data service.