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title: "Using a Flow to Create Dynamic Objects at Runtime"
slug: "using-a-flow-to-create-dynamic-objects-at-runtime"
updated: 2021-12-03T16:36:14Z
published: 2021-12-03T16:36:14Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/using-a-flow-to-create-dynamic-objects-at-runtime"
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# Using a Flow to Create Dynamic Objects at Runtime

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## Overview

| ## Example Lab Details |
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| **Version** | 7.8.0.6420 |
| **Root Folder** | DynamicObjectCreation |
| **Modules** | None |
| **Dependencies** | Five: BuildXMLString [Flow], History Folder of Main Process Folder, Adjust Data Flow [Flow], Object [System], FetchRandomDynamicData [Flow] |

This Example Lab demonstrates how to create Dynamic Objects at Runtime through the use of a Flow.

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## Explanation

The following example utilizes a three **Sub** **Flow** system to dynamically create **Decisions** **Objects** at **Runtime** that can be then **Serialized** into an **XML** **String**. These serialized Objects can then be used by a third-party application for additional functionality.

Note on ExampleBefore proceeding to the **Main** **Flow**, open and run the **Populate** **Mock** **DB** **Data** to create some sample data for use by the Main Flow. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-12-03_11h16_58.png)

The Flow achieves this by utilizing a **Create** **Data** step to create an **Object List (DynamicListBuilder)**; this serves as the Object generated by the Flow.

The Flow then generates a **Random** **Integer** to determine which **List** of **Employee** information (**Person**, **Document**, and **Employee** data) is **Fetched**. The data for this Object is then iterated through a **ForEach** **Step** loop that assigns a Random First Name for each Object (via **Adjust Data Flow**).

Lastly, the DynamicListBuilder data is sent through a ForEach Step loop that casts the Object data to their respective **Data** **Types**, each one of which is sent to a separate **XML** **Serialize** step to convert them into XML values. These values are cleaned up through the use of **Replace** **Text** steps for final use with the **Close** **String** **Builder** steps; these steps are used to compile the XML values into a single **String** for final **Output**.

Reference Articles[Serialization](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/serialization)   
[Creating and Using a Case Entity Data Structure](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/case-entity-data-structure)  
[Processing Lists of Items using ForEach Step](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/processing-lists-of-items-with-the-foreach-step)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-12-03_10h44_27.png)![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-12-03_11h14_19.png)![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-12-03_11h13_29.png)![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-12-03_11h16_20.png)

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## Project Download

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[ExampleLab[DynamicObjectCreationToXMLOut]-02122021-113340.zip](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/ExampleLab%5BDynamicObjectCreationToXMLOut%5D-02122021-113340.zip)  

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