# FlowDefinition
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The configurations that control how Customer Profiles retrieves data from the source, Amazon AppFlow. Customer Profiles uses this information to create an AppFlow flow on behalf of customers.

## Contents
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 ** FlowName **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-FlowName"></a>
The specified name of the flow. Use underscores (\$1) or hyphens (-) only. Spaces are not allowed.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9][\w!@#.-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** KmsArn **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-KmsArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name of the AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key you provide for encryption.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:aws:kms:.*:[0-9]+:.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** SourceFlowConfig **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-SourceFlowConfig"></a>
The configuration that controls how Customer Profiles retrieves data from the source.  
Type: [SourceFlowConfig](API_connect-customer-profiles_SourceFlowConfig.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** Tasks **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-Tasks"></a>
A list of tasks that Customer Profiles performs while transferring the data in the flow run.  
Type: Array of [Task](API_connect-customer-profiles_Task.md) objects  
Required: Yes

 ** TriggerConfig **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-TriggerConfig"></a>
The trigger settings that determine how and when the flow runs.  
Type: [TriggerConfig](API_connect-customer-profiles_TriggerConfig.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** Description **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-customer-profiles_FlowDefinition-Description"></a>
A description of the flow you want to create.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `[\w!@#\-.?,\s]*`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/customer-profiles-2020-08-15/FlowDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/customer-profiles-2020-08-15/FlowDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/customer-profiles-2020-08-15/FlowDefinition)