Starting state machine executions in Step Functions
A state machine execution occurs when an AWS Step Functions state machine runs
and performs its tasks. Each Step Functions state machine can have multiple simultaneous executions,
which you can initiate from the Step Functions
console
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Start an execution in the Step Functions console.
You can start a state machine in the console, watch the execution, and debug failures.
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Call the StartExecution API action.
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Use Amazon EventBridge to start an execution in response to an event.
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Use Amazon EventBridge Scheduler to start a state machine execution on a schedule.
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Start a nested workflow execution from a Task state.
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Start an execution with Amazon API Gateway.
Tip
To learn how to monitor running executions, see the tutorial: Examining state machine executions in Step Functions
