# Call a "usual-flow" from within a sub-flow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/call-a-usual-flow-from-within-a-sub-flow/58141>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [11 February 2022 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/call-a-usual-flow-from-within-a-sub-flow/58141 "2022-02-11T11:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![crackytsi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/crackytsi/32/28369_2.png) [@crackytsi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/crackytsi)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2022 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/call-a-usual-flow-from-within-a-sub-flow/58141/1 "2022-02-11T11:09:02Z")

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In a "usual" flow I want to use a sub-flow.  
This sub-flow prepares some data, should do a "link-call" to a "usual flow" and then do something again with the data, to output it the following nodes within the sub-flow.  
Unfortunately this seems not to work.  
Is there any workarround?

regards  
Chris

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2022 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/call-a-usual-flow-from-within-a-sub-flow/58141/2 "2022-02-11T13:21:54Z")

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See

> [@Should a link call work inside a subflow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/should-a-link-call-work-inside-a-subflow/57945):
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> I'm not sure if this is by design or not, but link calls aren't working for me inside subflows. Outside of a subflow, the configuration below works just fine. Inside a subflow (replace the inject node with the input node of the subflow) it doesn't work at all. Neither of the debug nodes print to the console, and the link call times out. Is this a bug, or is this by design for some odd reason? [{"id":"3dfb738b2a509342","type":"inject","z":"f6f2187d.f17ca8","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2022 13:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/call-a-usual-flow-from-within-a-sub-flow/58141/3 "2022-04-12T13:22:28Z")

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