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# Starting another Flow

Use the **Enter another Flow** action to move your contacts from one flow to another from within a flow. Once a contact passes through this node, they will be removed from the current flow and start another.  
 
From action selection under Triggers: 'Enter a Flow'   

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In the example below, we're directing contacts from a "Registration" flow to a different flow titled "Create New Patient" where we will create a new patient contact.

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## Parent Variables

When an **Enter another Flow** action is placed within a flow, all flow variables created up to that step may be passed to the next flow. This flow becomes a 'parent' flow. Within the 'child' flow, flow variables collected in the parent are referenced using the **@parent** prefix.  
  
For example, after you collect a contact's Name ( **@results.name**) or Phone ( **@results.phone**) in FLOW A, use 'Save the flow result' action to save data you want to use in Flow B. Then use the 'Enter a Flow' action to place that contact in a new flow. In FLOW B, you can reference those previously collected flow variables by calling **@parent.results.name** or **@parent.results.phone\_number**: 

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Note that **@parent** variables are only capable of referencing values from a previous flow when a contact starts a flow through either an Enter a Flow or [Start somebody else in a flow action.](/en/article/start-somebody-else-in-a-flow-12d0szu/)