# flow:interview

This component embeds a Flow interview in the page.

## Example

```apex

<!-- Page: -->
<apex:page controller="exampleCon">
<!-- embed a simple flow -->
	<flow:interview name="my_flow" interview="{!my_interview}"></flow:interview>
	<!-- get a variable from the embedded flow using my_interview.my_variable -->
	<apex:outputText value="here is my_variable : {!my_interview.my_variable}"/>
</apex:page>

/*** Controller ***/
public class exampleCon {
    Flow.Interview.my_flow my_interview {get; set;}
}
```

## Attributes

| Attribute Name      | Attribute Type          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Required? | API Version | Access |
| ------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ----------- | ------ |
| `allowShowPause`    | Boolean                 | A Boolean value that allows the flow to display the Pause button. The Pause button appears on a flow screen only if this attribute is set to true for the <flow:interview> component, the 'Let Users Pause Flows' setting is enabled for your organization, and the currently displayed screen has been configured to show the Pause button. |           | 33.0        |        |
| `buttonLocation`    | String                  | The area of the page block where the navigation buttons should be rendered. Possible values include 'top', 'bottom', or 'both'. If not specified, this value defaults to 'both'.                                                                                                                                                             |           | 21.0        |        |
| `buttonStyle`       | String                  | Optional style applied to the command buttons. Can only be used for in-line styling, not for CSS classes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |           | 21.0        |        |
| `finishLocation`    | ApexPages.PageReference | A PageReference that can be used to determine where the flow navigates when it finishes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |           | 21.0        |        |
| `id`                | String                  | An identifier that allows the component to be referenced by other components in the page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |           | 14.0        | global |
| `interview`         | Flow.Interview          | An object that can be used to represent the FlowInterview.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |           | 21.0        |        |
| `name`              | String                  | The unique name of the flow.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Yes       | 21.0        |        |
| `pausedInterviewId` | String                  | Id of a paused interview to resume.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |           | 33.0        |        |
| `rendered`          | Boolean                 | A Boolean value that specifies whether the component is rendered on the page. If not specified, this value defaults to true.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |           | 14.0        | global |
| `rerender`          | Object                  | The ID of one or more components that are redrawn when the result of the action method returns to the client. This value can be a single ID, a comma-separated list of IDs, or a merge field expression for a list or collection of IDs.                                                                                                     |           | 21.0        |        |
| `showHelp`          | Boolean                 | Should the help link be displayed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |           | 21.0        |        |

**See Also**

- [An Advanced Example of Using \<flow:interview>](/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-flows-advanced.md)