# Running a workflow
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You can run a workflow using the Lake Formation console, the AWS Glue console, or the AWS Glue Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or API.

**To run a workflow (Lake Formation console)**

1. Open the AWS Lake Formation console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/). Sign in as the data lake administrator or as a user who has data engineer permissions. For more information, see [Lake Formation personas and IAM permissions reference](permissions-reference.md).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Blueprints**.

1. On the **Blueprints** page, select the workflow. Then on the **Actions** menu, choose **Start**.

1. As the workflow runs, view its progress in the **Last run status** column. Choose the refresh button occasionally.

   The status goes from **RUNNING**, to **Discovering**, to **Importing**, to **COMPLETED**. 

   When the workflow is complete:
   + The Data Catalog has new metadata tables.
   + Your data is ingested into the data lake.

   If the workflow fails, do the following:

   1. Select the workflow. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **View graph**.

      The workflow opens in the AWS Glue console.

   1. Ensure that the workflow is selected, and choose the **History** tab.

   1. Under **History**, select the most recent run and choose **View run details**.

   1. Select a failed job or crawler in the dynamic (runtime) graph, and review the error message. Failed nodes are either red or yellow.

**See also:**  
[Blueprints and workflows in Lake Formation](workflows-about.md)