Salesforce Flows are a type of Declarative Automation that allows you to automate complex business processes using clicks, not code. Continue reading “Mastering the Move: Salesforce to Flow Transition Tips”
Category: Flow
Track Which Marketing Campaigns Are Driving Salesforce Tasks
Salesforce Tasks have been around for quite a long time, acting as a bridge between different teams and team members. When it comes to marketing activities, a common request we had was ‘Can we see which campaign triggered our tasks?’. Up until now, we were unsure, but not anymore.
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Are you ready to migrate to flow?
In the summer of 2020, Salesforce announced that Flow was the future and started putting more resources behind the development of the tool. While they also stopped the future development of other tools. Then, a year later, Salesforce announced its plans to retire Workflow Rules and Process Builder starting in Winter’22 (October 2022).
Maps in Flow
Maps are a fundamental data structure in Apex and other programming languages. They allow us to store a series of key/value pairs, and then efficiently use a key to look up a value from the store. There is no built-in map construct in Flow, but it would be useful if there were. So, I built one!
Flow for Developers
Rivers, and paddling them in a canoe, can teach you important lessons about going with the flow. You’re never going to successfully paddle upstream against the Yukon (trust me – I’ve been there). Poor communication with a tandem canoe partner can make you both end up swimming. If you get pinned sideways, you must lean in to the obstacle.
The most important lesson, though, is the first one: Go with the flow. Let the river guide you. Work together to get the boat where it needs to be. All that power, blended with a bit of control, can have beautiful results.