Tag: Salesforce Admin
Use Case Examples for the New Screen Flow Repeater Component
The Spring ’24 release is almost upon us. In this upcoming release we are getting the new Repeater component for Screen Flows. This is arguably one of the biggest updates in a long while. In this post we look at potential use cases for the new Screen Flow Repeater component. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Winter ’24 Treasure Hunt … Custom Error Messages!!!
The upcoming Winter ’24 release from Salesforce introduces the new Custom Error Message element in Flow, allowing dynamic, user-friendly error messages in Record-Triggered Flows, a significant shift in Salesforce’s error handling approach. This blog post delves into the functionality and configuration of this element, its implications for Salesforce’s future direction, and best practices for its implementation, inviting community feedback on its potential applications.
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Highlights from the Summer ’23 Release Flow Preview
The Summer ’23 release for Salesforce is right around the corner. But what are the biggest things in this release window for Flow? In this blog, I share my key highlights coming out of the most recent Flow preview in the hope of answering that very question.
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Documentation: Let’s Talk About Naming Conventions
A big part of any successful Flow Documentation strategy is based on naming conventions. But what are they? In this post I talk about naming conventions and patterns to help you know more about what they are and how to use them.
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Documentation: The Flow Documents You Need Most In Your Life
Outside of your main piece of documentation for a Flow, what else should you consider documenting? In this post I cover the additional docs I think you need most in your life as a Flow Builder.
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Documentation: What Can You Use Inside Salesforce?
Continuing with our theme of Flow Documentation for the month of March. This post shows what is possible within the confines of Salesforce to help #AwesomeAdmins document the Flow that they build. Want to know what you can use in Salesforce for Flow Documentation? If you do, then come and check out this blog.
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Documentation: Tips on Creating Helpful Documentation
Documentation for Flow is hard!!! But it doesn’t necessarily have to be. In this post I share my 4 top tips for creating helpful Flow Documentation for you and your users.
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What’s Coming to The Flow Architect This Coming March?
March is going to be Flow Documentation Month here at The Flow Architect. Here’s a little more information on what to expect over the course of the month, and what posts will be coming out as part of this 5-week blog series.
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Seriously!!! We Need to Stop Calling Flow a Developer Tool!
One of my frustrations over the last year is when we refer to Flow as a Developer tool. This does not match Salesforce’s messaging and can potentially cause barriers to entry for Admins. So how should we refer to Flow? In this post I share my thoughts on this all important topic.
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Five of the Things I Love About Flow!!!
What do you love about Flow builder? For me that’s a long list to say the list. But in this post I seek to share five of the things I love most about Flow builder.
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I Asked ChatGPT to Build Me a Flow … How Did it Do?
ChatGPT is all the rage right now with the Salesforce ecosystem. But how does it actually fair when being asked to build out Flows for us? In this post, I experiment that and share my thoughts on the tool in my brief usage of it.
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