Entries by Alex Edelstein

Orchestrator Pricing

Orchestrator is generally available and here’s an unofficial FAQ on how it will be priced. How is it sold? The product will be sold via a consumption-based approach where customers purchase a quantity of yearly ‘runs’ There’s also a way to enable non-Salesforce users to use these runs without purchasing Salesforce user licenses for them. […]

From Akihiro Iwaya: Adding Approval Functionality to Orchestrator

Akihiro-san has done some of the most in-depth early consumption of Orchestrator. Here he demonstrates a number of techniques for lighting up approval processes. Orchestrator goes GA in Spring ‘22 with new enhancements!! Assignment to Queues and Groups Reassignment of Work Items Cancel a running orchestration API access to trigger Orchestrations I have been exploring […]

Salesforce Field Service: Create Batches of Appointments with Service Appointment Generator

Last update: January 31, 2022 Authors: Leigh-Anne Nugent and Christopher Albanese Watch the Video. Send us Feedback! Business Requirements  Customers need to be able to build a solution that supports the following scenarios for teamwork and multi-stage work: This will provide a stop-gap accelerator-style solution that will be an unmanaged package with access to the […]

Flow Action Base Pack Now Available on AppExchange

For the first time, one of the packages maintained here at UnofficialSF.com is now available as a managed package on AppExchange, through Salesforce Labs. Salesforce Flow: Actions Base Pack is a library of Apex classes that extend Salesforce Flow, supporting a range of new screen components, providing Flow with services for formula evaluation, expression evaluation […]

Using Flow To Enhance Salesforce Knowledge

Traditional Knowledge is managed using page layouts and records. Let’s look at how a flow-based approach allows your Knowledge implementation to tap into new capabilities. We’ll also see where the current Flow infrastructure is limited relative to today’s Knowledge experience. Below is an example of a new Knowledge solution that uses Flow and NBA, placed […]

Preview: Powerful Approvals Orchestrations from Forcelution Apps

You can build powerful approvals solution on Orchestrator, but if you want a polished out-of-the-box solution, you’ll want to consider this upcoming Approval Orchestrator Add-On from Forecelution Apps. They already provide a powerful extension to Legacy Approval Processes and have set out to provide a solution that makes it easier to create approvals in Orchestrator. […]