Lookup component now offers filtering Due to huge code contributions from Eric Smith and datapharmer, the Lookup screen component has been substantially enhanced. a) You can now filter the Lookup component based on a particular field: b) but you can also choose to filter based on a where clause. For example, if you wish to […]
1. Dynamic Question can have default settings Version 1.1 of DynamicQuestion allows defaults to be set for each question, including the parent question. These default values can be a string or a Flow variable. Based on a request by JodieM. Get the new version here. 2. New MultiShim Flow Screen Component This simple little component […]
So a VP asks me to build a Flow demo for him, and I do. But he wants it to have more visual sizzle. He even gives me a nice piece of stock photography, along with a version where the wheels are highlighted. So I built a little custom component and made a video. In […]
Was building a demo at Salesforce and the VP says, he says to me “can you do something about the black space that can be seen when you go from one flow screen to the next and the first screen is large and the next screen is really small?” And it occurred to me that […]
This component has been superseded by this one: https://unofficialsf.com/lookup/ Watch the old Video. Go get this component
Once you have headless SFDX auth working in your development environment, you can start to leverage it by building build automation. Here’s a simple script I’m using to bootstrap my SFDX environment. I run it every time I start up a new session: #!/bin/bash -xecho “Starting Dev Environment” if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then echo ‘you […]
NOTE: This component is basically obsolete. Flow now includes a dependent picklist as an official component. You should have a good reason to bother dealing with the community component, which paved the way and served nobly, but is now deservedly retired. Watch the Video . Get the Source Code . Go get this component (not […]
A growing set of powerful yet easy-to-use screen components are available to Flow users. I wanted to provide a little documentation for how screen components are added to screens. Once your org is updated to Spring ’18 or later, you’ll find a new Lightning Components choice at the bottom of your list of screen controls […]
It’s now possible to create dynamic questions, where child questions appear and disappear based on the selection made in the parent question. Here’s a video that demonstrates just a few of the useful things you can do with dynamic questions. The implementation of dynamic questions takes advantage of Lightning Flow’s new ability, as of Spring […]
Flow Action Components, also known as Local Actions, are a new Flow enhancement in pilot as part of the Spring ’18 release. They’re discussed more here. This Component works in Lightning Experience. We created the Update Screen component to address a small but annoying problem some of our customers were having as they integrate flows […]