Entries by Alex Edelstein

From Munawrrahman: Trigger Screen Flows with Backend Events

Being able to pop up a screen flow when something happens can be very useful. Previous explorations include the Detect and Launch component, which focuses on being on a record page and detecting changes to that record. Mun’s solution uses platform events as a transport mechanisms, so it’s a more broadly applicable solution. Check it […]

From Renato Oliveira: New Business Hours Actions

Renato has built a package that exposes the main Business Hours functions that are normally only available to Apex developers: Here are the actions: BusinessHoursAddAction (businessHoursId, startDate, intervalMilliseconds)Adds an interval of time from a start Datetime traversing business hours only. Returns the result Datetime in the local time zone. BusinessHoursAddGmtAction (businessHoursId, startDate, intervalMilliseconds)Adds an interval […]

How to add additional employees to your Flow Orchestrations at no cost

Flow Orchestration has a unique licensing characteristic: when you purchase it, you can request no-cost Salesforce Workflow Orchestration User licenses for employees that aren’t already on Salesforce. These licenses are limited but are designed to enable employees who don’t normally have a need for Salesforce to participate in Orchestrations. This works because Flow Orchestration is […]

Running Screen Flows in Slack

With Winter ’23, it’s possible to send screen flows to a Slack user or channel, and enable them to run the flows without leaving Slack. There are two great use cases for enabling your screen flows to run in Slack: I you have users who spend time in Slack, they may want to have a […]

Guides to Flow and Flow Orchestration at DF ’22

Here’s the Trail Map of Flow-centric Activities: The links don’t work in these images, but you can search for them here. For Flow Orchestration, focus on the following: How to Automate Any Business Process Do More with Less Using Automation and App Dev Interactive: Workflow Orchestration Supercharge Slack with Flow Actions and Orchestrator. Automate Your […]