Entries by Eric Smith

Mass Update Records from a Related List

Melody from Salesforce Flowsome has done it again with a fantastic pair of posts that cover a few different ways to select and mass update records from a list view. These well written articles are easy to follow and present step-by-step how you can implement this functionality using Flow. Use Case: Mass Update Records From […]

Validation Checker Flow Action

Validation Checker Flow Action Created by Eric Smith This Post was most recently updated on: 6/12/22Current Version: 1.6 Don’t your users just love it when they see this on their screen? The fun really starts when you get this email in your inbox. You could certainly take the time and effort to add a bunch of decision […]

Datatable – New Version Release Notes

Eric Smith has released Version 3.0.10 of the Datatable Flow Screen component. Here are the Feature Updates & Bug Fixes included in this release. Updates: Record links have been updated to now support a Flow running in a Community Added a new Table Behavior option to specify if Links should open in the same Tab […]

Mergician – Make Unnecessary Formula Fields Disappear!

Here’s a great new Flow Action from the team at Gears Design. Use the Mergician app with Salesforce Flow to quickly and easily create custom copy for chatter posts, custom notifications & emails – or any other scenario where you need to leverage Salesforce’s merge field syntax in Flow.  Ever tried to use default Flow […]

Checkbox Component for Custom Property Editors

Created by Eric Smith – February 2021 This Post was most recently updated on: 2/17/21 ABOUT The fsc_flowCheckbox component is designed to be used in a Custom Property Editor. There is an undesired behavior when using a standard lightning-input with a type of checkbox in a Custom Property Editor. If a checkbox is checked in the CPE and […]

IsChanged and Triggered Flows

Jodie Miners has written another excellent review covering some new Flow features in the Spring 21 release. This time she explains how to use the Prior Value feature in triggered Flows. Read the full post here.

Formula Fields and Triggered Flows

Jodie Miners has written about all the ways Formula fields can be referenced in Triggered Flows in the Spring ’21 release. As of Spring ’21 sandbox testing: Formulas CAN be used in trigger conditions on before save flow triggers Formulas CAN be used in trigger conditions in after save flow triggers Formulas CAN be used […]

Icon Picker for Flow Screens and Custom Property Editors

Icon Picker for Flow Screens and Custom Property Editors This Post was most recently updated on: 6/9/21 – Eric SmithCurrent Version: FlowScreenComponentsBasePack v2.3.5 Components like Datatable allow the user to select a Salesforce Icon from the Lightning Design System but up until now you had to know the exact name and formatting for the icon. Examples: standard:account […]