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Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow

Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow

By : Rakesh Gupta
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Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow

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By: Rakesh Gupta
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Overview of this book

Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow is intended for those who want to use Flows to automate their business requirements by click not code. Salesforce maintains an incredibly user-friendly interface; no previous experience in computer coding or programming is required.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Getting Started with Visual Workflow
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1. Getting Started with Visual Workflow
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Business problems
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The benefits of Visual Workflow
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System requirements for using Visual Workflow
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An overview of the Visual Workflow lifecycle
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An overview of the Cloud Flow Designer
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An overview of the building blocks of Visual Workflow
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The various ways to invoke a Flow
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Summary
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2. Creating Flow through Point and Click
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2. Creating Flow through Point and Click
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Creating the building blocks of Flow
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Creating a variable
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Creating a collection variable
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Creating an SObject Variable
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Creating an SObject Collection Variable
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Designing the Flow
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A few points to remember
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Exercises
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3. Manipulating Records in Visual Workflow
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3. Manipulating Records in Visual Workflow
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Creating the building blocks of a Flow
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Creating a Constant
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Creating a Text Template
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Manipulating the data
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A few points to remember
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Exercises
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4. Debugging and New Ways to Call a Flow
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4. Debugging and New Ways to Call a Flow
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Debugging your Flow
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Debug log
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Who can run the Flow and how
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Automating your business process
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A few points to remember
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5. Developing Applications with Process Builder
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5. Developing Applications with Process Builder
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An overview of Process Builder
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Differences between Process Builder and other tools
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Creating applications with Process Builder
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A few points to remember
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Exercises
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6. Building Applications without Code
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6. Building Applications without Code
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Distributing or deploying Flows and Processes
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Hands on 2 – displaying messages after login
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Hands on 4 – understanding Subflow and the Wait Element
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Hands on 6 – using custom settings in a Flow
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Hands on 7 – creating schedule jobs using a Flow
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The benefits of Visual Workflow

There are certain benefits of using Visual Workflow. They are as follows:

  • It allows you to create an automated business process using click not code.
  • Visual Workflow does not require coding, and even if you do not know Apex code you can still develop business processes.
  • Using screens, fields, and choices, you can implement complex business processes to make sure that your users are entering data in the right format.
  • Through Visual Workflow, you can manipulate data for certain objects that are not available for the Workflow rule. For example, when a "contact role" is created or updated as primary for an opportunity then create a new task.
  • It allows you to auto submit records for approval.
  • You can post messages on Chatter. For example, if opportunity status gets Closed Won, post a message on Chatter group.
  • It allows you to embed the Flow into the Visualforce page and using the Force.com Site you can expose it for unauthenticated access.
  • Once you embed your Flow into the Visualforce page, it allows you to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other Visualforce components.
  • It can be easily maintained by non-developers.
  • Since it is not code, you don't need to write test classes.
  • You can make changes directly to your production organization, just like other configuration changes.
  • Every time unhandled processes fail or an error occurs in the Flow, the author will get an e-mail from Salesforce with the error details.
  • Using the debug log you can debug your Flow. Visual Workflow also has a built-in debugging tool. To open the debug window, press Ctrl + Shift + M (on PC) or command + shift + M (on Mac).
  • It allows you to invoke the Apex class that implements the Process.Plugin interface.
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