Chapter 6, Types of Salesforce Flows
- At the time of writing this book, there are five flow types:
- Screen Flow: Guides users through a business process interactively.
- Record-Triggered Flow: Triggered by DML actions such as record create, update, or delete.
- Schedule-Triggered Flow: Launches at a specified time and frequency.
- Platform Event—Triggered Flow: Launches when a platform event message is received.
- Autolaunched Flow (No Trigger): Does not have a trigger defined within the flow. It is triggered on demand as needed.
- A record-triggered flow is triggered by DML actions such as record creation, update, or deletion.
So, wanting an action such as sending emails, chatter posts, or updating related records would make a good use case for this type of flow.
- You can create a list view as shown in Figure 6.19:
Process Type + Trigger = Flow Type
For Autolaunched Flow (No Trigger), the Trigger field is blank.
Also, remember they are triggered by clicking on a custom button or custom...