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Published inDec 2023
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Srini Munagavalasa
Srini Munagavalasa
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Srini Munagavalasa

Srini Munagavalasa has more than 20 years of global IT experience in Salesforce CRM and PRM, SAP CRM, and HR. He has a passion for learning about new and emerging technologies and products and prototyping and implementing solutions that result in customer satisfaction and business benefits. He has authored 10+ articles on CRM, HR, and project management with Wellesley Information Services (WIS). He has also presented at Salesforce Dreamforce and SAP Sapphire/ASUG. He is currently working as a VP of Salesforce COE at MUFG Americas. He has a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering and holds a post-graduate diploma in operations management. He has worked with renowned companies such as CA Tech, IBM, The Walt Disney Company, and PwC.
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Exploring five basic types of flows in Salesforce

In Salesforce, there are five basic (core) types of flows available via the Flow Builder tool. They are as follows:

  • Screen flow: This guides users through a business process interactively and can be launched from lightning pages, custom buttons, actions, custom links, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Experience Builder pages. An example of a screen flow is service agents collecting data from customers that can be used to update records, such as shipping addresses, or create cases.
  • Record-triggered flow: This is triggered by DML actions such as record, create, update, or delete. An example of a record-triggered flow is when the opportunity stage is won, you close all quotes related to the opportunity and notify the deal registration team.
  • Schedule-triggered flow: This launches at a specified time and frequency for each record in a batch. The autolaunched flow runs in the background and is triggered based on parameters...
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Srini Munagavalasa

Srini Munagavalasa has more than 20 years of global IT experience in Salesforce CRM and PRM, SAP CRM, and HR. He has a passion for learning about new and emerging technologies and products and prototyping and implementing solutions that result in customer satisfaction and business benefits. He has authored 10+ articles on CRM, HR, and project management with Wellesley Information Services (WIS). He has also presented at Salesforce Dreamforce and SAP Sapphire/ASUG. He is currently working as a VP of Salesforce COE at MUFG Americas. He has a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering and holds a post-graduate diploma in operations management. He has worked with renowned companies such as CA Tech, IBM, The Walt Disney Company, and PwC.
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