{"id":2912,"date":"2020-06-04T04:49:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T10:29:55","slug":"launch-flow-using-process-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/launch-flow-using-process-builder.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Launch A Flow Using Process Builder In Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Flow<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>flow<\/strong> is an application that can execute logic, interact with the <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/salesforce.html\">Salesforce<\/a> database, call Apex classes, and collect data from users. You can build flows by using Flow Builder.<\/p>\n<h3>For more info on creating, flows refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/how-to-create-flows.html\">How To Create A Flow?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Flow Actions<\/h3>\n<p>A flow action is a Process Builder that launches a flow. With flow actions, you can automate complex business processes, create flows to perform logic, and have events trigger the flows via process builder\u2014without writing code.<br \/>\nOne thing you need to remember that you can only automate autolaunched flows using process builders.<\/p>\n<h3>Flow Builder with Flow Example<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2908 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Flow-Builder-with-Flow-Example.png\" alt=\"Flow Builder with Flow Example\" width=\"1071\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Process Builder Example<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2909 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Process-Builder-Example.png\" alt=\"Process Builder Example\" width=\"1366\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/call-flow-from-apex.html\">How To Call Flows From Apex?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Criteria to Execute the Flow<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2907 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Criteria-to-Execute-the-Flow.png\" alt=\"Criteria to Execute the Flow\" width=\"1255\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Selected Flow in action to execute the flow<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2910 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Selected-Flow-in-action-to-execute-the-flow.png\" alt=\"Selected Flow in action to execute the flow\" width=\"1363\" height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Here I am setting up the value of Flow variable<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2911 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/setting-up-the-value-of-Flow-variable.png\" alt=\"setting up the value of Flow variable\" width=\"1363\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Searching for expert <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/salesforce-consulting.html\">salesforce consultants<\/a>? For quick assistance get in touch with our salesforce development team.<\/p>\n<h4>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/call-apex-class-from-process-builder.html\">How To Call Apex Class in Process Builder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/data-loader-vs-import-wizard.html\">Difference: Data Loader vs Import Wizard<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flow A flow is an application that can execute logic, interact with the Salesforce database, call Apex classes, and collect data from users. You can build flows by using Flow Builder. For more info on creating, flows refer to How To Create A Flow? Flow Actions A flow action is a Process Builder that launches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":3081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-salesforce-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/How-To-Launch-A-Flow-Using-Process-Builder-In-Salesforce-1.png","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/How-To-Launch-A-Flow-Using-Process-Builder-In-Salesforce-1.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/How-To-Launch-A-Flow-Using-Process-Builder-In-Salesforce-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Virendra Sharma","author_link":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/author\/salesforce"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44717,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions\/44717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emizentech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}