Workaround for IN clause in Flows – Part 2(Generic solution) #Spring20Delight

Howdy! Great to see you here. 😀 Some time back, I had published a post on this same topic but the approach discussed in that post had some serious shortcomings which were too hard to ignore. And then came the Spring 20 release notes to put a smile on our faces. 😁After Spring 20 release, …

How to throw exceptions in Flows?

Hi! 😀 In this article, we shall learn how you can throw your own custom exceptions in Flows. How to get started? It's fairly simple. First you have to create an Apex class that extends Exception class and then create an Invocable method inside the same class which simply throws an exception.FlowApexActionException.apxc /* Class definition …

Workaround for Query only first N records in Flows – Part 3(Generic solution) #Spring20Delight

Hi there! 😀 (No, I am not gonna say 'I am using WhatsApp') Let me start with jogging your memory a bit. I published a couple of posts in past month where we discussed a workaround for Query only first N records in Flows and we came to a conclusion that it's not possible to …

How to create a Map collection in Flows? – Part 2(Flow map methods) #Spring20Delight

Hi, great to see you here! 😀 In my previous post of this series, we discussed about how we can create Map collection in flows. But there were also some limitations associated with it which are too hard to ignore. Today in this post, we gonna answer all those problems, thanks to the upcoming Spring …

How to create a Map collection in Flows? – Part 1

Hola! Glad to see you here 😀 In this article, we are going to discuss how we can create Map collection in Flows? Excited already? Yes, I knew it. I will be splitting this topic in a series of posts to keep it light. What is a Map collection? If you're a Salesforce Admin, then …

Signature Capture Component for Flows

Howdy! 😀 Today I am excited to share with you a new flow screen component that I built, called Signature Capture. As the name suggests, you can use this component in your flows screens to get your end users' signatures and save them in the Salesforce as Files. You can also attach the signature file …

Workaround for Query only first N records in Flows – Part 2

In my previous post of this 2 part series of posts, we discussed a workaround for the LIMIT N clause(similar to what we have in SOQL, ring any bells?) in flows. But obviously the solution wasn't an ideal one, because of its limitations like: What if the number of records in the database are more …