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The Ultimate Guide to Flow Best Practices and Standards

Editor’s note: This post was updated on January 31, 2024, with the latest information and resources. 

There’s no way around it: Salesforce Flow is the automation tool of the future. Flow is not just an ‘admin tool’ — it’s the holy grail of declarative development that unites developers AND admins by allowing the use of Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Apex, and letting the admin orchestrate all of it in one place. We’re starting to see a unique collaboration between admins and developers, with both sides learning a little something about Development and Administration.

In this blog, we’ll discuss best practices, ‘gotchas,’ and design tips to make sure your flows scale with your organization.

1. Document your flows!

Documenting your flow allows the next person, or the forgetful future version of yourself, to understand the overall flow’s objective. Flow designers don’t create solutions out of thin air — we need a business case to solve hard problems, and having those breadcrumbs is critical for maintaining the automation long term.

Outline the flow’s purpose

Fill in that description field! Which problem is your flow solving? Be sure to include what your flow does, the objects your flow touches, and where it’s invoked from (such as which page layout to use if it’s a screen flow, which Process Builder process to use if it’s an autolaunched flow, etc.). Even better if you can mention where this flow hooks into the business process and which groups it touches, so the next person can go to them with questions. Have a JIRA or Story ID to link it to a Story? Stick it in the description!

Ensure consistent naming across elements and variables

Stick to naming conventions when creating variables and elements in Flow. Include in the variable description what you’re capturing. A little bit of work upfront will go a long way for future ‘you’ or somebody else that inherits the flow. There’s no right or wrong way to do this; just keep it consistent within the flow. One popular naming convention is called CamelCase. Check out this nifty Wiki article from the Salesforce Exchange Discord Server on suggestions for flow naming.

Document every step

Make sure you write short blurbs in each step and talk through what each Flow element is and its purpose. This will ensure any member of the team can pick up the work if needed. This is especially critical when you’re using a workaround to address a Flow limitation, performing a more advanced function, or calling an Apex invocable.

2. Harness the power of invoked actions

Clean up inefficient flows with invoked actions — don’t be scared of using some reusable code to make nice, clean, presentable flows. In the old days, you could invoke Apex from Flow, but you pretty much had to use it for that object or datatype. Those days are gone, with Flow now supporting generic inputs and outputs. Generic code used in invocable actions will amplify your Flow capabilities across the board — use one action for as many flows as you want!

Flow is fantastic but has its limitations, especially around queries, large data volumes, and working with collections. Find yourself creating loops upon loops and then more nested loops, or hitting element execution limits? It’s time for reusable Apex to do some heavy lifting for you.

There’s a great repository out there for Flow-invoked actions called the Automation Component Library — check it out!

3. Utilize subflows for cleaner, reusable, scalable ways to manage flows

Take this flow as an example of when you should start asking yourself, “Should I use a subflow?”

Here are some classic use cases for when you should consider a subflow.

• Re-use: If you’re doing the same thing in your flow multiple times, or doing the same thing you did with another flow, call a subflow to do it for you. The development world calls these ‘Helper’ classes.
• Associate Contact to Companies
• Check Contact Data
• Manage Contact’s Associations
• Organizational chaos: If your flow looks like the one above, you probably need a subflow (or many) just to understand how everything connects and to make sense of the bigger process.
• Permission handling: Let’s say you have a screen flow running in user context but you need to grab some system object that the user doesn’t have access to. Use a subflow! By using a subflow with elevated permissions, you’re able to temporarily grant that user what they need to continue the flow.

Benefits of subflows:

• Make changes once instead of in 10 different places.
• Take advantage of clean, concise, and more organized flows.
• Maintain a single place for org-wide behaviors, like sending a consistent error email or showing the same error screen across flows (when passing in the $Flow.FaultMessage variable).

Considerations with subflows:

• Requires more collaboration and testing between groups if changes need to be made to the subflow.
• Debugging can be tricky with subflows. When you start using Lightning components and Apex actions, you don’t always get detailed errors if the error occurred in a subflow.
• There is some UX overhead associated with going overboard with subflows — don’t go making too many.

4. Don’t overload flows with hard-coded logic

Logic abstraction.

A great way to slow down your development process and reduce your team’s agility is by hard coding all of your logic from within flows. When possible, you should store your logic in one place so that automation tools like Apex, Validation Rules, and other flows can also benefit. You should consider using Custom Metadata, Custom Settings, or Custom Labels in your flows in the following scenarios.

• Consolidate application or organization data that is referenced in multiple places.
• Manage mappings (for example, mapping a state to a tax rate or mapping a record type to a queue).
• Manage information that’s subject to change or will change frequently.
• Store frequently used text such as task descriptions, Chatter descriptions, or notification content.
• Store environment variables (URLs or values specific to each Salesforce environment).

You can use things like Custom Labels if you want to store simple values like ‘X Days’, record owner IDs, or values you expect might change in the future.

To give you an idea of how much cleaner Custom Metadata-driven flows are, take a look at the before and after of this After-Save Case flow that maps record types with queues. The solution utilized Custom Metadata records that store a Queue Developer Name, a RecordType Developer Name, and the Department field to update on the case dynamically.

Before Custom Metadata-driven logic

After Custom Metadata-driven logic

I would also strongly recommend you read Jennifer Lee’s post on avoiding hard coding on the Salesforce Admin Blog.

Data-driven screen flows

If you find your team is building 20 to 30 (or more) screens with constantly changing logic and content, then you may need a dynamic screen design pattern based on record data.

Check out this great article on UnofficialSF written by the VP of Product at Salesforce, Alex Edelstein, on how you can build a 500-screen equivalent flow using only custom object records (DiagnosticNode/DiagnosticOutcome) and standard Flow functionality.

Other helpful links on Flow and business logic:

• Trailhead: Use Custom Metadata Types in Flows
• Salesforce Admins Site: Advanced Automation with Flows and Custom Metadata Types Webinar Recap
• External Site: UnofficialSF: Dreamforce Slides – Advanced Flow for Admins

5. Avoid these common ‘builder’ mistakes

Not checking for gaps in your logic.

Flow is essentially declarative coding, which means the guard rails are off! You need to aaccount for every scenario when building your flow. This means planning for cases where what you’re looking for might not exist!

Always have a Decision element after a Lookup/Get Records element to check for no results if you plan on using the results later in your flow. Directly after the Lookup, add an ‘Is null EQUALS False’ decision check for the variable created in the Get Records element. If you’re a coder, imagine this is your ‘null’ check.

Why do we want to do this? Imagine your entire flow is based on a single assumption — a record you’re looking for actually exists in your org. If something happens and we don’t actually find that record early in the flow, your flow will attempt all kinds of operations and you may end up with unintended consequences like errors, bad data, or a poor user experience.

Empty Collections: Some invocable actions or screen components will output an ‘empty’ collection which is not considered ‘null’. A classic example of this is the out-of-the-box ‘File Upload’ component which will return an empty text collection if nothing is uploaded. If you encounter this, the easiest way to do a decision here is to assign the collection to a number using an Assignment element and make your decision off the number value.

Hard coding IDs

Flow does not yet let you reference the Developer Name of things like Record Type, Queues, or Public Groups in certain parts of the UI, but that doesn’t mean you should be hard coding the ID.

Building a record-triggered flow? Using a formula for your entry conditions will let you reference a Record Type’s DeveloperName in your triggering conditions.

In scenarios where you aren’t able to directly reference a DeveloperName, use the results of a Get Records element, a Custom Label, or Custom Metadata. This will save you headaches when deploying through your environments, since Record Type IDs and other unique identifiers might differ between environments.

As an example, create a Get Records lookup step on the RecordType object. Then, in your conditions, provide the DeveloperName and Object field, and store the found Record ID (Record Type ID) for later use in your flow.

Need to reference a queue or a public group? Do a Get Records using the DeveloperName of the queue on the Group object instead of hard coding the ID.

Learn to get comfortable with the rich documentation Salesforce provides around setup objects like Group , RecordType , and ContentDocumentLink . Understanding the Salesforce data model will make you an infinitely more powerful administrator and Flow designer.

Being careless when looping

There are three main concerns when looping, involving element limits, SOQL limits, and using complex formulas.

[UPDATED GUIDANCE, February 2023] 

[ Note: The element iteration limit was removed in the Spring ’23 release, but requires flows to run on API Versions 57 or greater. Although we removed the element limit, you still need to be aware of general governor limits like CPU Timeouts and  SOQL limits.]

1. Beware of the ‘executed element’ limit — Every time Flow hits an element, this counts as an element execution . As of Spring ’21, there are currently 2,000 element executions allowed per flow interview. Consider a scenario where you are looping more than 1,500 contacts.

Within your loop, you have your Loop element (1), a Decision element (2), an Assignment step to set some variables in your looped record (3), and a step in which you add that record to a collection to update, create, or delete later in the flow (4). Each of those four elements within the loop will count toward your execution limit. This means your loop over 1,500 records will have 6,000 executed elements, which will far exceed the iteration limit.

When approaching this limit, you’re likely going to need to either get creative with forcing a ‘stop’ in the transaction or by making your flow more efficient by using invoked actions. Keep in mind that the transaction ends when a Pause element is hit or, in screen flows, when a screen/local action is shown.

2. Do not put data manipulation language (DML) elements inside of a loop (that is, Get Records, Update, Delete, Create) unless you’re 100% sure the scope will not trigger any governor limits. Usually, this is only the case in screen flows when you’re looping over a small subset of records. Instead, use invoked Apex if you need to do complicated logic over a collection.

In Winter ’23, we introduced the new ‘In’ and ‘Not In’ operators so that you can build more performant, scalable flows to avoid those queries within loops that lead to governor limits.

3. Be careful with complex formula variables — Per the Record-Triggered Automation Decision Guide , “ Flow’s formula engine sporadically exhibits poor performance when resolving extremely complex formulas. This issue is exacerbated in batch use cases because formulas are currently both compiled and resolved serially during runtime. We’re actively assessing batch-friendly formula compilation options, but formula resolution will always be serial. We have not yet identified the root cause of the poor formula resolution performance.”

Not creating fault paths

Before you build your flow, think about what should happen if an error occurs. Who should be notified? Should it generate a log record?

One of the most common mistakes an up-and-coming Flow designer makes is not building in fault paths. A fault path is designed to handle when a flow encounters an error, and you then tell it what it should do — think of it as exception handling. The two most common uses are showing an error screen for screen-based flows or sending an email alert containing the error message to a group of people.

I typically like passing off errors to subflows that handle errors for me; that way, if I ever need to change an aspect of the error path, I only need to do it in one place for all of my flows.

For enterprise-grade implementations, consider using a comprehensive logging strategy in which flows log errors in the same place as your Apex code. You can use an open source tool like Nebula Logger to write to a custom Log object when your flow fails, or just have an elevated-permission subflow create log records for you if you don’t need anything fancy.

6. Screen flows: Pay attention to the flow context

System context risks.

Always pay attention to the context your flow runs under when building a screen flow. To protect your data, be extremely careful when using system context in screen flows run by external users from Experience Cloud sites, especially guest users. Without proper care, you could unintentionally leak data.

Below is some general guidance for screen flows run on Experience Cloud sites:

• In these elevated subflows, avoid using the ‘Store all fields’ setting in any Get Records elements that feed data into screen components, as it could lead to data leakage within the browser’s developer tools.
• Never leave system mode enabled while an Experience Cloud (external) user is on a screen.
• When updating data in an Update element using outputs from screen components, ensure you update specific fields and not entire record collections from screen components, as they can be manipulated. For example, if you have a Data Table component that can edit records and it outputs those edited records to a collection, do not use that output directly as your data source in your Update element.

Consider the Target User

If you’re making a screen flow run under user context, remember that your user may not have access to the objects in your flow. You don’t want users to have a rough experience in a flow that wasn’t meant for them. Need to control access to the whole flow? Use granular flow permissions. Need to control access to specific pieces of a single flow? Reference a custom permission assigned to the running user using the $Permission variable in a Decision element or in conditional field visibility criteria.

Lastly, not everything respects system context! Lightning components like Lookup and File Upload, and record fields from Dynamic Forms for Flow, do not respect system context. Some actions, such as ‘Post to Chatter’, will also need the running user to have access to the related record even though Flow is running in system mode.

Learn more about flow context here .

7. Evaluate your triggered automation strategy

Every object should have an automation strategy based on the needs of the business and the Salesforce team supporting it. In general, you should choose one automation tool per object. One of the many inevitable scenarios of older orgs is to have Apex triggers mix in with autolaunched flows/processes or, more recently, process builders mixed in with record-triggered flows. This can lead to a variety of issues including:

• Poor performance
• Unexpected results due to the inability to control the order of operations in the ‘stack’
• Increase in technical debt with admins/devs not collaborating
• Documentation debt

One common approach is to separate DML activity and offload it to Apex, and let declarative tools handle non-DML activities like email alerts and in-app alerts — just be careful to make sure none of your Apex conflicts. We’re still very much in the ‘wild wild west’ phase of record-triggered flows as architects and admins figure out the best way to incorporate them into their systems.

I’ve seen some more adventurous orgs use trigger handlers to trigger autolaunched flows (see Mitch Spano’s framework as an example). This is a fantastic way to get both admins and developers to collaborate.

Here’s a great article on the pitfalls of mixing various automations by Mehdi Maujood.

In general, you should be moving away from Process Builder and especially Workflow Rules , as both will be retired. Remember that as of Winter ’23 you can no longer create new workflow rules.

Structure the amount of flows on an object based on your business needs

Gone is the ‘One Process Builder Per Object’ guidance from the Process Builder days; however, that doesn’t mean you should be creating hundreds of flows on an object either. Keep the amount of record-triggered flows to a reasonable level with your business needs in mind. While there isn’t really a golden number, a good rule of thumb is to separate your flows by either business function or role so that there’s little to no chance of a conflict. You may also want to factor in the number of admins or developers that have to maintain your flows. It’s historically difficult to maintain big, monolithic flows across many people, which means you may find it easier to build multiple smaller, more maintainable flows ordered by Flow Trigger Explorer with fine-grained entry conditions. 

Refer to the wonderful Automate This! session in the related links section at the bottom of this blog post where we dive into a variety of design patterns for record-triggered flows.

Use entry criteria

Be specific with your entry criteria — you don’t want to run automation on record changes that won’t be used in your flows! The Flow team has vastly improved the computational cost of flows that don’t meet entry criteria, which was a major challenge for Process Builder. This, along with order of execution issues, removed one of the remaining barriers of having too much automation on an object.  

Speaking of benchmarks and performance, always use Before-Save flows whenever you update the same record that triggered the automation. As per the Architect’s Guide to Record-Triggered Automation , Before-Save flows are SIGNIFICANTLY faster than After-Save and are nearly as performant as Apex.

8. Build a bypass in your flows for data loads and sandbox seeding

This isn’t a Flow-specific best practice, but it’s a good idea to include a bypass in your triggers and declarative automation. With such a bypass strategy, you can disable any and all automations for an object (or globally) if you ever need to bulk import data. This is a common way to avoid governor limits when seeding a new sandbox or loading large amounts of data into your org.

There are many ways of doing this — just be consistent across your automations and ensure your bypasses are all in one place (like a Custom Metadata type or custom permission).

9. Understand how scheduled flows affect governor limits

Selecting your record scope at the start of setting up a scheduled flow will have huge governor limit ramifications for said flow. When we say ‘setting up the scope,’ we refer to this screen where we select the sObject and filter conditions:

When specifying the record scope in the Flow Start (above)

One flow interview is created for each record retrieved by the scheduled flow’s query.

The maximum number of scheduled flow interviews per 24 hours is 250,000, or the number of user licenses in your org multiplied by 200, whichever is greater.

This means you cannot act on 250,000 or more records (or whatever the limit is based on user license) per 24 hours using the above method. If you need to work with more, we recommend going the route of an invocable action and not specifying your scope here. You may need to look into Batch Apex and Asynchronous processing — ask a developer for help in these scenarios.

When specifying the scope within the flow (Invoked Action, Get Records)

Limits will be more aligned with what you’re used to with a single flow, meaning one interview will be created for the flow instead of one per record. If you’re going this route, do not specify a scope for the same set of records (re: above screenshot)! If you do, the flow will run for N² records, hitting limits quickly.

Go this route when you need to have more control over limits and you want to invoke Apex that might involve SOQL or complex processing.

In this scenario, if you have an initial Get Records that returns 800 records, Flow will not try and batch those records. Keep in mind the running user is still an Automated Process user, so that comes with certain quirks like not being able to view all CollaborationGroups (Chatter groups) or Libraries.

Double dipping: Again, DO NOT select a record scope and perform a Get Records step for the same set of records; you’ll effectively be multiplying the amount of work your flow has to do by N² and will hit limits quickly.

Which path do I choose?

There’s no right or wrong answer as to which path to choose. There are fewer user-controlled ways of controlling limits associated with the first route — you cannot specify your batch size or total records in the scope. So, if you need stricter control around limits, it might be best to create an invocable and specify your scope that way. Or, just don’t do this in a scheduled flow — use a scheduled job with Apex. 

There are also some use cases involving record dates where you could configure a scheduled path on a record-triggered flow instead. Scheduled paths have more flexible governor limits and also allow for configurable batch sizes, so that may offer a middle ground between Apex and schedule-triggered flows. 

For more on scheduled flow considerations, check out the official documentation: Schedule-Triggered Flow Considerations .

10. Consult the checklist!

You’re ready to go build great flows! Here’s a handy checklist that applies to every flow.

1. Documented elements and descriptions: Make sure your flow has a solid description, a decent naming convention for variables, and descriptions for Flow elements that might not make sense if you revisit them in 6 months.

2. Null/Empty checks: Don’t forget to check for Null or Empty results in Decision elements before acting on a set of records. Don’t assume a happy path — think of all possible scenarios!

3. Hard-coded IDs: Don’t hard code IDs for things like Owner IDs, Queue IDs, Groups, or Record Type IDs. Do a Get Records for the respective object using the DeveloperName. If you’re creating criteria in an entry condition, you can reference DeveloperName (API Name) fields with a formula.

4. Hard-coded logic: Don’t hard code reference logic in a decision that could change frequently such as Queue IDs, Owner IDs, or numbers (like a discount percentage). Utilize Custom Labels and Custom Metadata!

5. Excessive nested loops & ‘hacks’: Are you stretching Flow’s performance to its limit when code could be better suited? Use generic Apex invocables that your developers build, or utilize components from the Automation Component library or other open source contributions.

6. Looping over large data volumes: Don’t loop over large collections of records that could trigger the Flow element limit (currently 2,000) or Apex CPU limits.

7. Check record and field security & flow context: Don’t assume your user can see and do everything you designed if you’re building a screen flow. Test your flows as both your intended and unintended audiences.

8. Data maniuplation in a loop: Don’t put Create/Update/Delete elements inside of a loop in an autolaunched flow or record-triggered flow. Use the new In/Not In operators where you can! 

9. Flow errors: What do you want to happen when the flow hits an error? Who should be notified? Use those fault paths!

10. Automation bypass: Does your autolaunched or record-triggered flow have a Custom Setting/Custom Metadata-based bypass in place?

Get building!

If you’ve made it this far, congratulations! You’re well on your way to being a pro Flow builder, and you aren’t alone. Join the Salesforce Automation Trailblazer Community to connect with other Salesforce Admins all over the world. The community is a great place to learn more about the flows other admins are building, hear the latest updates from product managers, and ask questions about Flow. I hope you found this guide helpful, and I can’t wait to see all of the flows you build!

• Architect’s Guide to Record-Triggered Automation
• Salesforce Automation Trailblazer Community
• UnofficialSF
• Automation Component Library
• Advanced Logging with Nebula Logger
• Flow Naming Conventions | SFXD Wiki

Adam is a Flow Product Manager and former Solution Architect at Salesforce. Adam is passionate about Flow and actively contributes to and helps manage the UnofficialSF.com community as well as being heavily involved in the wider Flow community through the Trailblazer Community, Salesforce Exchange Discord Server, and Ohana Slack server.

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What Are Salesforce Assignment Rules

Assignment rules are a standard feature in Salesforce used to automate the assignment of leads and cases. They can be a great alternative to manually assigning records. However, there are more than a few limitations you’ll want to be aware of. In this article we’ll discuss the benefits and limitations of Salesforce assignment rules so you can decide if they make sense for your organization. We’ll also share advice and guidance on how to effectively configure assignment rules.

The Benefits of Assignment Rules

Salesforce assignment rules are a powerful tool designed to streamline the distribution and management of leads and cases within an organization. By automating the assignment process, these rules ensure that leads and cases are instantly assigned to the most appropriate team members based on specific criteria such as product interest, priority, and geographic location. This target approach helps to accelerate response times, balance workload, improve team performance, and increase customer satisfaction. The use of assignment rules in Salesforce, therefore, represents a strategic advantage for businesses looking to optimize their sales and support workflows, ultimately driving growth and customer loyalty.

Limitations of Assignment Rules

While Salesforce assignment rules offer significant advantages, they also have limitations that organizations should be aware of:

• Limited to leads and cases : One of the most significant limitations of Salesforce assignment rules is the inability to assign standard or custom objects beyond leads and cases. This restriction often prompts organizations to look for an alternative solution that can assign any object .
• Lack of round robin assignment : They do not support round robin assignment, which is essential for most modern sales and support teams. Instead, each rule assigns records to a specific user or queue you designate.
• Lack of workload-based assignment : They don’t consider the existing workload of team members, potentially leading to an uneven distribution of leads and cases. This can result in slow response times and employee burnout.
• Lack of availability-based assignment : They don’t consider the availability of team members, resulting in leads and cases being assigned to team members that are away from work or otherwise unavailable.
• Difficult to maintain : Assignment rules can quickly become difficult to manage—even for small teams with simple assignment logic. Here’s an example of what a small portion of a typical assignment rule looks like:

Assignment rules can still be very useful despite these limitations. Continue reading to learn how assignment rules can be used to optimize your lead and case routing process.

How Assignment Rules Work

An assignment rule is a collection of conditional statements known as assignment rule entries. Each assignment rule entry contains one or more conditions and a user or queue to whom matching records will be assigned.

The Sort Order field can be used to change the order in which assignment rules are executed. Leads and cases will be evaluated against assignment rule entries in order and assigned by the first assignment rule entry that matches.

In the example above, we’ve prioritized our rules for Canada provinces (e.g. Ontario) higher than our country-wide Canada rule entry to ensure that leads from specific provinces don’t get assigned to the wrong person.

Next we’ll step you through how to actually create an assignment rule. 

How to Create Assignment Rules

You’ll need the “Customize Application” permission in order to manage assignment rules. If you don’t have this permission, contact your Salesforce administrator.

Ready to create your first assignment rule? Follow these steps:

• Login to Salesforce.
• Navigate to Setup .
• Search for “assignment rules” in Quick Find and click either Lead Assignment Rules or Case Assignment Rules .
• Click New to create a new rule.
• Name your rule and then click Save . We recommend leaving the Active box unchecked for now. 

Now you’re ready to specify how leads or cases will be assigned.

• Click on the rule you created.
• Click New to create a rule entry.
• Sort Order : this controls the order in which rules are executed.
• Criteria : you can enter one or more filters to define which records should be assigned by this rule.
• Owner : choose a user or queue to which records should be assigned. Alternatively you can check the Do Not Reassign Owner checkbox if this rule should not assign records.
• (Optional) Select an email template for notifying users of assignments.
• Click “ Save. ”
• Repeat the above steps for any additional rule entries.

Activate Your Assignment Rule

You can follow these steps to activate your assignment rule:

• Navigate to your assignment rule.
• Click the Edit
• Check the Active
• Click Save .

Keep in mind that only one assignment rule can be active at a time. We’ll discuss how your active assignment rule can be used to assign records in the next section.

What Triggers Assignment Rules in Salesforce

There is often some confusion about how and when assignment rules run. There are a few different ways these rules can be triggered:

• Creating a New Record : When a new lead or case is created, either manually or through an automated process, assignment rules can be triggered to assign the record to the appropriate user or queue.
• Updating a Record : If a record is updated and meets certain criteria set in the assignment rules, this can also trigger the reassignment of the lead or case.
• Web-to-Lead or Web-to-Case Submission : When leads or cases are generated through Salesforce’s web-to-lead or web-to-case features, assignment rules can automatically assign these incoming records.
• Data Import : When importing data into Salesforce, you can opt to apply assignment rules to the imported records, ensuring they are assigned according to the established criteria.
• API Creation or Update : Records created or updated via Salesforce’s API can also trigger assignment rules, depending on the configuration.
• Manual Triggering : Users with the appropriate permissions can manually apply assignment rules to leads or cases, either individually or in bulk.

Understanding these triggers is essential to effectively utilizing assignment rules in Salesforce, ensuring that leads and cases are assigned to the right team members promptly and efficiently.

Tips and Tricks

• It’s always a good idea to include a final rule entry with no conditions. This will be used to catch anything that didn’t match your rule criteria and assign it to a user or queue for review.
• It’s also a good idea to include a rule entry that assigns junk (e.g. spam, test records, etc.) to a queue for review and deletion.
• We recommend you test assignment rules in a sandbox before you add to your production org. However, keep in mind that assignment rules cannot be deployed from a sandbox to a production org.
• Custom formula fields can help to simplify complex assignment rules. For example, rather than entering lengthy criteria (e.g. lists of states by region) you could create a formula field instead. This would reduce your criteria from “STATE/PROVINCE EQUALS IL,IN,IA,KS,MI,MN,MO,NE,ND,OH,SD,WI” to “REGION EQUALS Midwest”.
• You can enable field history tracking on the owner field to track assignments made by your assignment rules.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to records that don’t meet salesforce assignment rule criteria.

These records will be assigned to whomever is designated as the default lead owner or case owner.

What are the different types of assignment rules in Salesforce?

Salesforce currently support lead and case assignment rules. Additionally, account assignment rules can be created as part of enterprise territory management.

What is the order of execution for assignment rules?

It’s important to understand exactly when assignment rules are run in relation to other events. For example, assignment rules are run after apex triggers and before workflow rules. See Salesforce’s Triggers and Order of Execution article for a comprehensive list of events and the order in which they’re executed.

How do you run assignment rules when creating or editing records using the REST API?

You can use the Sforce-Auto-Assign header when making REST API calls to control whether or not assignment rules run.

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Automate Case Management

After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:

• Route case ownership with queues.
• Assign cases automatically.
• Escalate cases when necessary.
• Respond to customers automatically.

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Case management means organizing customer cases into one place and making sure they go to the right person, for the right answer, by the right time. Service Cloud does all that behind the scenes with automation tools. Service is easier, faster, and better with a little automation.

Maria checks out a few of the main case automation tools. She notices automatically is the key word.

Based on what the tools can do, Maria jots down some questions to ask Ursa Major Solar’s service team. The answers determine which tools Maria uses to automate case management.

Based on Maria’s case automation planning, she knows that the Platinum Support team shares a workload of incoming cases. These cases are from customers who pay extra for the best service. To help these agents find and work off this list of cases from high-priority customers, Maria creates a queue. Here’s how she does it.

• Click the setup gear icon and select  Service Setup .
• From Service Setup, enter Queues in the Quick Find box, then select  Queues .
• Click  New .
• Type a Label and Name for the queue, such as  Platinum Support .
• If you want the support agents included in the queue to receive an email when a new case arrives, leave Queue Email blank. Otherwise, type an email address to notify a person or persons with the email address when each new case arrives.

• Add members, including yourself, to the queue and save your changes. Now that the queue is created, let’s check it out as if we were support agents. We can get there with a few clicks.
• Select the Service Console app from the App Launcher. Then click the  Cases tab.

While planning for case automation, Maria learns that she can assign incoming cases to one person, groups of people, or even queues. Since some support agents at Ursa Major Solar work on solar panel installation, she creates an assignment rule so that any case with a reason that includes “installation” is automatically assigned to them. This is what she does.

• From Service Setup, enter Case Assignment Rules in the Quick Find box, then select  Case Assignment Rules .
• Type  Solar Panel Installation and save your changes.

• In Sort Order , type  1 so that the entry we add is processed first. Typically, you’d create one assignment rule with many different entries, which are processed in chronological order. When a case matches an entry, it’s assigned without proceeding to other entries.
• For entry criteria, select  Case: Case Reason equals Installation . One of the many useful things about case assignment rules is that you can determine how cases are assigned based on fields from records other than cases. For example, you can choose case assignment based on fields from accounts, contacts, assets, or users.
• Add yourself as the User assigned to the rule entry. We assume you’re a support agent who’s an expert at solar panel installation.

• Save your changes.
• Click Edit to mark the rule as Active, then save your changes. When you activate an assignment rule, it disables any other assignment rules in your organization, so make sure that your active rule includes all of the assignment entries that your support team needs.

Now any cases about installation issues are automatically assigned.

When planning case management with the service team, Maria learns that certain cases must escalate to the right person within 5 hours. A lingering customer case can ruin a big deal or tarnish Ursa Major Solar’s brand. Just like assignment rules, Maria can use escalation rules to specify criteria that automatically trigger an action on a case. For case escalation, she uses her org’s default business hours, which simply means the service team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She can change Business Hours later from Company Settings in Service Setup. Here’s how Maria sets the rule.

• From Service Setup, enter Escalation Rules in the Quick Find box, then select  Escalation Rules .
• Type Gold Support , then Click  Active and save your changes. Activating a rule deactivates any existing active rules.

• In Sort Order , type  1 so that the entry we add is processed first. In the real world, you’d create one escalation rule with many different entries, which are processed in chronological order. When a customer issue comes in and is converted to a case, it’s assigned based on the first entry it matches.
• For entry criteria, select  Case: Status equals New . Similar to other rules, you can determine automatic case escalation based on fields from records other than cases.
• Set business hours to your organization’s default 24/7 support.
• Set that escalation times are based on when cases are created.
• Save your changes, then  New to add an escalation action.

• Auto-assign cases to you, and from  Notification Template , click the lookup icon to pick any template. At a real company, you’d assign cases to a support manager or team.
• Select yourself as the user to notify, and from  Notification Template , click the lookup icon to add a template to see how this works. Save your changes.

Now any cases that haven’t been closed in 5 hours are assigned to the right person.

Note : To keep the Assign using active assignment rule box checked by default on cases, update the Layout Properties on case page layouts.

From Maria’s case automation planning, she knows the service team wants customers to receive a confirmation when their case is received. With auto-response rules, she can make sure each Ursa Major Solar’s customer knows that their voice is heard. She sets up response rules so that customers are automatically sent a personalized email when they ask for help. Here’s how she does it.

• From Service Setup, enter Case Auto-Response Rules in the Quick Find box, then select  Case Auto-Response Rules .
• Type Welcome to Support , then Click  Active and save your changes. Activating a rule deactivates any existing active rules.

• In Sort Order , type  1 so that the entry we add is processed first. In the real world, you’d create one response rule with many different entries, which are processed in chronological order. When a customer issue comes in and is converted to a case, it’s assigned based on the first entry it matches.
• For entry criteria, select  Case: Case Origin equals email . Similar to escalation rules, you can determine the automatic response to send to a customer based on fields from records other than cases.
• Add a name and email address to include in the From line of the email template to send to customers.

• Save your changes and you’re done!

With basic case automation complete, the service team at Ursa Major Solar is looking forward to easier, faster service. But Sita and Roberto want to make the most of their Service Cloud investment. They wonder what other case management tools the team can use in the future.

Maria looks into more case management options. She jots down these discoveries to share.

Sita and Roberto want to explore some of these tools when they return to the case management stage of their service journey. But for now, they’d like to jump ahead to the basics of digital engagement.

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Understanding Assignment Rules: A Comprehensive Guide

Assignment rules are an important feature of Salesforce that help businesses automate assigning records to specific users or teams based on predefined criteria. This article will discuss assignment rules, how they work, and the benefits they provide to businesses.

What are Assignment Rules?

Assignment rules are a set of criteria that are defined by businesses to determine how records should be assigned to users or teams within the Salesforce system. These criteria can be based on several factors, such as the record type, location, record status, or the user's role or territory. For example, a company may set up an assignment rule to automatically assign a new lead to the sales rep who covers that particular region or product line.

How do Assignment Rules Work?

When a record is created or updated, the assignment rules evaluate the record based on predefined criteria. The assignment rule automatically assigns the record to the designated user or team if the criteria are met. Once the record is assigned, the user or team can work on the record.

Salesforce provides a simple wizard that enables administrators to set up assignment rules. The wizard allows administrators to define the criteria for the assignment, select the user or team to assign records to, and set up any needed notifications or escalations.

How to Set Up Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Setting up assignment rules in Salesforce is a straightforward process that requires the following steps:

Identify the criteria for record assignment - Before creating an assignment rule, businesses should first identify the criteria used to assign records. It might include the record type, location, user role, or other custom fields.

Create the assignment rule - Once the criteria have been identified, businesses can create the assignment rule in Salesforce. It involves setting up a rule that evaluates the criteria and assigns records to the appropriate user or team.

Test the assignment rule - After the assignment rule has been created, businesses should test it to ensure it is working correctly. It might involve creating test records and verifying that they are assigned to the correct user or team.

Activate the assignment rule - Testing it in Salesforce will allow it to be activated. It allows it to automatically assign records to the appropriate user or team.

Types of Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Salesforce offers two types of assignment rules: standard assignment rules and lead assignment rules.

Standard assignment rules assign records to users or teams based on predefined criteria. They can be set up for various record types, including leads, cases, and opportunities.

Lead assignment rules are specific assignment rules used to assign leads to sales reps. They evaluate the criteria for a lead, such as location or product interest, and assign the lead to the appropriate sales rep based on a round-robin or customized assignment method.

Benefits of Assignment Rules

There are several benefits to using assignment rules in Salesforce, including:

Increased Efficiency

One of the most significant benefits of assignment rules is their increased efficiency. By automating the process of assigning records, sales, and customer support teams can spend less time manually assigning leads and cases to the appropriate users or teams. They can focus on more important tasks, such as following up with leads, resolving customer issues, and closing deals.

With assignment rules, businesses can streamline their processes and reduce the time it takes to respond to customer inquiries, ultimately improving their overall efficiency and productivity.

Improved Customer Satisfaction

Another important benefit of assignment rules is the improved customer satisfaction they can provide. Businesses can automatically assign cases to the appropriate user or team to ensure that customer inquiries are handled promptly and efficiently. Customers receive faster responses to their inquiries, which can help improve their overall satisfaction with the company.

In addition, by assigning cases to users with the appropriate skills and knowledge, businesses can ensure that customer issues are resolved more effectively, further improving customer satisfaction.

Accurate Data

Assignment rules also help businesses maintain accurate data in their CRM system. By automating the process of assigning records, businesses can ensure that data is entered correctly and consistently. It means that reports and analytics generated from the data are more accurate and reliable, which can help businesses make more informed decisions.

In addition, businesses can use assignment rules to enforce data validation rules, which can help prevent incorrect data from being entered into the system.

Consistency

Another benefit of assignment rules is that they help ensure consistency in record assignments. By automating the process of assigning records, businesses can ensure that records are assigned to the appropriate user or team consistently. It reduces the risk of errors or omissions occurring when records are manually assigned.

In addition, by using assignment rules to enforce a standardized process for record assignment, businesses can ensure that records are handled consistently across different teams and regions.

Flexibility

Finally, assignment rules provide businesses with great flexibility in assigning records. Businesses can define complex rules based on various criteria, such as record type, location, or user role. Businesses can customize their assignment rules to fit their specific needs and workflows.

In addition, assignment rules can be updated or modified as needed, allowing businesses to adapt to changes in their business or industry.

Best Practices for Using Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Businesses should follow these best practices to ensure Salesforce assignment rules are working effectively:

Define clear assignment criteria: Before setting up assignment rules, businesses should define clear criteria for record assignments. It will help ensure that records are assigned accurately and consistently.

Test assignment rules before activation: Before activating assignment rules, businesses should test them to ensure that they are working correctly. It will help prevent errors and ensure that records are assigned to the appropriate user or team.

Monitor and adjust assignment rules: It is important to monitor them regularly to ensure they are working properly. Businesses should also be prepared to adjust assignment rules as needed to accommodate changes in their business or industry.

Communicate changes to users: When changes are made to assignment rules, businesses should communicate with them to ensure they are aware of any changes in their workload or responsibilities.

In conclusion, assignment rules are a powerful feature of Salesforce that helps businesses automate assigning records to specific users or teams. The benefits of assignment rules include increased efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, accurate data, and consistency.

By using assignment rules, businesses can streamline their processes, improve their overall effectiveness, and achieve their goals more efficiently.

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In our previous  Salesforce tutorial we have learned about What is workflow rule in Salesforce and learned about different steps involved while creating Workflow rule. In this Salesforce Tutorial we are going to create Salesforce Workflow rules with rule criteria.

What is workflow rule in Salesforce?

Salesforce Workflow Rules are the automated process used in business process to send Email alerts , assign a task, update a field on rule criteria or action based criteria requirements.

In our previous Salesforce tutorial we have learned about Salesforce workflow rules and different workflow rules such as Rule criteria and Rule Actions.

• Rule Criteria : Rule Criteria defines when the rule actions should happen.
• Rule Actions  : Rule actions happens when the rule criteria is satisfied.

Creating Workflow Rule with Rule Criteria.

Salesforce Workflow Rule illustration with an Example

Requirement :-  If the invoice amount is greater than 12000.

• then it should be marked as “Bulk Invoice” and an email alert should be sent to the invoice owner.
• Task should be assigned to the user to review the invoices and Outbound message to be sent out with the Invoice details.

Now we have to understand Rule criteria and Rule actions before creating Workflow rules in Salesforce. As per above example we can understand that workflow rule criteria is Invoice Amount is > 12000 and Rule actions are the above sending email alert, generating Outbound messages, assigning task to the user and marking as Bulk Invoice.

To create salesforce workflow rules login to Salesforce and navigate to Setup | Build | Create | Workflows & approvals | Workflow rules.

• Click on New rule to create immediate workflow rule in SFDC.

Step 1 : Selecting the Object.

In the process of creating workflow rules in Salesforce there are four steps. Now we have to select invoice Object.

• As per per our requirement select Invoice Object and click on Next button.

Step 2 : Configuring Workflow Rule.

In this step we have to configure salesforce workflow rule by selecting Evaluation criteria and Rule criteria.

• Rule name : Enter rule name as Amount greater than 12000.
• Created : This rule will be evaluated at the time of record creation.
• Created and every time it’s edited : This rule will be evaluated when the record is created and every time the record gets edited.
• Created and every time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria : This rule will be evaluated at the time of record creation and edited but with condition only the record meets the criteria.
• Rule Criteria : In run this rule if the following criteria are met .
• Invoice Amount greater than 12000.
• Now click on Save.

Now we have successfully saved our workflow rule. Creating a workflow rule and adding workflow action is a must. So now we are going to add workflow actions to this workflow rule. There are four type so workflow actions in Salesforce they are

• Email alert.
• Field update.
• Outbound Message.
• Assigning Task.

Workflow rule with out workflow rule action is useless. When adding workflow rule actions we can also add existing Workflow rule action to the workflow rule.

How to create Salesforce Workflow Actions?

As discussed in the beginning of this SFDC tutorial we have to create the following Salesforce workflow actions.

• Then it should be marked as “Bulk Invoice” and an email alert should be sent to the invoice owner.

Updating the field as Bulk Invoice when Invoice amount > 12000.

In this scenario the bulk invoice field must be marked as bulk invoice when the invoice amount is greater than 12000 the bulk invoice checkbox should be checked. Before creating workflow action, create a field called ‘ Bulk Invoice ‘ and made it as checkbox.

• Click on New field Update as shown above.

• Enter name.
• Description.
• Enter the field to update(Invoice).Field update can be done on the same object and also on the parent object.
• Select checkbox option as True.
• Now save all the settings.

Sending Email alert using Workflow rule actions.

Sending email alert is the one of the workflow action provided in Salesforce. The email alert must be send to the customer whose invoice amount in greater than 12000. Let us create new email alert in Salesforce.

• Click on Email alert.
• Enter description and select Email Template.
• Select recipient types like Users, Role, Roles and Subordinates, Owner and so on. Here we are sending email to creator.
• Click on Save button.
• Now we have successfully created email alert using Salesforce workflow rule actions.

Creating a Task using Salesforce Workflow rule actions.

We dont have an option called ‘Task’ in workflow actions. Why dont we have option called Task. By default task is available for Standard Object. Here we are working on Invoice Object which is custom object. To add task to Invoice Object, go to Invoice object definition page and click on Edit.

• Enable Track activities and save it.

Adding new task using Salesforce Workflow rule actions.

• Select New task as below.

In this workflow action we have to select the user to which this task is to be assigned.

• Select the user.
• Enter Subject name.
• Select due date as shown above.
• Status is not started and priority is normal.

Creating Outbound messages using Salesforce Workflow rule actions.

What is an Outbound Message in Salesforce?

Outbound messages are SOAP(Simple Object Access protocol) transactions that are sent to external systems which are integrated to our Salesforce application.

How to can we send Outbound message in Salesforce?

• Select New Outbound Message in workflow rule action.

• Enter all the details required to send Outbound message in salesforce.com.
• End endpoint URL.
• Select the user to send.
• Select Invoice fields to send from available fields to selected fields.
• Finally click on Save button.

Successfully we have all Workflow action in Salesforce.com and we will check the WSDL for the Outbound message.

Activating Salesforce Workflow Rule.

Without activating workflow we can not work on Workflows in Salesforce. Go to workflows and activate the workflow rule.

• Click on Activate.

Checking Salesforce Workflow Rule Output.

Go to Invoice Object and create a new record where invoice amount in greater than 12000.

• Click on Invoices as shown above.
• Click on New to create new record.

• Enter Invoice amount greater than 12000.
• Enter all the details like Hospital name, Status.

As shown above Bulk Invoice checkbox is checked automatically because the invoice amount is greater than 12000.

Login into Salesforce as the task assigned user. Now go to Build | Create | Workflow & Approvals | Tasks.

Conclusion 

In this Salesforce.com Training we have learned about How to create Salesforce Workflow rules and how to create new Salesforce Workflow rule actions and how to check workflow rules and Workflow actions. In our upcoming Salesforce tutorial we are going to learn about Approval Process and configuring multiple steps and multiple approvers to the approval process in Salesforce.com.

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Triggers and Order of Execution

When you save a record with an insert , update , or upsert statement, Salesforce performs a sequence of events in a certain order.

Before Salesforce executes these events on the server, the browser runs JavaScript validation if the record contains any dependent picklist fields. The validation limits each dependent picklist field to its available values. No other validation occurs on the client side.

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On the server, Salesforce performs events in this sequence.

• Loads the original record from the database or initializes the record for an upsert statement.

Salesforce performs different validation checks depending on the type of request.

• Compliance with layout-specific rules
• Required values at the layout level and field-definition level
• Valid field formats
• Maximum field length

Additionally, if the request is from a User object on a standard UI edit page, Salesforce runs custom validation rules.

• For requests from multiline item creation such as quote line items and opportunity line items, Salesforce runs custom validation rules.
• For requests from other sources such as an Apex application or a SOAP API call, Salesforce validates only the foreign keys and restricted picklists. Before executing a trigger, Salesforce verifies that any custom foreign keys don’t refer to the object itself.
• Executes record-triggered flows that are configured to run before the record is saved.
• Executes all before triggers.
• Runs most system validation steps again, such as verifying that all required fields have a non- null value, and runs any custom validation rules. The only system validation that Salesforce doesn't run a second time (when the request comes from a standard UI edit page) is the enforcement of layout-specific rules.
• Executes duplicate rules. If the duplicate rule identifies the record as a duplicate and uses the block action, the record isn’t saved and no further steps, such as after triggers and workflow rules, are taken.
• Saves the record to the database, but doesn't commit yet.
• Executes all after triggers.
• Executes assignment rules.
• Executes auto-response rules.

This sequence applies only to workflow rules.

• Updates the record again.
• Runs system validations again. Custom validation rules, flows, duplicate rules, processes built with Process Builder, and escalation rules aren’t run again.
• Executes before update triggers and after update triggers, regardless of the record operation (insert or update), one more time (and only one more time)
• Executes escalation rules.
• Processes built with Process Builder
• Flows launched by workflow rules (flow trigger workflow actions pilot)

To control the order of execution of Salesforce Flow automations, use record-triggered flows. See Manage Record-Triggered Flows

When a process or flow executes a DML operation, the affected record goes through the save procedure.

• Executes record-triggered flows that are configured to run after the record is saved
• Executes entitlement rules.
• If the record contains a roll-up summary field or is part of a cross-object workflow, performs calculations and updates the roll-up summary field in the parent record. Parent record goes through save procedure.
• If the parent record is updated, and a grandparent record contains a roll-up summary field or is part of a cross-object workflow, performs calculations and updates the roll-up summary field in the grandparent record. Grandparent record goes through save procedure.
• Executes Criteria Based Sharing evaluation.
• Commits all DML operations to the database.
• Sending email
• Enqueued asynchronous Apex jobs, including queueable jobs and future methods
• Asynchronous paths in record-triggered flows

During a recursive save, Salesforce skips steps 9 (assignment rules) through 17 (roll-up summary field in the grandparent record).

Additional Considerations

Note these considerations when working with triggers.

• If a workflow rule field update is triggered by a record update, Trigger.old doesn’t hold the newly updated field by the workflow after the update. Instead, Trigger.old holds the object before the initial record update was made. For example, an existing record has a number field with an initial value of 1. A user updates this field to 10, and a workflow rule field update fires and increments it to 11. In the update trigger that fires after the workflow field update, the field value of the object obtained from Trigger.old is the original value of 1, and not 10. See Trigger.old values before and after update triggers.
• If a DML call is made with partial success allowed, triggers are fired during the first attempt and are fired again during subsequent attempts. Because these trigger invocations are part of the same transaction, static class variables that are accessed by the trigger aren't reset. See Bulk DML Exception Handling .
• If more than one trigger is defined on an object for the same event, the order of trigger execution isn't guaranteed. For example, if you have two before insert triggers for Case and a new Case record is inserted. The firing order of these two triggers isn’t guaranteed.
• To learn about the order of execution when you insert a non-private contact in your org that associates a contact to multiple accounts, see AccountContactRelation .
• To learn about the order of execution when you’re using before triggers to set Stage and Forecast Category , see Opportunity .
• In API version 53.0 and earlier, after-save record-triggered flows run after entitlements are executed.
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Workflow Rules in Salesforce

What is salesforce workflow rules.

Workflow lets you automate standard internal procedures and processes to save time across your org. A  workflow rule  is the main container for a set of workflow instructions. These instructions can always be summed up in an if/then statement.

For Example:  If  you have symptoms of Coronavirus  then  stay at home.

Workflow rules can be broken into two main components.

• Criteria: the “if” part of the “if/then” statement. In other words, what must be true of the record for the workflow rule to execute the associated actions.
• Actions: the “then” part of the “if/then” statement. In other words, what to do when the record meets the criteria.

In the example, the criteria is “Have Coronavirus Symptoms” and the action is “Stay At home”. If the criteria isn’t met (No Symptoms), then the action isn’t executed.

Salesforce Workflow Rules

Create a Workflow Rule

Automate your organization’s standard process by creating a workflow rule.

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Create Workflow Rules

Rule Criteria

Add Workflow Criteria

Remember, we are defining ‘IF’  statement criteria using Salesforce Workflow rules and  When we need execute this rule.

• From Setup, enter  Workflow Rules  in the  Quick Find  box, then select  Workflow Rules .
• Click  New Rule .
• Choose the object to which you want this workflow rule to apply.
• Click  Next .
• Give the rule a name and description.
• Created – Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created. If the rule criteria is met, run the rule. Ignore all updates to existing records.
• Created, and every time it’s edited – Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created or updated. If the rule criteria are met, run the rule.
• Created, and any time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria- (Default) Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created or updated.
• Choose  criteria are met  and select the filter criteria that a record must meet to trigger the rule. For example, set the filter to “Opportunity: Amount greater than 5000” if you want opportunity records with an amount greater than $5,000 to trigger the rule.
• Choose  formula evaluates to true  and enter a formula that returns a value of “True” or “False.” Salesforce triggers the rule if the formula returns “True.”
• Click  Save & Next .

Add Workflow Action

Once you’ve set the criteria for your workflow rule, identify what to do when those criteria are met.

Add an Immediate Action

Immediate actions , like their name suggests, are executed as soon as the workflow rule finishes evaluating the record.

Immediate Action

• Open a workflow rule.
• In the Immediate Workflow Actions section, click  Add Workflow Action .
• Select one of the options to create an action or select an existing one.

Below are the Workflow Actions :

• Email Alert: Email alerts are emails generated by an automated process and sent to designated recipients. These actions consist of the standard text and list of recipients for an email. Refer  Email Alert for more details
• Field Update: Field update actions let you automatically update a field value.  Refer  Field Update for more details
• Flow Trigger: Create a flow trigger so that you can launch a flow from workflow rules. With flow triggers, you can automate complex business processes—create flows to perform logic, and have events trigger the flows via workflow rules—without writing code. For example, your flow looks up and assigns the relevant entitlement for a case.  Refer  Flow Trigger for more details
•   Outbound Message: An outbound message sends information to a designated endpoint, like an external service. You configure outbound messages from Setup. Provide the external endpoint and create a listener for the messages using the SOAP API. You can associate outbound messages with workflow rules, approval processes, or entitlement processes. Refer Outbound Message for more details.
• Task: Task actions determine the details of an assignment given to a specified user by an automated process. You can associate task actions with workflow rules, approval processes, or entitlement processes. Refer  Task for more details.

Add Time-Dependent Action

Time-dependent actions  are executed at a specific time, such as 10 days before a record’s close date. When that specific time passes, the workflow rule re-evaluates the record to make sure that it still meets the rule criteria. If the record does, the workflow rule executes those actions.

Time-dependent actions and time triggers are complex features. As you work with time-dependent actions and time triggers, keep in mind their considerations.

If you plan on configuring workflow rules that have time-dependent actions, specify a default workflow user. Salesforce associates the default workflow user with a workflow rule if the user who initiated the rule is no longer active.

Add time Trigger

Define Time Trigger

Time Dependent Workflow

• The evaluation criteria is set to  Evaluate the rule when a record is: created, and any time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria .
• The rule is activated.
• The rule is deactivated but has  pending actions  in the workflow queue.
• Specify the number of days or hours before or after a date that’s relevant to the record, such as the date the record was created. If the workflow rule is still active and valid when this time occurs, the time trigger fires the workflow action.
• Save your time trigger.
• In the section for the time trigger you created, click  Add Workflow Action .
• Click  Done .

Activate Workflow Rule

Make sure to Active a workflow Rule before start unit testing.

To activate a workflow rule, click  Activate  on the workflow rule detail page. Click  Deactivate  to prevent a rule from triggering or if you want to edit the time-dependent actions and time triggers that are associated with the rule.

You can deactivate a workflow rule at any time. However, if you deactivate a rule that has pending actions, Salesforce completes those actions as long as the record that triggered the rule is not updated.

• You can’t delete a workflow rule that has pending actions in the workflow queue. Wait until pending actions are processed, or use the workflow queue to cancel the pending actions.
• You can’t add time-dependent workflow actions to active workflow rules. Deactivate the workflow rule first, add the time-dependent workflow action, and reactivate the rule.

Things to Remember

• TIP Whenever possible, automate your if/then statements with Process Builder instead of workflow rules.
• Remember you can also associate an existing action to multiple Workflow rules. Refer  Associate Actions to Workflow Rules for more details
• From Setup, enter  Process Automation Settings  in the  Quick Find  box, then select  Process Automation Settings .
• For  Default Workflow User , select a user.
• Save your changes.
• You cannot add time-dependent actions to the rule When you select ‘created, and every time it’s edited’ option during the workflow creation,
• In workflow Criteria,  You can use merge fields for directly related objects in workflow rule formulas.

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• Palak Arora on December 15, 2021 at 4:20 pm

Hello there! Learned alot from your blogs on Salesforce but this time just to draw your attention on the Note about Time-Dependent Action “The evaluation criteria is set to Evaluate the rule when a record is: created, and any time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria.” This is wrong, I think the correct condition is when we can not add time trigger action is “Created, and every time it’s edited” Please check.

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Setup for Assignment Workflow (Canvas) in Salesforce

Assignment Workflow feature is mainly designed for Sales Managers to be able to perform various workflows that were previously only available in the Fullcast.io web app. Some of the assignment workflows can now be performed in Salesforce without having to even log into the Fullcast.io web app.

Pre-requisite for Assignment Workflow

• Motion package version 2.157 and above 
• Custom settings in Salesforce 
• Object manager setup in Account, Account Team Member and GTM pages

Custom Metadata Types in Salesforce

• From Setup in Salesforce, enter Apps  in the Quick Find box. Select App Manager .
• Find Fullcast Motion Package and click on Edit by selecting the dropdown menu against that.  
• Manage Connected Apps page will pop up. In the Canvas App settings click the checkbox Canvas . 
• For Prod URL: https://app.fullcast.io/api/v1/canvas/auth  
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•  Make sure that the Available components in Locations tab is moved to the Selected . Click Save.
• For the tab Lifecycle Class find Fullcastcanvas using search bar. From that select FullcastLifecyclerHandler class. 
• After saving, copy the API name from the resulting page. 
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Update the tenant settings with the tenant ID which is connected to the salesforce instance. Update the Tenant ID record in the Fullcast Policy setting page. If this is a sandbox setup then update the Tenant ID Sandbox record in the Fullcast Policy setting page.

Adding profile and permission to access Assignment Workflow

• From Setup in Salesforce, enter Apps in the Quick Find box. Select App Manager .
• Find Fullcast Motion Package and click on Manage by selecting the dropdown menu against that.  
• In the screen that appears click on Edit Policies .
• In the OAuth Policies section select Permitted Users tab as Admin approved users are pre-authorized and click Save.
• After saving, in the screen that appears scroll down to look for the Profiles tab. Click on Manage Profiles .
• Profile can be selected based on the customer requirement. 

Similarly, Permission can also be set based on the customer requirement.  

After the custom settings and profiles and permissions are created, the user now have to setup the Object Manager. To know how to setup the Object Manager for assignment workflow click on the link.

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Lead conversion in Salesforce consists of tasks and processes to turn qualified leads into accounts, contacts, and opportunities.

But, what is a lead? A lead is a person or a company that shows interest in your business products or services. Sales agents often engage with leads to try convert them into customers. The tasks and processes that make up the lead conversion process can be long and complicated, but it is crucial to have them set up in your sales team. It will allow sales agents to effectively monitor and identify leads as they travel through a sales funnel.

Join us in the article below as we uncover how to speed up converting leads using workflows that integrate with Salesforce.

Lead Conversion Process in Salesforce

Businesses connect their lead conversion workflows to Salesforce so they can save all their data in a single location. Then, teams can connect to Salesforce and access the stored lead data at any time.

Additionally, a Salesforce lead conversion process lets sales agents view a lead’s entire sales journey on one platform, which helps to speed up sales tasks and make teams more productive at work.

Let’s take a look at some tasks found in a Salesforce workflow that could help you convert leads into customers faster.

Salesforce Lead Qualification

This is the first step in a lead conversion process. To qualify a Salesforce lead, you need to begin by creating the lead. Sales qualified leads can be manually entered into Salesforce, imported, or captured via lead gen forms .

Once lead data is in Salesforce, agents can follow through on sales tasks like:

It’s great to have a sales lead qualification process in Salesforce because the CRM giant has tools to monitor common tasks like following lead activity, taking notes, and facilitating communication with leads.

Salesforce Lead Conversion

The next step in this sales process consists of two phases: preparing for lead conversion and actually converting the lead.

When preparing a lead for conversion, a sales agent begins by determining the quality of the lead. A qualified lead is a person who has been identified as someone who has a high chance of purchasing your business products or services. Leads with a high potential to be converted can be assessed according to their finances, needs, and timelines for products and services.

This phase also requires that the sales agent add all the details of a lead to their profile. This information can include:

The second phase is to notify Salesforce that you are converting the lead. To do this, click the Convert button on your lead record page. Now, Salesforce will map your lead fields to the fields in the following records:

This is known as lead conversion mapping in Salesforce.

Salesforce Lead Conversion Mapping

If you wish to customize your mapping, go to your lead conversion settings in Salesforce and check that your information has shifted.

Another useful tip is to use lead conversion reports in Salesforce. These tools monitor and analyze your lead conversion process. The insights gained from the reports will teach you how effective your marketing and sales strategies are. You can then use the information to improve your lead conversion strategies.

How to Convert Leads Effectively with Salesforce Automation Tools?

Ever wondered how you can take your lead conversion tasks to the next level with Salesforce? It’s time to start using those automation tools. They are designed to improve and smoothen your entire lead conversion process.

Salesforce automation tools are popular because they automate workflows. For example, they can be used to automatically manage:

Let’s now take a look at a few Salesforce automation tools that remove manual tasks from processes and empower teams to spend their time on high-tier activities, like networking with potential and actual customers.

Salesforce Web-To-Lead Forms

When you automate lead data collection into your CRM platform, you can use Salesforce Web-to-Lead forms . These forms can be designed and placed on your website to automatically capture lead data to Salesforce.

If you are looking for an alternative solution for Web-to-Lead in Salesforce , you could connect a third-party app to your system. You would want one that seamlessly integrates with Salesforce, like Titan, LinkedIn, or Facebook.

The benefit of these forms, is that they eliminate manual data entry into Salesforce for sales agents. These professionals can now use their time on other sales tasks like prospecting leads on social media platforms. Meanwhile, your lead data is instantly captured accurately and pushed directly to Salesforce.

Salesforce Forms for Generating Leads

Sales agents spend a lot of time generating leads. Some of the activities that they have to engage in to generate leads include:

One way to streamline some of these sales activities is to implement Salesforce forms for lead generation . For example, they can be placed on websites to collect and push lead data to Salesforce. One of the benefits of using Salesforce Forms is that they provide designers with fields that are customizable. This means that designers can add the following fields to forms which are essential for lead generation:

When you have the power to add any field you want to a form, your teams will be able to study valid lead data to correctly qualify leads. This will have a knock-on effect to the lead generation process, as sales agents can follow up with the leads that have a high chance of turning into customers.

Salesforce Survey for Lead Generation

The next lead generation tool we would like to discuss is Salesforce Survey. It’s a Salesforce feature used by marketing and sales professionals to design surveys that collect feedback from leads and customers.

Here are a few things you can achieve with Salesforce lead generation surveys :

Adding surveys to your lead generation processes is a must if you want improved profiles within Salesforce. These Salesforce tools give us the chance to collect more data from leads automatically. This helps to build fuller lead profiles that can be studied to understand an audience better, score leads more accurately, and segment markets.

Lead to Opportunity Tracking Process

Lead to opportunity tracking is an important process for sales teams and consists of many steps:

We already explained how to automatically add your lead data to Salesforce. Using forms or surveys can save time and keep your data accurate. When it comes to tracking your leads in Salesforce, sales teams need to ensure they actually move to opportunities for your business.

Convert Lead to Contact in Salesforce

Contacts in Salesforce are qualified opportunities. You want to convert leads to contacts in your sales process when you can be sure that they are ready to purchase your products or services. Determining whether a lead is ready for conversion will depend on if they have the budget to afford your products, and how much they need it in their lives. This information can be collected through the use of lead generation contact forms .

Once you are ready to update a lead’s data to contact in Salesforce, follow these 2 easy steps:

• Go to your lead data in Salesforce and click on the Convert button.
• Follow any other instructions that pop up in Salesforce.

Alternatively, if you want to create an opportunity in Salesforce , simply follow the below steps:

• Log into Salesforce with your username and password.
• Find the App Launcher on your Salesforce homepage and search for Opportunities.
• On the Opportunities tab, click on the New button to open the new opportunity creation form.
• Fill out the Salesforce opportunity creation form with your Opportunity Name, Account Name, Close Date, Stage, Type, Lead Source, Amount, Probability, and Description.
• Add specific products or services if you need them with the Add Product or Add Services buttons.
• Add your contacts that are related to the opportunity with the Add Contact button if you need to.
• Click the Save button to create the opportunity in Salesforce.

These are 7 very easy steps to help you create an opportunity in Salesforce. However, keep in mind that you might need additional steps if you have a specific Salesforce edition and customization.

Converting Leads with Titan for Powerful Results

If you have specific marketing, sales, or business goals for Salesforce you will need a platform that can give you custom processes. We highly recommend Titan for your lead conversion projects since we have a solution for any Salesforce use case AND we can achieve your goals with zero code.

When it comes to collecting data, try our Titan Forms app. With it, designers can create custom forms using a drag-and-drop builder to speed up form creation. Titan also collects all your lead data and pushes it directly to Salesforce in real-time. However, we can also pull data from Salesforce into your forms.

Our advanced tools give you the option to use conditional logic without coding experience. Use these features to create streamlined forms that elevate lead experiences which results in higher response rates.

You can also collect data using Titan Survey. Our app can take your Salesforce surveys to new heights. With Titan Survey, you can collect lead feedback to measure their interests or conduct market research initiatives. Titan also uses no code to build surveys that integrate directly into Salesforce. Here are a few benefits you get from using Titan Survey for converting leads:

Overall, whether you use Titan Form or Survey, our no-code salesforce automation tools speed up lead conversion tasks and processes to assist with identifying those high-quality leads that can be converted into opportunities.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you maximize lead conversion.

You can increase your lead conversion rates via many marketing and sales strategies. Some of them include:

• Studying your target audience to learn how to attract your potential customers.
• Improve your marketing and sales processes with software automation tools.
• Show leads that your products and services have unequaled value.

What can improve your conversion rate of a digital lead?

You can use many strategies to make your conversion rates better.

One effective strategy is to take a look at your landing pages and see how they can be upgraded:

• You want your landing pages to be clear so they can communicate the value that your products or services provide.
• Also, use convincing call-to-actions that stand out, like asking a visitor to make a purchase or sign up for a newsletter.

What is the best way to manage leads in Salesforce?

There are many tips you can follow. One best practice is to create custom fields in your data-capturing tools, like forms or surveys. This step will make sure you collect accurate, relevant, and trustworthy data from leads.

Get Zero-Code Solutions for Lead Management in Salesforce

Thanks for reading our article on how to speed up your lead conversion tasks and processes in Salesforce. We hope we have given you new ideas of how to create more time to engage with people while Salesforce tools and features assist with manual administrative tasks like data capturing.

If you need a more custom solution, we suggest you check out our Titan platform. We have apps that allow you to streamline lead conversion using no code.

For more information, reach out to us on one of our social media channels below.

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Top 10 Salesforce Integrations of 2024

If you’re using Salesforce, then you’re already familiar with its benefits as a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution. In isolation, Salesforce’s capabilities related to sales and marketing are impressive; it automates sales processes, makes it easy to manage multiple marketing campaigns, provides funnel insights to sales leaders, and so much more. 

But, like any SaaS solution used in the business world, the impact of Salesforce grows exponentially when it is paired with strategic business solutions that enable tailored functionality for a variety of business functions. Referred to as “Salesforce integrations,” these system pairings will help up-level your organization in a number of ways when used correctly.

Whether you’re looking for a more streamlined approach to marketing campaign management, a bit of extra help when it comes to the accounting cycle , or a way to keep all of your employees on the same page internally, there are Salesforce integrations you can tap into. 

Benefits of Salesforce Integration 

Finding the right systems to integrate with Salesforce and figuring out how to actually execute these integrations might feel intimidating, but it’s actually quite simple. Salesforce has been around for many years, and its integration capabilities are refined, making them reliable and accessible for any business. With Salesforce integrations, you’ll see a series of benefits start to take shape:

Cross-Functional Collaboration

If your sales team is using one system, your marketing team is using another, and your finance team is using a third system, it’s a lot harder for these functional teams to collaborate with one another. Not only does each system come with a learning curve, but if the systems don’t communicate seamlessly, finance may see one data point while the sales team sees a conflicting data point. With Salesforce integrations, even if each function relies on a different tool, it becomes MUCH easier to drive alignment across the functions, allowing them to work together in new ways.

Data Synchronization Across Systems 

Without integrations, when a sale is recorded in Salesforce, it would then need to be recorded in every different platform to be reflected properly. That’s a lot of manual lift for your employees. By tapping into Salesforce integrations, a sale can be recorded in one place and flow through to integrated systems without human intervention. This also leads to better collaboration within your organization because everyone has access to real-time KPIs and metrics.

Enhanced Insights and Reporting

Because each system’s data sets are connected, creating detailed and accurate analytical dashboards or business reports can be done in seconds. If you want to assess revenue data, sales data, and expense data into one report, your analysts no longer need to get data downloads from multiple systems and compile them into a manual file with Microsoft Excel. They can simply create the report, tell it what data to pull from where, and refresh it automatically.

Automation Opportunities 

Automating manual tasks and data-heavy processing can save a lot of time and money for businesses, but without the right tools in place, it can be hard to achieve. Key Salesforce integrations can help with functional automation such as accounts payable automation, marketing automation, and outreach automation. When you’re weighing the costs and benefits of investing in new software solutions, be sure to factor in the automation-related time savings that open up.

How to Integrate with Salesforce 

When it comes to forging salesforce integrations, there are a few ways to go about it:

• Native Integrations: Some applications have built-in integration capabilities geared toward Salesforce. Things like Google Cloud, MailChimp, and Slack are all designed to integrate seamlessly with the CRM giant.
• AppExchange/Third Party: External applications that have the ability to connect with Salesforce are listed on the Salesforce AppExchange, and the integration itself usually only takes a few clicks.
• Custom-Built: If your organization has a proprietary software solution or uses an application that isn’t listed on the Salesforce AppExchange, it’s possible to create a custom integration channel using API technology.
• Connector Applications: If you’ve heard of platforms like Workato, Zapier, MuleSoft, or something similar , you’re already familiar with the tools that were built to facilitate Salesforce integrations.

Salesforce Integration Highlights: Top 10

With thousands of Salesforce integrations available, the possibilities are truly endless. As more and more companies start to take advantage of these tools, the list of available integrations and their associated capabilities will continue to grow. Some of the top Salesforce integrations of 2024 – broken up by function – are: 

Nanonets Salesforce Integration

Nanonets and Salesforce have two key things in common: they both process and automate customer-facing transactions. When a sale is completed and recorded in Salesforce, Nanonets uses OCR technology to automatically send an invoice to the customer, process the payment, and record the customer history in both systems. Whether it’s sales orders, invoice processing , or client relationships that you want to improve, the Nanonets Salesforce integration is revolutionary.

Salesforce QuickBooks Integration

As a long-standing software solution meant to streamline the accounting cycle, QuickBooks works well with Salesforce to provide the data needed for revenue forecasts and sales target planning. This integration also streamlines the process of receiving payments and processing customer invoices . Because of the synchronized customer data reflected in both systems, the Salesforce QuickBooks integration reduces manual data errors, too.

FreshBooks Salesforce Integration

FreshBooks EasyConnect is a Salesforce native application which enables a two-way data flow between Salesforce and this accounting SaaS solution targeted toward self-employed professionals. This integration allows users to synch client information between Salesforce and FreshBooks and makes it easy to sales-related expense management .

HubSpot Salesforce Integration

The HubSpot Salesforce integration allows users to use data in Salesforce when sending outreach emails through HubSpot, creating a more personalized customer experience. It’s also simple to connect revenue numbers to specific campaign outcomes, giving decision-makers a faster turnaround time when adjusting campaign strategies.

Mailchimp Integration with Salesforce

Mailchimp contacts can be sourced directly from Salesforce leads and contacts, and on the flip side, campaign activity reports from Mailchimp emails can be viewed in Salesforce. The Mailchimp integration with Salesforce leads to targeted marketing efforts, heightened engagement, and better sales outcomes.

ActiveCampaign Salesforce Integration

If you’re looking to automate email follow-up to Salesforce contacts and target leads based on certain characteristics like the size of the company, the ActiveCampaign Salesforce integration is exactly what you need. It’s easy to track how leads respond to your messages and notify the perfect team member when it’s time to reach out.

Demandbase Integration

Demandbase provides deep insights into target accounts, enabling highly personalized marketing and sales efforts that resonate with key decision-makers. When integrated with Salesforce, these insights become actionable within the CRM, allowing for better-targeted campaigns, improved alignment between sales and marketing, and ultimately, accelerated sales cycles and higher close rates.

Communication and Collaboration

Salesforce Slack Integration

If your sales and service teams need to be able to access real-time customer updates, share key customer info, and work together to advance deals, they can do it all within Slack. The Salesforce Slack integration keeps internal communication as a top priority while ensuring all the information your employees need to succeed can be found at a glance. 

Google Workspace Salesforce Integration

Because it’s easy to synch emails, calendars, and documents between Google Workspace and Salesforce, your teams will never miss a beat when collaborating with one another. It doesn’t take a lot to boost the productivity and effectiveness of your hard-working employees, and the Google Workspace Salesforce integration is a step in the right direction.

Microsoft Outlook Integration with Salesforce

Customer interactions that happen through the Outlook interface will automatically be recorded in Salesforce, reducing the time it takes to track customer transactions and get a detailed view of customer communication attempts. The Microsoft Outlook integration with Salesforce will help reduce data entry errors and provide a constant look into key insights related to customer interactions.

Which Integration Catches Your Eye?

The list of Salesforce integrations above just scratches the surface. With tens of thousands of integration options, you can transform many different business functions. We know that you’ll love the wins from AP automation , email campaign management, and easy revenue alignment with sales information, but if you’re looking for something different, all you need is access to the internet and some time looking through the Salesforce AppExchange to find the perfect fit.

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So you’ve got a sales team in Salesforce with creatives or marketers managing projects in Asana . How do they collaborate and manage the pre-sales and sales cycles? Maybe there’s a project manager jumping between both tools, maybe you’ve got automation figured out with a couple of triggers and actions to share work 1-way, or everyone is just sharing context in Slack and updating their own tasks accordingly. None of these options are ideal, especially not for a growing organization with hundreds or thousands of tasks to keep track of.

Instead, let’s look at how you can quickly sync Asana and Salesforce bi-directionally with a simple 2-way flow that anyone can set up in minutes. Use it to align sales and marketing strategies, simplify a post-merger workflow, or simply enhance communication and productivity.

By the end of this guide, you’ll be able to easily connect Salesforce opportunities, contacts, and tasks with Asana, and vice versa – saving time, reducing manual error (and effort!), while driving business success.

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In this article:

Use case overview, step 1. connect salesforce and asana to unito, step 2. set a flow direction between asana and salesforce, step 3. set rules to sync specific asana tasks and salesforce objects, step 4. link fields between salesforce and asana, step 5. launch your asana to salesforce integration.

You’ll be connecting Asana and Salesforce with Unito’s flow builder. A flow represents the connection between your Salesforce organization and a single Asana project. There are countless ways to keep your data in sync, so our guide will focus on a sales and pre-sales workflow. Feel free to adapt anything here to suit your use case and solve common issue, from consolidating marketing intake processes to automating task creation for new sales accounts and more.

By following these steps, you’ll be able to seamlessly integrate Asana and Salesforce and streamline your workflow.

Optimizing a sales and pre-sales workflow with Unito

The challenge : sales info in silos.

• The sales team uses Salesforce to manage accounts, while the creative team uses Asana for project management. This leads to communication gaps and delays.

The solution : break down silos with 2-way sync

• Connect Accounts and Projects: Linking Salesforce accounts to Asana projects allows the sales team to see the progress of creative work associated with each account.
• Automate task creation and dispatching: When a new opportunity appears in Salesforce, create a matching task in Asana, or vice versa. Tasks can include requests for sales collateral, designing marketing materials, or developing a social media strategy.
• Real-time updates: By linking fields with Unito, any manual changes in one app will automatically appear in the other. This keeps both teams informed and allows them to manage client expectations effectively.

Installation and Configuration Steps for Asana and Salesforce

The best part about Unito’s integrations is that there’s very little configuration required. All you need to do is set up your project in Asana and know which Salesforce objects you want to sync. Although this guide will demonstrate Unito’s integration between Asana tasks and Salesforce opportunities , you can adapt the steps within to also sync Salesforce tasks or Salesforce contacts , with support for cases coming soon!

• You can create a Unito account by signing up or searching in the Salesforce AppExchange .
• (optional) read our overviews of Asana and Salesforce to better understand the capabilities of each integration.
• Navigate to the Unito App and +Create Flow .
• Click Start Here to connect your Asana project and Salesforce organization.
• Choose the accounts you want to connect.
• When you connect each tool for the first time, make sure to authorize both in Unito in order for your tasks, opportunities, or contacts to sync properly.

Here is an example of our completed tool connection screen:

These are the “containers” we’ll be keeping in sync. Only tasks and opportunities in the Sales project and Organization 123 will be synced by Unito. If we need to connect more containers, we can simply duplicate this Unito flow when we’re done, and modify accordingly.

Flow direction tells Unito where to automatically create work items (tasks, opportunities, or contacts) based on your manual activity: in Asana, Salesforce or both.

In most cases, you probably want a one-way flow direction from Salesforce to Asana. So perhaps our sales team wants to dispatch tasks to the team in Asana as new opportunities come in. But they don’t need the team in Asana sending them new opportunities with this setup:

Later, we can tell Unito to keep those work items in a 2-way, real-time sync.

Now we can set up rules to determine which events will send data between our tools. Select  Add a new rule  to establish your rules for each directional flow.

NOTE:  These rules are intended to help you keep only the most relevant information in sync to avoid oversharing unnecessary details. You can  apply custom labels to your tasks or tasks  to be even more precise about what kind of data is shared.

In this pre-sales workflow, any new opportunities in this Salesforce organization will automatically generate tasks in Asana in the Inbound Opportunities section/column:

In an example of a sales workflow, we’ve told Unito that the opportunity must also be in one of the 6 stages listed below and assigned to the account rep we’ve selected. The newly created Asana task will then appear in the Pre-Qual section/column:

You can add filters based on most fields, although fields with single or multi-select choices (e.g., Salesforce stages) are especially effective.

Find out more about setting rules.

When you first open this screen, you’ll be presented with two options. If you select Auto-map , Unito will pre-populate a list of suggested field mappings which you can then adjust.

Now, select + Add mapping to sync additional fields. Then, click Select a field . After you’ve chosen a field in the first board, Unito will suggest compatible matches in the second after you click on the drop-down menu. Here’s an example of a field mapping table for our sales workflow:

Here’s how custom fields enhance the power of Unito’s 2-way Salesforce integration:

Every field above with a blue question mark indicates a custom field that was created in each respective tool. This is how Unito can help users optimize their workflows and do what no other integration or automation solution can. By easily enabling you to keep custom fields in sync, you can personalize your integration quickly and effectively.

Here’s a more comprehensive set of field mappings in our presales workflow:

Find out more about setting field mappings.

And that’s it! That’s all you need to connect Salesforce with Asana to sync tasks, opportunities or contacts with Unito. Congratulations! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to our team by clicking the little chat box in the lower-right corner of your screen.

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Setting up triggers for new deals.

With this integration, you’ll be able to manage more deals efficiently. With this integration, you’ll be able to manage more deals efficiently. Unito, a cloud-based integration platform, simplifies the process of connecting Asana and Salesforce, allowing you to create custom, automated workflows that keep your teams in sync. Unito seamlessly connects Salesforce with Asana’s cloud-based software, allowing you to create custom, automated workflows that keep your teams in sync

Enhancing Collaboration: Asana and Salesforce for Cross Functional Teams

No Asana integration would be complete without the ability to seamlessly connect your tasks and projects with the essential tools your teams rely on for sales, marketing, and customer relationship management. Unito empowers teams to streamline their workflows by creating a 2-way Salesforce Asana connection.

What are the benefits of Unito’s 2-way Asana Salesforce integration?

• Improved Communication: Sales and creative teams are better aligned, with real-time visibility into project progress.
• Increased Efficiency: Automated task creation eliminates manual processes, reducing errors and saving time.
• Enhanced Collaboration: Both teams can work in their preferred tools while ensuring seamless communication and collaboration.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will integrating asana with salesforce automatically update my sales goals.

Yes, integrating Asana with Salesforce will automatically update your sales goals, reflecting real-time progress.

Does Unito handle automatic project creation to trigger Asana projects from Salesforce

Unito can’t automatically create new Asana projects, but it can automatically create tasks in your projects, located within sections/columns.

Can Unito manage task allocation between sales and post-sales teams?

Yes, the integration can automate task hand-offs between Sales and Post-Sales teams, streamlining the process and reducing manual work.

That said, customization is a cornerstone of efficiency. With an Asana custom template , you can tailor project outlines to fit your sales processes within Salesforce perfectly.

How does Unito improve sales cycle visibility?

This integration between Asana and Salesforce helps everyone involved follow progress on tasks and projects to better manage the sales cycle. With consistent data sharing, you can keep Asana updated based on Salesforce (or vice versa) in real-time, enabling informed decisions at every turn.

And if you ever need an immediate update, a manual sync option is at your fingertips, ensuring updated records.

Tracking progress within Salesforce classic

Even if you’re using Salesforce Classic, you don’t have to miss out. The Asana for Salesforce integration allows users of the Classic interface to keep a pulse on Asana task progress.

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