Using FLOW from an Object-Specific Action (Beta) - Salesforce Winter'18 ☃️

We can add FLOWS to the action menu on your Lightning pages     

without hunting down the Flow’s URL. When we create a flow 

action, we can pick from a list of available flows rather than

enter the flow URL manually.  As of now its in beta, so soon we will have more updates on this feature.

Flow actions can’t be global actions, and they can’t be deployed 
to other orgs, such as with packaging.

This feature is available in the Lightning Experience and all versions 
of Salesforce1 mobile app.

For this, the FLOW which you are using in the Flow Actions, 
must be active and have Screens.

Steps for Creating Flow Action and adding it into the Object:

I have just created a FLOWS on Opportunity object to show how the FLOWS worked when we add this into the Actions.

Below is my activated FLOW on the Opportunity object where I am creating a new record.

After that, we will create a Flow Action. For this go to Setup -> Object (Standard/Custom on which you have created your FLOW) -> Buttons,Links, and Actions ->  New Actions 

Here is my new FLOW Action on opportunity object:

You can add flow actions to an object’s page layout using the page layout editor. To see your org’s flow actions in the page layout editor, check out the Salesforce1 & Lightning Actions category in the palette.

You can see, my "Quick Create" Flow action is added into my Opportunity object.

Here’s how that action appears in the Salesforce1 action bar for Opportunities.

Here is the demo of how records are creating in Opportunities object using this "Quick Create" Flow action.

Related Information

1. Trailhead Project: Create a Satisfaction Survey 

2. Trailhead Module: Build a Discount Calculator

3. Salesforce Winter'18 Release Notes


Stay tuned 📣 for more Winter'18 features.

Thank you!!!

What's New with Salesforce Winter'18 Release ☃️

Wait for Winter'18 release is over and preview instance
is upgraded into the salesforce org. You can find the Salesforce Winter'18 release notes here.

It is supported on the browser depends on whether you are using Salesforce Classic or Lightning experience. You can get more information related to the supported browsers from here.

There are several new features introduced in Winter'18 release. I am going to discuss about Lightning Experience features on my blogpost.

Here the few new features of Winter'18 release:

1. Setup Assistant

When you switched from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience, where you will get a Setup Assistant which you will use to setup Salesforce to help your Users get ready.

2. Look & Feel

Most fun feature of this Winter'18 release which I like the most is "Themes and Branding". Now this is built-in feature in salesforce org. Just login into your org, go to Setup and enter Themes and Branding in Quick find box and select "Themes and Branding" and select Hide.

3. New Standard Objects

New standard objects were added in the Winter'18 release.

4. Communities

In Salesforce, you can create max. 100 communities including all inactive, active and preview communities. 

Salesforce has added two new Communities templates named: "Build your Own" and "Customer Account Portal" and updated the old templates.

"Build your Own" Community

• Developers, now you can build your Community in your own style. 
• Expand what members can do in your community by adding the pages that fit your business needs.
• You can add the components that fits your business needs.
• You can control the appearance of each page in your community with theme layouts and theme layout types. Also, you can update the layout of multiple pages from one place.
• After you finish up setting your community, export it as Lightning Bolt Solution to jumpstart your other communities.
• To create your own Community, follow this step: setup -> Communities -> New Communities. And choose the template "Build your Own" and enter the Name and the URL.

"Customer Account Portal" Community

• Announced a new community to keep their Customers happy.
• It gives a private and secure place to your customer to access and update their account information with the out-of-box Customer Account Portal template from the Community cloud.
• It improves the Customer relationships and decrease service costs to see and pay invoices and updates their account informations.
• To create your own Community, follow this step: setup -> Communities -> New Communities. And choose the template "Customer Account Portal" and enter the Name and the URL.

If you look into the old Communities templates, they were updated. Have a look into the comparison between the old and the updated ones.

Old Properties

Updated Properties

5. Adding "Out-of-Office" on your Profile

Are you going for out-of-office or vacation or other leave. The newly enhanced Out-of-Office feature is for you. You can set the dates you're away and set a custom message.

Your message and dates display next to your name in chatter, not just on your profile but almost anywhere that your name appears.This change applies to Lightning experience only.
Set it up in the new out-of-office section in Setup -> Chatter Settings. And check the checkbox into the Out-of-Office section.

It will appear in your profile.

6. Use Favorites in Console App

This feature is new in Lightning. Now, Users can have their most-visited pages and important records, lists, groups, dashboards at their fingertips. Favorites are similar to bookmarks in a web browser, providing quick access to frequently used items.

Click on the Star on the upper right corner, to add the current page. If the star is highlighted, the current page is already in your favorites. To remove a favorite, click the highlighted star. View all your favorites in the favorites list.

Stay tuned 📣 for more Winter'18 features.

Thank you!!!