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Is changed in Flows Salesforce and Prior Value in Flows :  Spring' 21 Salesforce Release has introduced a new and exciting Flow feature which is Record   Prior Value variable in Record Triggered Flows. This basically means that now we can see and use the Old Values (old field values) of the Record that fired the Flow and Compare old and new values of record in Record Triggered Flows . Salesforce Flow Prior Value feature can be used for many use cases and scenarios which were previously only possible using an Apex Trigger. In this post we will see the  use of  Prior/Old Record Value variable using an After Update Record Triggered Flow . We will implement  Is Changed   in After Update Record Triggered Flow .

In this article, I am summarising different Flow types in Salesforce and Examples of Salesforce Flows. This post has links to all my Salesforce Flow Examples and Salesforce Flow Tutorials. These Flow Examples Salesforce include Flow Builder Examples of Auto Launched Flows, Salesforce Record Triggered Flows (Before Save Flows, After Save Flows, Before Delete Flows), Scheduled Flows and Screen Flows. These Salesforce Flow Examples should be helpful to Learn Salesforce Flows and explore some practical Flow Use Cases . All Salesforce Flow Tutorial Posts include Flow Tutorial Videos and Flow Creation Steps in detail. 

In this blog I am going to demonstrate how to Clone Records with all the field values using Screen Flows and Auto-Launched Flows in Salesforce. By the end you will get good idea  about some of the features of Screen flows, Auto-launched flows and how to join flows.

Salesforce Flow File Upload In this blog I am going to show how to Upload Files using Flow Builder in Salesforce. We will also see how to use Screen Flows to create Record Create Forms.

In this blog I am trying to showcase one powerful and useful feature of the flows i.e. Scheduling Flows.We will see how to Schedule Flow in Salesforce Though this blog is mainly about Scheduling Flows, but we can get an idea about three important things here:        1. How to Schedule Flow in Salesforce?        2. How to Send Emails from Flows? Some Background:  Scheduled Flows were released in Winter ‘20. They give you the ability to run an auto-launched flow (one that doesn’t have a user interface screen) on a daily or weekly schedule. Sample Use Case: As a Customer service manager/supervisor who is not using Salesforce actively, I want to receive an email daily with information like total open cases(if there are any), closed cases etc. in the Salesforce org. For the scope of this blog, I am only considering the count of open cases scenario but same can be customised and enhanced to include any other...