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In this article we will check how to improve File sharing, File Storage and File Management using Salesforce and Titan. Salesforce File Sharing and Management is always a complex process specially because of Salesforce File Storage and Salesforce File Sharing related limitations. We will learn how can we manage File Sharing in Salesforce and how to manage sharing files with external or internal teams within Salesforce. We will focus on how to enhance Salesforce File storage capacity by  integrating with external file storage platforms from Salesforce so you can store and manage your files with the cloud storage solution of your choice including Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, and more.

In this post we will discuss about ways to automate Lead Scoring in Salesforce and Lead Conversion in Salesforce. In order to drive the business and enhance the efficiency of Sales process, we will see how to best automate Salesforce Lead Scoring process and drive better Salesforce Lead Conversions. 

Salesforce Summer '21 Release is here soon. Let's see some of the Latest and New Flow Features and Enhancements in Summer 21 Salesforce Release. This post is to give you an idea about the New Flow Features in Salesforce Summer 21 Release.

Salesforce Flow Get Values from Checkbox Group. In this post we will see how to Parse and use the values from a Multi Select Checkbox Group on a Screen Flow. Salesforce Flow Multi Select Checkbox can used for many use cases. We will use a Record Choice Set to show Multiple Checkboxes on Flow Screen and display Record values as choices or checkboxes. After that we will explore a way to use the selected values from the Record Choice Set to perform actions like Looping over the Checkbox Group values.  Let's see how to use the Salesforce Flow Checkbox Group Output effectively. 

Navigate to an URL by clicking an Image in Salesforce Screen Flows. In this post we will see how to add and Display Image on a Salesforce Flow Screen. Also, we will make the Image in Screen Flow Clickable to navigate to a web page or a URL link. We will be first adding  Image on a Salesforce Flow Screen and then embed a Link url to it. This will make the Flow Image Clickable to navigate to any URL.  We will achieve this clickable image on the Flow Screen without writing any code or adding any Lightning Component.

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 .

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In this Post, we will see how to show Animations in  Salesforce  Flow using Flow Screen. We will show animations using GIF files in a Screen Flow.

In this post, I will be showing how to Bulk Insert Records using a Flow in Salesforce. We will Bulkify Flow to create Multiple records of an object at once instead of creating them one by one inside a Loop. 

In this article, I am going to show how to remove duplicates or common values from collection variables in Salesforce Flows using Loops.

In this blog I am going to show how to use and call Salesforce Flows from list views. We will see how can we pass Selected records from a List View into a Flow in order to perform actions on multiple records like Mass Update,Mass Delete or Insert etc.

Lightning web components Apex Callouts. In this post, I am going to show how to make callouts (REST API or HTTP) from LWC (Lightning Web Components) from Server-Side controller (Apex Controller) in Salesforce. 

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.

After Spring'20, we are now able to Assign Tasks to Queues and Public Groups in Salesforce. Cool! Isn't it? A simple and efficient way to boost productivity. Gone are the days when we had to create duplicate tasks for different users. Simply create a Group or Queue and assign Tasks to a group of Users! Checkout other useful blogs here:  https://accidentalcodersf.com

In this article I am talking about Before Save Flow in Salesforce.We will see how can we use Before Save Update Flows to fire Validation Rules and perform complex data validations without custom code.

In this blog I am trying to show how to make HTTP callouts from LWC (Lightning Web Component) from Client Side Controller (Javascript).  Callouts from Javascript in LWC Bored of Lockdown? Can't decide what movie/series to Watch? Too many Options? Let's make that decision a bit easier. Search for any Movie or Series and find out all the details including Ratings from IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Try this App created using LWC(and HTTP callouts from LWC).   Checkout the full code here:  CODE AND STEPS  https://accidentalcoder.blogspot.com/2020/06/lwc-callouts-client-side.html TRY THE APP BELOW 

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.

LWC SALESFORCE: CREATE A STAR RATING COMPONENT USING LWC Star Rating using LWC This blog is to demonstrate how to create a basic Star Rating Component with LWC. Use Case/ Problem Statement: A Rating Component is required for a Food Delivery business so that users/customers can provide rating on different parameters and we can get and store user's rating input values in Salesforce. This component must be usable on Salesforce Community pages (login based or public). Solution: We will create the Star Rating component using Lightning Web Components which can be easily hosted on community pages. Since we will use LWC this will be fast and highly customisable.  There are many ways to achieve this using HTML,Javascript and CSS and there is lot of material and sample code online in various developer forums. But for someone like me who isn't from a web designing or Javascript background it was a bit difficult to find a simpler and easy to use version of html an...

Salesforce Lightning Flows: Easy and Powerful Where will you love to Fly Post Lockdown? Checkout a simple Travel Survey App created using Screen Flows and nothing else. This is to showcase how simple and powerful flows can be. I will be posting about how I created this in my next blog!Till then checkout the power and simplicity of Lightning Flows! Click here to Checkout Survey App & Demo! Please Subscribe or Follow for future updates as I am planning to share more stuff around Flows,LWC and Salesforce in future. A bit of motivation and encouragement goes a long way. Subscribe using your email at the top of the page.  

My First Attempt at Blogging! This is my first attempt to write a blog, which you will probably figure out by the end, but I wanted to start by sharing an interesting and a useful use-case which was implemented for a big Airline company who were using Salesforce service cloud for their customer support. This is a very general requirement for customer support teams using Salesforce Email to Case feature. Who may require this? Organisations using Salesforce Service cloud or Case management feature to manage their customer support and having customers from around the globe in different geographical regions (with different native languages). For such a business,the customers can send emails to support email Ids in different languages and the emails are converted into Salesforce cases (Email to case). Why is it needed? Imagine multiple support teams in Salesforce org for customer support which are divided into different queues on the basis of their language skills like Englis...