Flows with Flow builder

Question 1

How is a Screen Flow launched by ?

Answer 1

Quick action
Lightning page
Experience Cloud site, and more

Question 2

How is an Autolaunched Flow launched by ?

Answer 2

Another flow
Apex code
REST API

Question 3

How is a Triggered Flow launched by ?

Answer 3

Time
Data change
Platform event

Question 4

What is a screen flow ?

Answer 4

Screen Flows provide a UI that guides users through a business process.

Question 5

What is an autolaunched flow ?

Answer 5

Autolaunched Flows automate business processes that have no UI. They have no trigger and they run in the background.

Question 6

What is a Triggered flow ?

Answer 6

Triggered Flows are autolaunched by a trigger you specify. They run in the background. There are 4 of them : schedule-triggered, record-triggered, platform event-triggered or record triggered flow.

Question 7

What is a flow ?

Answer 7

Flow automates business processes by executing logic, interacting with
the Salesforce database, and can collect data directly from users. Flows are built using
the Flow Builder. A flow interview is an instance of an executing flow.

Question 8

What are faults ?

Answer 8

Faults are exceptions that can happen while processing Data elements in
a flow, displaying either a customized or default error message. It is the declarative
equivalent of exception handling.

Question 9

Give a definition of global variables ?

Answer 9

Global Variables are system-provided variables that reference
information about the Salesforce org or running user, such as the user’s ID or the API session ID.

Question 10

How can a user run a flow ?

Answer 10

To run flows, a user needs one of these:
● Run Flow permission
● Manage Flow permission
● Flow User checked on their User record

Question 11

When to Mark Variable for Output ?

Answer 11

Mark Available for output to make variable accessible to:
● Subflow when sending data from calling flow

Question 11

When to Mark Variable for Input ?

Answer 11

Mark Available for input to make variable accessible from:
● Custom button or link (record page)
● Lightning App Builder (record page)
● Quick Action (record page)
● Subflow when passing data to calling flow

Question 12

In which case should we disable the previous button ?

Answer 12

Disable the Previous button for the next
screen after a Create Records, Update
Records, or Delete Records element.

Question 13

How many active versions of a flow can we have ?

Answer 13

Only one version of the flow can be active at a time.

Question 14

Where can we let a user pause a flow ?

Answer 14

The Paused Flow Interviews component can be added to:
- Lightning Home pages
- or Experience Builder Site pages,
- or to Mobile App navigation items.

Question 15

When debugging a flow why would you
choose “Run flow as another user”?

Answer 15

Ensure that Field-Level Security doesn’t
cause run-time issues

Question 16

We want to launch the Screen Flow from the Account record page. What is the best way to do this?

Answer 16

• Create a custom button or link
• Use standard Flow Component and add it using Lightning App Builder

Question 17

What is DML ?

Answer 17

DML (Data Manipulation Language) is used to add, modify, or removed data in a database. In Salesforce, DML includes insert, update, delete, undelete, upsert(update+insert), and merge (update+delete).

Question 18

What is the save order of execution ?

Answer 18

The Save Order of Execution describes the series of events that occur on
the Salesforce Platform when a record is saved.

Question 19

What is a Record-Triggered Flow ?

Answer 19

A Record-Triggered Flow is defined on a particular Object and launches
when a record is created, updated, or deleted on the corresponding Object. It’s the nocode solution equivalent to the apex trigger.

Question 20

What are the previous and after triggers used for ?

Answer 20

BEFORE : triggers can update record values prior to the Save step.
AFTER : triggers are used to access field values, such as Ids, that are set by
the system and to effect changes in other records.

Question 21

Definition of constant

Answer 21

A constant is a value that cannot be altered by the flow or program
during normal execution.

Question 22

What is a Debug Log ?

Answer 22

A debug log records database operations, system processes, and errors for a specified user every time that user executes a transaction.

Question 23

What is a platform event ?

Answer 23

• Enable you to deliver secure, scalable, and customizable event notifications within Salesforce or from external sources.
• Rely on a publish-subscribe architecture.

Question 24

In a Before Record-Triggered Flow you
can perform the following actions against the database:

Answer 24

• Update
• Get

Question 25

In an After Record-Triggered Flow you can perform the following actions against the database:

Answer 25

• Create
• Delete
• Update
• Get

Question 26

$Record global variable is not available in the following types of flows:

Answer 26

• Autolaunched Flow (No Trigger)
• Screen Flow

Question 27

Which type of flow can be a Subscriber to a platform event?

Answer 27

Platform Event-Triggered Flow

Question 28

What Is a Global Variable?

Answer 28

Global variables exist in every flow. You don’t create them and you can’t change their values in the flow, but they give your flow access to very useful data that can be different each time the flow runs.