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Enable Actions in the Chatter Publisher

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Enable Actions in the Chatter Publisher

Enabling actions in the publisher lets you add actions that you’ve created to the Chatter publisher. Actions appear on the Home page, on the Chatter tab, in Chatter groups, and on record detail pages.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic
Available in: Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Contact Manager, Database.com, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
To enable actions in the Chatter publisher: Customize Application

By default, the Salesforce Classic Chatter publisher includes the standard actions Post, File, Link, Poll, Question, and Thanks. With the actions in the publisher setting enabled, you can include nonstandard actions in the Chatter publisher too. Nonstandard actions include Create, Update, Log a Call, custom actions, and Mobile Smart Actions.

In organizations created after the Winter ‘14 release, actions in the publisher is enabled automatically.

  1. From Setup, enter Chatter Settings in the Quick Find box, then select Chatter Settings.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. Select Enable Actions in the Publisher.
    Although the Enable Actions setting appears in Lightning Experience, it has no effect there.
  4. Click Save.
    Note
    Note You aren’t required to enable actions in the publisher to use them in the Salesforce app or in third-party apps. See Actions With and Without Chatter for more information.
 
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