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Launch a Flow from a Process
Start an autolaunched flow from your process to automate complex business processes. Create flows to perform logic and have events trigger the flows via processes without writing code.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To create, edit, or view processes: | Manage Flow AND View All Data |
After December 31, 2025, existing processes continue to run, and you can activate, deactivate, and edit them; however, we recommend using Flow Builder. To migrate existing processes, plan your switch to Flow Builder and use the Migrate to Flow tool. For new automations, create flows in Flow Builder.
To launch a flow from a process, you must create and activate the flow. The flow must be autolaunched.
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Enter a name for this action.
This text appears on the canvas and helps you differentiate this action from others in your process. The name truncates to fit on the canvas.
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For Flow, search for and select the flow that you want to launch from this
process.
Only active, autolaunched flows are available.
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Optionally, click Add Row to set values for the flow’s
variables.
Flow Variable Start typing the name of the flow variable whose value you want to set, or click
to select
a flow variable from the dropdown list. You can set values for any variables in the flow that allow input access.
However, for a text, picklist, or multi-select picklist variable that isn’t a collection, a value of
nullis converted to an empty string. in the flow.Type Select the type of value that you want to set. For example, select String to manually enter the values for a Text collection variable, or select Reference to use the value of a record for a record variable. Value Set a value for the flow variable.
- For collection variables, use the text entry field to specify a value. The value must match the collection variable's data type.
- For record variables, use the field picker to select an ID field. The ID must correspond to a record whose object type matches the record variable’s object.
- For record collection variables, use the field picker to select a related
list. The selected records’ object type must match the record collection
variable’s object. For example, populate a record collection variable with
all child contact records associated with the account that started the
process.
If the related list is empty when the flow tries to populate the record collection variable with field values from those records, the process fails.
- Save the action.
