Cover Copyright Credits Foreword About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Workflow Business problems Business use case 1 Solution 1 – using an Apex trigger Solution 2 – a combination of Visual Workflow and Process Builder Business use case 2 Solution 1 – using Apex Solution 2 – a combination of Visual Workflow and Process Builder The benefits of Visual Workflow System requirements for using Visual Workflow An overview of the Visual Workflow lifecycle An overview of the Cloud Flow Designer An overview of the building blocks of Visual Workflow Flow elements Flow resources Flow connectors The various ways to invoke a Flow Summary Chapter 2: Creating Flow through Point and Click Creating the building blocks of Flow Creating a variable Creating a collection variable Adding values to a collection variable Creating an SObject Variable Creating an SObject Collection Variable Designing the Flow Creating a Salesforce Developer account Logging in to Salesforce.com Hands on 1 – displaying logged-in user ID Creating a Screen element Adding fields to the Screen element Removing fields from the Screen element Setting the Start element in a Flow Saving a Flow Running a Flow Hands on 2 – real estate commission calculator Connecting the Flow elements Hands on 3 – displaying a feedback form based on conditions Adding a Decision element Adding a choice to a Flow Hands on 4 – displaying related records based on search functionality Adding a dynamic choice to a Flow A few points to remember Exercises Summary Chapter 3: Manipulating Records in Visual Workflow Creating the building blocks of a Flow Creating a Constant Creating a Text Template Manipulating the data Hands on 1 – creating leads Adding the Record Create element to a Flow Hands on 2 – adding leads to a campaign Adding a record to a parent Activating a version of a Flow Passing values to Flow variables through a URL Setting the finish location or redirecting the URL for a Flow Hands on 3 – quickly update an account record Adding Record Update elements to a Flow Hands on 4 – cleaning Chatter group feed Adding the Record Delete element to a Flow Hands on 5 – adding Flow to the home page layout Saving Flow as a different version Adding the Record Lookup element to a Flow Hands on 6 – adding an image to Display Text Hands on 7 – saving data from a feedback form Hands on 8 – sending an e-mail Hands on 9 – creating a custom error message Hands on 10 – conditional execution of a Flow with JavaScript A few points to remember Exercises Summary Chapter 4: Debugging and New Ways to Call a Flow Debugging your Flow Onscreen debugging Inbuilt debugging tools Using debug screens Debug log Setting the debug log filter Who can run the Flow and how Debugging insufficient privileges on the custom button/link Embed a Flow into a Visualforce page Invoke a Flow using Process Builder Automating your business process Hands on 1 – copying the record followers Adding the Fast Lookup element to a Flow Adding the Loop element to a Flow Adding an Assignment element to a Flow Adding the Fast Create element to a Flow Hands on 2 – open a Flow for unauthenticated access Customizing the Flow user interface Hands on 3 – setting the finish behavior in the Visualforce page Using the URLFOR function Using the $Page variable Using a controller Hands on 4 – accessing a Flow through Salesforce1 Through the Salesforce1 navigation menu Through publisher actions Hands on 5 – setting the Flow variables value from a Visualforce page Without a controller With the standard controller With the custom controller Call a Flow using the custom controller Hands on 6 – invoking a Flow using an Inline Visualforce page Hands on 7 – using a Flow to save the data from the Visualforce page A few points to remember Exercises Summary Chapter 5: Developing Applications with Process Builder An overview of Process Builder Business problems An overview of the Process Builder user interface Actions available in Process Builder Differences between Process Builder and other tools Creating applications with Process Builder Hands on 1 – autocreate a child record Creating a Process Adding an object and evaluation criteria Adding Process criteria Adding an action to a Process Activating a Process Deactivating a Process Deleting a Process Hands on 2 – auto update child records Hands on 3 – cloning a Process Adding an Apex plugin to your Process Hands on 4 – posting opportunity details to the Chatter group Hands on 5 – sending an e-mail to the opportunity owner Hands on 6 – checking time-dependent actions from Process Builder Hands on 7 – submitting a record to the Approval Process Hands on 8 – calling a Flow from Process Builder A few points to remember Exercises Summary Chapter 6: Building Applications without Code Distributing or deploying Flows and Processes Hands on 1 – deploying using Change Sets Creating an unmanaged Package Viewing the Flow created by Process Builder Hands on 2 – displaying messages after login Adding a Login Flow Hands on 3 – setting the Login Flow finish behavior Hands on 4 – understanding Subflow and the Wait Element Creating a master Flow Adding a Subflow element to a Flow Hands on 5 – adding a Wait element to a Flow Launching the Flow from Process Builder Hands on 6 – using custom settings in a Flow Launching the Flow from Process Builder Hands on 7 – creating schedule jobs using a Flow Hands on 8 – creating a recurring job using time-dependent workflow and Process Builder Hands on 9 – queuing a job for the next day A few points to remember Exercises Summary Index Click your way to automating your various business processes using Salesforce Visual Workflow In Detail Salesforce Management System is an information system used in CRM to automate the business processes like sales and marketing. Visual Workflow is a powerful tool developed by Force.com to automate business processes by creating applications (also called Flows). Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow starts from the introduction of Flows that will enable you to know all the building blocks that are required for Flows. You will also learn how to use Process Builder to solve complex business requirements with the help of Flow. Everything is explained in this book using more than 40 real-time business use cases, and towards the end of the book, you will get a clear idea and knowledge on how you can use Flows and Process Builder in your organization to optimize code usage. What You Will Learn Develop an application using point and click with help of Flow Get to grips with various ways to launch a Flow Capture the data from an external user without using the Visualforce page Change the Flow UI using CSS Save the user input into the database, and learn how to query and manipulate the data Discover various ways to debug and deploy the Flow and Process Builder Understand the concepts of Subflow and Login Flow Build applications without code Downloading the example code for this book. You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your account at http://www.PacktPub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit http://www.PacktPub.com/support and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you
About This Book
- Create high performance mobile applications with C/C++ and integrate with Java
- Exploit advanced Android features such as graphics, sound, input, and sensing
- Port and reuse your own or third-party libraries from the prolific C/C++ ecosystem
Who This Book Is For
Are you an Android Java programmer who needs more performance? Are you a C/C++ developer who doesn't want to bother with the complexity of Java and its out-of-control garbage collector? Do you want to create fast intensive multimedia applications or games? If you've answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you. With some general knowledge of C/C++ development, you will be able to dive headfirst into native Android development.
About This BookReduce code usage in your organization and solve complex business scenarios using FlowAutomate your common business scenario using Process BuilderThis is a conventional step-by-step guide to automate your business requirements using Flow and Process BuilderWho This Book Is ForLearning Salesforce Visual Workflow is intended for those who want to use Flows to automate their business requirements by click not code. Salesforce maintains an incredibly user-friendly interface; no previous experience in computer coding or programming is required.
