Stories tagged flow-builder

The article addresses the limitation of Flow Builder when trying to replicate the standard Recently Viewed List View, noting that direct sorting by view date is unavailable through standard Get Records elements. It introduces the Recently Viewed object as the underlying source that tracks records accessed by each user without requiring explicit user filtering.

The author demonstrates a six-step process starting with a Get Records element to fetch Recently Viewed entries filtered by the Account type. A Transform element extracts the record identifiers, which are then used in a second Get Records element to retrieve full Account data.

Because the original view date field resides outside the Account collection, another Transform element joins the two datasets using the record identifier as the key. The merged collection is subsequently ordered by the Last Viewed Date field using a Collection Sort element before being rendered in a Data Table component.

Complex Flows often become difficult to navigate as they grow in size and handle multiple processes. Salesforce has introduced a Group element that lets administrators place related components inside a single container directly on the canvas. This visual organization makes it easier to locate specific logic and understand the overall structure.

Users can collapse these containers to hide detailed steps and reduce screen clutter while working on other areas. Expanding the group restores the full view when review or editing is required. The arrangement exists solely for layout purposes and does not modify how the automation runs.

The element supports standard editing operations such as cut, copy, paste, and ungroup. These tools allow teams to quickly restructure diagrams or duplicate entire logical blocks when replicating similar processes elsewhere in the same automation.