Flow Blog Series 03:
Record-Triggered Flow
In the first blog, we showed you why Flow is the way to go! There are 5 flow implementation types you can choose from, but no stress! In this blog series you will find out which one you can use best in what scenario. Let’s go with the Record-Triggered Flow!
Enough with the talking, let’s do something!
Imagine you want to count the total of account-to-account relationships. There is no standard way to do this. An account-to-account relationship is set up with a junction object with 2 lookups to account. But with a Record-Triggered Flow you can achieve this. So let’s create a demo together, and include that record trigger.
Create New Record Triggered Flow
First up, we need to make a record triggered flow which counts the account-to-account relationships.
Secondly, we get the records of the junction object, from the lookup field 1 to account (“Relation account”). In this case the junction object is called “Account Relation”.
Afterwards, we need to get the records of the junction object, from the lookup field 2 to account (“Account”). In this case the junction object is called “Account Relation”.
Drag and update
Now we need to drag the assignment to the canvas and make sure it counts the numbers of both lookup fields.
After that, update the field “Account Relation Count Total” with the total of the counted records from lookup field “Accounts”.
Last step for this flow is to update the field “Account Relation Count Total” with the total of the counted records from lookup field “Relation Account”.
Second Record Triggered Flow
So now you have a flow that counts the total, but you also need a flow that can update the total count when one or more records are deleted. Make a new record triggered flow and trigger it when a record is deleted.
Secondly, we need to get the “Relation Accounts” records from the junction object Account Relation.
Third, we need to get the “Accounts” records from the junction object Account Relation.
