In the previous chapter, we had an overview of Visual Workflow. We discussed the benefits of using Visual Workflow and the system requirements for it. We also learned various ways to invoke the Flow. In this chapter, you will see how easily you can create user interaction screens without Visualforce and complex process automation without Apex. This chapter mainly focuses on the design of Visual Workflow using various components. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Creating the building blocks of the Flow
- Designing the Flow: In this topic, we will cover:
- Creating a Salesforce Developer account
- Displaying logged-in user ID
- Real estate commission calculator
- Displaying feedback forms based on conditions
- Displaying related records based on search functionality
In Chapter 1, Getting Started with Visual Workflow, we discussed the building blocks of Flow, for example, Flow elements, Flow resources, and Flow connectors. Before going ahead, you will first learn to create variables in Flow and then we will discuss the other building blocks in upcoming chapters. The few building blocks we are going to discuss here are:
- Creating a variable
- Creating a collection variable
- Creating an SObject Variable
- Creating an SObject Collection Variable