When you are creating a Variable, you are given the option to choose what kind of access the Variable has to other areas of Salesforce.

1. Private – only accessible to set and reference from within your Flow.
2. Input – gives you access to pass values into the variable pre-Flow.  These methods are typically through a Flow’s URL (remember back to our Button URL post), through a Flow embedded in a Visualforce Page, or through a Process Builder triggered Flow.
3. Output – gives you access to pass values at the end of your Flow to another source.  These sources are Sub Flows (yes, you can have Flowception) and Visualforce controllers (commonly used to help re-direct the finished Flow to a newly created record).

The Million Dollar Question – what does this mean to you? Continue reading →

Have you ever had the need to update a group of records all at once?  If you’re dealing with a sizable amount of records, you can’t get by using multiple Record Updates.  The easiest and most efficient way to do this is to use a Fast Update.  A Fast Update allows us to update hundreds of records at once all within one Flow! Continue reading →