Flow Builder
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What is Flow Builder?
Flow Builder is a point-and-click automation tool used to build complex business logic. It allows users to automate processes without writing code by creating flows that can guide users through a process, update records, send emails, and more. It is commonly used in Salesforce to automate tasks like lead routing, opportunity management, and case management.
What other technologies are related to Flow Builder?
Flow Builder Competitor Technologies
Process Builder
Process Builder is a similar declarative automation tool that was previously the primary alternative to Flow Builder for many automation use cases. Salesforce is converging these two tools, but they remain distinct.
Workflow Rules
Workflow Rules are an older automation tool that are being superseded by Flow Builder. Flow Builder can handle more complex scenarios than workflow rules.
Visualforce
Visualforce is a markup language that allows developers to create custom Salesforce pages. Flows can be embedded in Visualforce pages, or can be replaced by flows so it is a weak competitor.
Apex Triggers
Apex Triggers are Apex code that executes before or after specific data manipulation events. Flows and Triggers serve a similar purpose for process automation. In many cases flows are preferred over triggers now.
Visual Force
Visualforce is a markup language that allows developers to create custom Salesforce pages. Flows can be embedded in Visualforce pages, or can be replaced by flows so it is a weak competitor.
Triggers
Apex Triggers are Apex code that executes before or after specific data manipulation events. Flows and Triggers serve a similar purpose for process automation. In many cases flows are preferred over triggers now.
Workflow
Workflow Rules are an older automation tool that are being superseded by Flow Builder. Flow Builder can handle more complex scenarios than workflow rules.
Number of organizations that mention technology
519
Flow Builder
2,581
Process Builder
768
Workflow Rules
9,358
Visualforce
984
Apex Triggers
1,926
Visual Force
3,854
Triggers
3,980
Workflow
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Flow Builder Complementary Technologies
Lightning App Builder
Lightning App Builder is used to build single-page apps for use in Salesforce Lightning Experience and mobile app. Flows can be embedded into these apps, making them a natural complement.
Apex
Apex is a programming language that allows developers to write custom logic for Salesforce. Flows can invoke Apex actions, and Apex can invoke Flows, so they are complementary.
Lightning Web Components
Lightning Web Components (LWCs) can be embedded in Flows as custom screen components or invoked as actions, making them a natural complement.
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Which job functions commonly mention Flow Builder?
Salesforce Developer
2.2% of all Salesforce Developer jobs mention Flow Builder
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Salesforce Administrator
0.6% of all Salesforce Administrator jobs mention Flow Builder
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Information Technology
823 Information Technology jobs mention Flow Builder
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Cloud Engineer
14 Cloud Engineer jobs mention Flow Builder
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Sales
52 Sales jobs mention Flow Builder
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Which organizations are mentioning Flow Builder?
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