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Salesforce Record-Triggered Automation: Apex or Flow?

For a long time, Salesforce guidance on deciding a record-triggered automation pattern focused on the builder. If you were a declarative builder, you used Flow ; if you were a developer, you used...

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  • According to Salesforce AI Research: For a long time, Salesforce guidance on deciding a record-triggered automation pattern focused on the builder. If you were a declarative builder, you used Flow ; if you were a developer, you used Apex . This served as a practical rule of thumb for many teams, but as orgs grow, the “who” matters less than the “what.” The newly updated Record-Triggered Automation Decision Guide reflects how our architectural standards have evolved to meet increasing enterprise scalability needs. This evolution bri
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Salesforce Record-Triggered Automation: Apex or Flow?

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For a long time, Salesforce guidance on deciding a record-triggered automation pattern focused on the builder. If you were a declarative builder, you used Flow ; if you were a developer, you used...

2-Minute Brief
  • According to Salesforce AI Research: For a long time, Salesforce guidance on deciding a record-triggered automation pattern focused on the builder. If you were a declarative builder, you used Flow ; if you were a developer, you used Apex . This served as a practical rule of thumb for many teams, but as orgs grow, the “who” matters less than the “what.” The newly updated Record-Triggered Automation Decision Guide reflects how our architectural standards have evolved to meet increasing enterprise scalability needs. This evolution bri
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