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Difficulty: EasyFlow Types and Triggers

A Salesforce administrator is tasked with setting up an automated process to update a custom text field on a Contact record immediately when the record is created or updated. The update strictly affects fields on the triggering Contact record itself and does not require interacting with related records or executing external actions. Which flow configuration should the administrator select to accomplish this task with optimal system performance?

  1. A Fast Field Updates record-triggered flow (before-save)Answer
  2. B
    An Actions and Related Records record-triggered flow (after-save)
  3. C
    A Schedule-Triggered flow configured to run hourly
  4. D
    An Autolaunched flow with no trigger launched via Apex

Answer

The administrator should choose a Fast Field Updates record-triggered flow (before-save).
Fast Field Updates (before-save record-triggered flows) are specifically optimized to modify fields on the record that launched the flow before it is written to the Salesforce database. This avoids expensive additional database operations.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the automation requirements.
The requirement is to update fields exclusively on the record that triggered the automation during creation or edit.
Identifying the target of the field update determines whether a before-save or after-save flow is required.
2
Evaluate flow trigger types for same-record updates.
Fast Field Updates (before-save) execute prior to database commit and update the triggering record without requiring an extra DML event.
Before-save flows offer optimal performance for updating fields on the triggering record.

Key Concept

Selecting optimal Record-Triggered Flow optimization types (Fast Field Updates vs. Actions and Related Records).
Estimated Time:45s
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Flow Types and Triggers

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