A Salesforce Administrator needs to design an autolaunched flow that processes a collection of Vendor Rating custom object records, calculates aggregate metrics, and updates the parent Vendor account. To ensure optimal performance and avoid hitting SOQL and DML governor limits, in what sequence should the administrator place the Flow elements?
- 1Execute a Get Records element to retrieve all related Vendor Rating records associated with the Vendor.
- 2Pass the retrieved collection into a Decision element to confirm the collection is not null or empty.
- 3Iterate through each individual Vendor Rating record using a Loop element.
- 4Execute an Assignment element inside the loop to calculate totals and add populated record variables to an output collection.
- 5Execute an Update Records element outside of the loop using the output collection variable.
Answer
The proper bulkified flow order is: 1) Get Records to query the Vendor Rating records, 2) Decision element to verify the collection is not empty, 3) Loop element to iterate through the collection, 4) Assignment element inside the loop to aggregate metrics and populate an output collection variable, and 5) Update Records element after the loop completes to bulk update the collection.
The correct sequence follows Salesforce Flow bulkification design patterns: query records first with Get Records, check for non-empty results using a Decision element, iterate through records with a Loop element, calculate values and stage updates in memory using an Assignment element inside the loop, and perform a single DML update using an Update Records element after loop execution completes.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Bulkification in Salesforce Flow Builder requires performing data retrieval (Get Records) and data manipulation (Update Records) outside of Loop elements using collection variables and Assignment elements.