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Difficulty: EasyFlow Types and Triggers

A Salesforce administrator is tasked with setting up an automated process to update a custom field on a Contact record immediately before the record is saved to the database. Which flow trigger optimization should the administrator select when configuring the Record-Triggered Flow?

  1. Fast Field UpdatesAnswer
  2. B
    Actions and Related Records
  3. C
    Asynchronous Path
  4. D
    Schedule-Triggered Path

Answer

The administrator should select Fast Field Updates when configuring the Record-Triggered Flow.
Fast Field Updates (before-save record-triggered flows) execute before the record is saved to the database. This allows field values on the triggering record to be modified seamlessly as part of the initial save operation without requiring additional DML statements.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the record automation target
The target is the triggering record itself (the Contact record).
The requirement specifies updating a custom field on the Contact record that initiates the trigger.
2
Determine the optimal trigger timing
Select Fast Field Updates (Before-Save).
Before-save flows run prior to database commit, updating the triggering record up to 10 times faster than after-save flows without triggering extra DML operations.

Key Concept

Record-Triggered Flow Optimizations (Before-Save vs After-Save)
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Flow Types and Triggers

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