An administrator is designing a Flow to update the Status field on multiple related Equipment Inspection records whenever a Warehouse Location passes an annual review. To adhere to Flow data manipulation best practices and prevent governor limit exceptions, in what sequence should the administrator configure the Flow elements?
- 1Retrieve all related open Equipment Inspection records into a record collection variable using a Get Records element.
- 2Iterate through the retrieved record collection variable using a Loop element.
- 3Update the Status field value on the current loop item record variable using an Assignment element.
- 4Add the modified current loop item record variable to a new collection variable for updates using an Assignment element.
- 5Save the changes to the database with a single Update Records element referencing the update collection variable outside the loop.
Answer
The correct sequence begins with retrieving the records into a collection variable using a Get Records element, followed by iterating over the collection with a Loop element. Inside the loop, an Assignment element updates the field on the current item, and a second Assignment element adds that item to a new collection variable. Finally, an Update Records element outside the loop commits all updates to the database in a single operation.
The proper sequence for bulkified data manipulation in Salesforce Flow is: First, retrieve the records into a collection using a Get Records element. Second, feed the collection into a Loop element. Third, assign field updates to the loop item variable. Fourth, assign the modified loop item variable to an update collection variable. Finally, update the database in a single transaction by placing the Update Records element after the loop completes.
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Key Concept
Bulkified data manipulation using Flow loop elements, assignment variables, and post-loop DML operations