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A Salesforce Administrator at a financial services firm is configuring automated opportunity processing. When an Opportunity stage changes to 'Closed Won', a Workflow Rule must update a custom field, send an immediate notification, and schedule a follow-up activity 30 days post-close. In what sequence does Salesforce evaluate and execute these workflow rule actions during record processing?

  1. 1The Opportunity record update is saved, initiating evaluation against the Workflow Rule's evaluation criteria.
  2. 2Salesforce evaluates the Workflow Rule criteria formula to confirm the record meets the required conditions.
  3. 3Immediate workflow actions, such as the Field Update and Email Alert, are executed.
  4. 4Time-dependent workflow actions are calculated and placed into the Time-Based Workflow queue.
  5. 5The scheduled time trigger occurs (30 days post-close), executing the deferred workflow action.

Cevap

The correct execution order begins with saving the record update, followed by rule criteria evaluation, immediate action execution, queuing time-dependent actions, and finally executing the deferred action when the time trigger date arrives.
Salesforce evaluates workflow rules upon record save. First, the record event matches the evaluation criteria. Second, the specific entry criteria are evaluated. Third, immediate actions (field updates, email alerts) execute synchronously. Fourth, any time-dependent actions are staged in the Time-Based Workflow queue. Finally, when the time trigger date arrives, the deferred action is executed.

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1
Identify the initial trigger event.
The Opportunity update is saved and matches the evaluation criteria rule setting.
Workflow processing cannot begin until a record save operation occurs.
2
Evaluate rule criteria.
The rule criteria formula evaluates to True.
Salesforce verifies that specific field criteria (Stage = 'Closed Won') are satisfied.
3
Process immediate actions.
Field updates and email alerts execute immediately.
Immediate actions are executed within the current execution context right after successful evaluation.
4
Enqueue time-dependent actions.
The 30-day post-close task action is placed in the Time-Based Workflow monitor.
Time-dependent actions are registered in the queue rather than executed immediately.
5
Execute delayed action on trigger date.
The scheduled action fires 30 days later.
Salesforce monitors the queue and executes queued actions when the trigger date criteria is reached.

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Workflow Rule Processing Sequence and Time-Based Execution Queue
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