Desktop or mobile notifications

Simon Maskell Updated by Simon Maskell

The steps below show you how you can create a Salesforce Flow to send a custom desktop or mobile notification to a user on assignment of a record in DE. This uses the Notification Builder functionality within Salesforce and more information can be found here.

Note: the labels used in the example are just suggestions, you can set them to whatever you like.

Step 1 - Create the notification

  • Go to Setup > Notification Builder > Custom Notifications
  • Click New
  • Depending on your configuration, you may have multiple notification types to choose from. If prompted, select "Salesforce Desktop or Mobile" and click Next
    • Custom Notification Name: DE Notification
    • Support Channels: <Choose at least one>
  • Click Save

Step 2 - Get the id of the notification

You need the id of the notification created in step 1 to use in the Flow. There are different ways of getting this depending on your level of access, but you may need to contact a Salesforce admin to help you. In this example, we are using the Developer Console.

  • Open the Developer Console from the Settings menu
  • Click on the Query Editor tab and paste in the query SELECT Id, CustomNotifTypeName FROM CustomNotificationType
  • Click Execute
  • Copy the id for the custom notification returned in the results

Step 3 - Create the Flow

  • Go to Setup > Process Automation > Flows
  • Click New Flow
  • Select "Platform Event-Triggered Flow"
  • Click Create
  • Click "Choose Platform Event" in the Start step and search for "n2de__Distribution_event__e"
  • Click Done

Step 4 - Filter only assignment events

  • Click the Add Element button and select "Decision"
    • Label: Check Assignment
    • Outcome details Label: Is Assignment
    • Condition Resource: {!$Record.n2de__Event_type__c}
    • Condition Operator: Equals
    • Condition Value: Assigned
  • Click Done

Step 5 - Create the recipients variable

The notification action requires a list of recipients, but because we only have one in the event we need to convert that to a list.

  • In the Toolbox on the left, click New Resource
    • Resource Type: Variable
    • API Name: Recipients
    • Data Type: Text
    • Allow multiple values (collection): Check
  • Click Done

Step 6 - Populate the recipients

  • In the "Is Assignment" branch, click the Add Element button and select "Assignment"
    • Label: Set Recipients
    • Variable: {!Recipients}
    • Operator: Add
    • Value: {!$Record.n2de__Assigned_owner__c}
  • Click Done

Step 7 - Send the notification

  • In the "Is Assignment" branch, click the Add Element button and select "Action"
  • Search for the Action "Send Custom Notification"
    • Label: Send Notification
    • Custom Notification Type ID: <The Id of the notification collected in step 2>
    • Notification Body: Enter a message of your choosing, which can also contain variables from the platform event, for example "{!$Record.n2de__Assigned_record_name__c}" for the record name
    • Notification Title: Enter a title of your choosing
    • Recipient IDs: {!Recipients}
    • Target ID: {!$Record.n2de__Assigned_record_id__c}
  • Click Done
  • You will end up with the following Flow

Step 8 - Save the flow

  • Click Save on the toolbar
    • Flow Label: Send Notification on Assignment
  • Click Save
  • Click Activate on the toolbar

Step 9 - Enable sending platform events

  • See Distribution Settings for more information on enabling the sending of platform events on assignment
  • Ensure the "Publish platform events on assignment" checkbox is checked in Distribution Settings

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