Slack notifications

Simon Maskell Updated by Simon Maskell

The steps below show you how you can create a Salesforce Flow to send a Slack notification to a user on assignment of a record in DE. This uses the Salesforce for Slack app in the Slack app directory, and requires that to be connected to a Salesforce org. For more information on Salesforce and Slack integrations, see here.

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

Step 1 - Create the notification

A Slack custom notification needs to be created against an object, so if you assign multiple object types you will need to create multiple notifications.

  • Go to Setup > Notification Builder > Custom Notifications
  • Click New
    • Type of notification: Slack
  • Click Next
    • Notification Name: Slack Lead Notification
    • Object: <Choose your object>
  • Click Next
    • App Name: Salesforce for Slack
  • Click Next
    • Title: Assignment
    • Body Text: Enter a message of your choosing, which can also contain variables from the record, for example "{!Record.Name}" for the record name
    • Buttons: Optionally add a button to view the record
  • Click Done

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 using the name of the notification created earlier, eg "Slack Lead Notification"
    • Label: Send Slack Notification
    • Recipient IDs: {!Recipients}
    • Record 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 Slack 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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