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Working with Choices in the Visual Workflow Cloud Flow Designer – Oh the Possibilities!

By Varadarajan Rajaram | Published: March 12, 2012

Choices in their simplest form allow a user to select only one of a number of choices. The Cloud Flow Designer provides two flavors of this: Radio Buttons and Dropdown Lists. Both are available as a Choice field in the Screen element.

But don’t let this basic definition fool you. When you know more about choices, you’ll soon realize that you can do a lot with it. Here are some of the lesser known aspects of choices in the Cloud Flow Designer.

Global Choices

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Spring ’12 is Here and What Comes with it? Visual Workflow!

By Varadarajan Rajaram | Published: February 7, 2012

If you haven’t already read the release notes for Spring ’12, let me be the first to tell you that Visual Workflow and the new Cloud Flow Designer will be included in EE and UE Editions! You no longer need to purchase the additional Flow user license. This is great news indeed, but what’s better is the list of enhancements that also come along with the Spring ’12 release.

Cloud Flow Designer is GA

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The Cloud Flow Designer is now a GA product with a huge list of features and enhancements.

Routing

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Dynamic approval routing using Apex code and Force.com approvals

By Varadarajan Rajaram | Published: March 27, 2008

If you are looking for ideas to combine the declarative, point and click tools along with the programmatic power of Apex code, take a look at this sample solution to implement dynamic approval routing including better delegated approver support.

The sample solution shows how custom objects, apex classes and triggers and approval processes come together to build a dynamic, data-driven approach to approval process automation. Use the apex code snippet listed in the sample solution  to handle scenarios where you want to send the request to a delegated approver when the main approver is on vacation.

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