Category Archives: Process Builder

Debugging flow trigger error

01 Thursday Jun 2017

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Yesterday morning, one of the batch in my company failed with the following error and I had to debug:

The record couldn’t be saved because it failed to trigger a flow.
A flow trigger failed to execute the flow with version ID 200L0000000DApf”

I knew that we do not have any Visual flows hence it should be one of the processes in the process builder failed, but how do I find out the name of the process which has failed?

One of the easiest option is to take the version ID as mentioned above(200L0000000DApf) and go to https://workbench.developerforce.com->Info > Metadata Types & Components.  Click ‘Expand All’ and Search for the ID(200L0000000DApf). You will know the name of the process which has failed and if you want to know in which step it has failed, obviously put a debug log and simulate the scenario to get the error. Then, you can check the log for more information.

Let me know for any questions. Thanks!

Update lookup field using Process Flow

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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It has been a long time:), let me share few posts on Process Builder and Flows which I have been using them recently.

Requirement:

Need to update a lookup field in an object. We have a Location field as a lookup in a custom object(say Rate Card). This should get populated from Account’s location when a new rate card is created. Account is a lookup field in the Rate Card and it is a required field.

Analysis:

Earlier, the requirement could only be achieved through APEX code as we cannot use Workflow Field update for lookup fields, but with the introduction of Process Builder, it is possible to update lookup field through Process flow. Wow, it’s a boon for developers:)

Solution:

Create a process as per the screenshot below:

Create Process

The process will be executed upon Rate Card record creation.

Check if Location field is empty and if so, update it:

Screen Shot 2015-08-15 at 12.32.18 pm

Create an Immediate action to update the Location field:

Update Location

Note the value, we have taken Rate Card’s account’s location and updated in Location field of Rate Card.

There is a salesforce article on How to auto populate Look up Field using Process Builder

Limitation: You cannot Update Lookup field from formula/text field

Please let me know for any comments/clarification.

P.S: It is possible to update lookup field using Visual flow. Please find the screenshot below which shows account id update(account is a lookup field in Opportunity object) in Record update step in Visual flow.

visual-flow-update

Visual flow update