What is Flow in Slack?

As Salesforce Admins, you love to automate all the things, which is why we’re so thrilled to share how Salesforce is expanding the Flow Automation Suite!

In this blog, we’ll discuss how you can use Flow in Slack to bring automation to any Slack conversation and bring Slack to your Salesforce automation. Flow in Slack combines the collaboration of Slack with the power of Salesforce low-code automation tools to invoke rich business processes built in Flow right inside of Slack, where work and collaboration is already taking place.

Flow in Slack contains two key tools that help admins automate with the power of Flow and Slack.

First, Screen Flows in Slack

Admins want to meet users where they are. At many companies, business users are having critical conversations and discussions in Slack. With Screen Flows for Slack, admins can ensure users accomplish Salesforce-focused tasks right in Slack. That way, admins can collect input and data from Slack users, and update Salesforce seamlessly.

Whether you want to help your users add call notes, update opportunities, or modify a contact record, you can build a guided screen flow in Slack using the Flow tooling you know and love. Then, deploy the screen flow directly to users so they can engage with it in their Slack window, input information, receive guided steps, and update Salesforce records without ever leaving Slack.

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Slack Actions

With Slack Actions, admins can use the power of Flow to make it easier for users to collaborate in Slack. Slack Actions are available when you build flows. With this feature, you can automate changes to happen directly in Slack based on a flow triggering. Keep your users updated on the latest news, and proactively communicate important messages to teams that might otherwise be missed; for example, send an alert to a Service team if a certain number of new cases are created. Here are some other Slack Actions you can build directly into your flow:

Auto-create a channel: Create a channel when an opportunity changes and invite all relevant stakeholders to collaborate on next steps. Admins can automate who gets added to the channel, so everyone is able to participate.
Auto-send messages: Send default messages related to an account status, and pin that message to ensure new and existing members can find it.
Auto-archive channels: Check Slack channel status and auto-archive any open channel when an Opportunity stage is Closed.

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