Lightning Bolt Solutions: contents and distribution
When a Lightning Bolt Solution beats a bare template export: what a solution can contain (templates or pages, flow categories, custom apps), how to create it in Setup and package it for other orgs or AppExchange, and the sites it can't carry (LWR sites, whole Partner Central sites).
Assess the use of lightning bolts in Experiences.
~6 min read · 5 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Recommend a Lightning Bolt Solution when a site design, custom apps and automation must be built once and installed in many orgs or sold on AppExchange.
- Name what a solution can contain (customized templates or a single page, flow categories, custom apps) and what it can't (records, security settings, a standalone theme).
- Create a solution in Setup, add flows through a flow category of active flows, and package it for distribution.
- Spot the sites a solution can't carry: LWR sites and whole Partner Central sites.
Key terms: Lightning Bolt Solution (a portable package of templates or pages, flow categories and custom apps); flow category (a named group of active flows that a solution includes); Solution Highlights (the creation step where you pick the solution's contents); managed package (the recommended, upgradeable way to distribute a solution).
Key facts
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- Customized templates or a single page, flow categories, custom apps
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- Optional; apps or flows can ship alone
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- Setup, Lightning Bolt Solutions; contents chosen on Solution Highlights
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- Only active flows, grouped in a flow category
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- Can't be included in a solution
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- Package Manager, component type Lightning Bolt Solution; managed package recommended
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- No template export and no Lightning Bolt Solutions
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- Whole site can't be exported as a solution; individual pages can
Sources for this section (7)
- Lightning Bolt for Salesforcehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Create a Lightning Bolt Solutionhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Add Flows to a Lightning Bolt Solutionhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Export and Packaging Considerationshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Package and Distribute a Lightning Bolt Solutionhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- LWR Template Limitationsdeveloper.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Experience Builder Site Limitationshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why choose a Lightning Bolt Solution over a template export for a partner who reuses apps and automation?
- When can a flow be added to a flow category?
- Why can't a Build Your Own (LWR) site be wrapped as a solution?
- What can you export from a Partner Central site?
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