Path, actions, flows and console productivity
Which declarative feature removes steps from a multi-step task: Path with key fields and guidance, Kanban, screen flows on quick actions, object-specific vs global actions and action layouts, mass quick actions, Dynamic Actions, lead conversion, and console split view, subtabs and macros.
Given a scenario, describe declarative features that improve user efficiency over a series of steps.
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What the exam expects
- Guide users through a stage-based process with Path (key fields and guidance per step, one path per record type) and work many records by stage with Kanban.
- Choose between a screen flow on a quick action, an object-specific action with a trimmed action layout, and a global action.
- Explain what mass quick actions and Dynamic Actions do for users, and their limits.
- Use lead conversion instead of re-keying records.
- Reduce navigation in Lightning console apps with split view, workspace tabs and subtabs, and automate repeated steps with macros and bulk macros.
Key terms: path (a visual of a picklist's steps with key fields and guidance for each); object-specific action (an action that creates or updates records in the context of the record being viewed); action layout (the fields shown when a user runs an action); mass quick action (a Create or Update a Record action run on many selected records); macro (a saved set of instructions that performs several case actions in one click).
Key facts
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- One path per object, picklist and record type
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- Up to 5 key fields and 1,000 characters of guidance
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- A list view; records with no Group By value are hidden
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- Overdue tasks, no open activities, or no activity for 30 days
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- Must be object-specific
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- Up to 100 records; Create or Update a Record only
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- No undo; not in the mobile app or Experience Cloud
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- Accounts, Cases, Contacts, Leads; processed 10 at a time
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- Lightning Console User permission plus profile on the app
Sources for this section (8)
- Create a Pathhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Set Up a Kanban Viewhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Explore the New Sales Toolstrailhead.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Quick Actionshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Mass Quick Actionshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Mass Quick Action Considerationshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Run a Bulk Macro on Multiple Recordshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Salesforce Console in Lightning Experiencehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why does a new rep benefit more from Path than from a validation rule?
- When should a designer pick a screen flow on a quick action over an action layout?
- Which fields does a mass quick action change?
- Why do console subtabs reduce navigation?
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