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Learn Automation and Workflow Design

Build intelligent automation that reduces manual work, streamlines business processes, and scales operations. Covers RPA, flow-based tools, and AI-powered automation.

Why It Matters

  • Core for your role
  • High demand
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Slack
  • Administrator
  • Developer
  • Architect

Not completed

Finish a badge with a hands-on challenge, or a superbadge, to complete it.

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Learn it

Finish one badge with a hands-on challenge, or a superbadge, to complete Automation and Workflow Design.

Badges that complete it

  • Badge

    Quick Start: Build a Screen Flow

    Build a screen flow that collects a request and creates a record.

    Hands-on challenge · Beginner · 25 mins
    Start
  • Badge

    Apex Triggers

    Write Apex triggers to perform custom database actions.

    Hands-on challenge · Intermediate · 1 hr 30 mins
    Start

Superbadges that complete it

For when you already know it.

  • Superbadge

    Superbadge: Flow Fundamentals

    Configure flow actions, elements, and more to automate business processes.

    Intermediate · 1 hr
    Start

Also teaches it

  • Badge

    Slack Admin Process Governance

    Quiz only · doesn’t complete the skill

Trails and Trailhead Journeys that include them

  • Trail

    Developer Intermediate

  • Trail

    Agentforce Service for Slack

  • Trailhead Journey

    Slack

  • Trailhead Journey

    Service

What you’ll be able to do

Every question and challenge for this skill checks one of these.

  • Create a screen flow in Flow Builder.
  • Debug a flow before you activate it.
  • Build an approval workflow.
  • Build an approval workflow and track approvals for audit.
  • Write triggers that operate on collections.
  • Create a record from screen input.

Frequently asked questions

Build intelligent automation that reduces manual work, streamlines business processes, and scales operations. Covers RPA, flow-based tools, and AI-powered automation.

Complete a badge with a hands-on challenge that teaches it, like Quick Start: Build a Screen Flow or Apex Triggers. If you already know it, Superbadge: Flow Fundamentals completes it too.

Automation and Workflow Design is core for Administrators, Developers, and Architects.

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