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Build Flows with Flow Builder

4.7(8,000) on Salesforce Trailhead·900K enrolled
Intermediate 5 hours English Course CertificateFREE
SkillsSalesforce FlowAutomationFlow BuilderProcess automationAdmin skills

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A focused, free way to learn Salesforce Flow Builder, which is now a core admin skill. It is hands-on in a real org.

Good for: salesforce admins or learners who want to build automation with Flow.

Skip if: you are new to Salesforce, or you want a formal certification.

Salesforce retired Workflow Rules and Process Builder, so Flows are the standard automation tool, and this trail covers the four flow types that handle most real use cases. Admins who cannot build Flows are working with deprecated tooling, which is why it turns up in job descriptions.

It is narrow by design — automation only — and it is not a starting point if you are new to Salesforce; do the Admin Beginner trail first. The badges are not the paid certification either. As official Salesforce content it stays current with each release (as of 2026).

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About this course

Flow Builder is Salesforce's primary no-code automation tool, replacing Workflow Rules and Process Builder as the standard way admins automate business processes on the platform. This Trailhead trail covers building record-triggered flows, screen flows for user interaction, scheduled flows for time-based automation, and autolaunched flows — the four flow types that handle the majority of real automation use cases.

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Produced by the Salesforce Trailhead team, covering the platform's current recommended automation approach with hands-on org exercises.

Frequently asked questions

It appears on the Admin exam at a basic level, and more heavily in the Platform App Builder certification. It isn't strictly required to pass the basic Admin exam, but Flow has become a core, expected admin skill since Salesforce retired the older automation tools — so learning it well is a smart move for any admin.

It's low-code, so you're not writing Apex, but it's genuinely logic-heavy — you build automation with branching, loops, variables and record operations. That means it demands programming-style thinking even without code, so expect it to click gradually rather than instantly, especially the record-triggered flows.

No. Trailhead badges show you've completed hands-on learning, but they aren't a formal Salesforce certification — those are separate paid exams like Administrator or Platform App Builder. The badges (and especially superbadges) are strong evidence of practical skill, just not the credential itself.

Some familiarity helps. This focuses on Flow specifically, and assumes you understand Salesforce basics — objects, records, fields. If you're brand new to the platform, do a beginner Salesforce trail first, otherwise the automation concepts will lack the context that makes them make sense.

Move on to the Flow superbadges — Flow Fundamentals, Record-Triggered Flows, Flow Optimization. Unlike guided modules, superbadges give you business requirements and no step-by-step instructions, so you have to build it yourself. That's what proves — to yourself and to employers — that you can actually use Flow, not just follow along.
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