{"id":7721,"date":"2022-11-09T22:12:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T03:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2022-11-11T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:13:20","slug":"understanding-flow-orchestrator-under-7-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/salesforce\/understanding-flow-orchestrator-under-7-min\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Flow Orchestrator Under 7 Min"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.salesforce.com\/s\/articleView?id=sf.orchestrator_flow_orchestrator.htm&amp;type=5\">Flow Orchestration <\/a>is another capability Salesforce has recently added under the low code umbrella. I will be quick and to the point in this blog post to help you understand when &amp; how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important points to know about Flow Orchestrator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It supports multi-step, multi-user orchestrator capabilities for Flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple Flows (Sub flows) can be tied together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orchestrator basically contains stage, step &amp; decision components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stage comprises multiple sub-flows and can control the sequence of execution of those flows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steps are either Screen flow or Auto launch flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each Screen flow can be assigned to a user, queue, or public group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orchestrator can be only launched on record create or update (Record triggered flow)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All sub-flows (steps) can be connected by only the current object which started the flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flow Orchestrator component needs to be added on the lighting page so that assignee can see if any action is waiting on them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another way to see all pending actions assigned to the user is by navigating to the tab <strong>Orchestration Work Items<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is not a new tool, it can just control the sequence of sub-flows &amp; take some decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outgoing email content to the user assigned cannot be changed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to add any important points in the comment section which I missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a video person, you can watch the below video to see it in action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Salesforce Flow Orchestrator under 7 minutes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JNPICpvoAK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Flow Orchestration and how admin, developers &#038; architects can use it with Video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"jz_research_post":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[352,418,212],"class_list":["post-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesforce","tag-flow","tag-salesforce-admin","tag-video-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Flow-Orchestrator-in-5-mins-1.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31101,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/salesforce\/salesforce-spring-26-release-complete-guide-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":7721,"position":0},"title":"Salesforce Spring &#8217;26 Release: Complete Guide 2026","author":"Jitendra Zaa","date":"January 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Complete Salesforce Spring '26 release guide: Agentforce Canvas View, Flow Builder AI drafts, LWC Complex Expressions, External Client Apps, Security updates. 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