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Quick Action API Considerations

Before working with the Lightning Quick Action JavaScript API methods, review some considerations that might impact your implementation.

The Quick Action APIs don’t support the following items.

Opportunity products
Knowledge articles
Crew Size field on the Service Crew object
Social quick action in the case feed publisher provided with Social Customer Service
Communities—the lightning:quickActionAPI component doesn’t work in communities

The Quick Action APIs work with most action types.

Action Type	Supported?	Notes
Create a Record	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.
Custom Visualforce	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object. To work with these action types, use the `getCustomAction` method. Other methods aren’t supported for this action type. Note
Flow	No	Results in error.
Log a Call	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.
Lightning Component	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object. To work with these action types, use the `getCustomAction` method. Other methods aren’t supported for this action type. Note
Send Email	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.
Update a Record	Yes	Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.