Platform Events Developer Guide

Platform Events Developer Guide
Delivering Custom Notifications with Platform Events
Defining Your Platform Event
Publishing Platform Events
Processes
Flows
Apex
API
Subscribing to Platform Events
Testing Your Platform Event in Apex
Considerations
Examples
Reference
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Publish Event Messages with Flows

Use flows to publish event messages from a Salesforce app as part of some user interaction, an automated process, Apex, or workflow action.

To publish event messages, add a Record Create or a Fast Create element to the appropriate flow. Where you'd usually pick an object to create, select the platform event.

For example, here’s how to configure a Record Create element that publishes a Low Ink event message. This example assumes that the Low Ink platform event is defined in your org and that the event has these custom fields.
  • Printer Model (Text)
  • Serial Number (Text)
  • Ink Percentage (Number)
  1. For Create, enter low and select Low_Ink__e.
  2. Add these fields.
    Field Value
    Printer Model XZO-5
    Serial Number 12345
    Ink Percentage 0.2

    Record Create element in Cloud Flow Designer

  3. Save and activate the flow.