Considerations for Field Update Actions. When creating field updates for workflow rules or approval processes, consider the following: Field Update Processing Field updates occur before email alerts, tasks, and outbound messages.Field updates occur after case assignment, lead assignment, auto-response, and case escalation rules.Field updates function independently of field-level security.
Therefore, a workflow rule can update fields even though they are hidden on the user's page layout.The result of a field update is unpredictable when a single workflow rule includes multiple field updates that apply different values to the same field.Field updates may affect the information in a related list. Considerations for Using Workflow Rules. Securing Your Code. Salesforce Success Community login Salesforce Success Community More Places.
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