Description
In Salesforce Flow Builder, an email alert action is a pre-built action that allows you to send an email to one or more recipients based on specific criteria. This action is useful for notifying users, customers, or other stakeholders of important updates or changes to records in Salesforce.
When creating an email alert action in Flow Builder, you can specify the email template to use for the email, the recipients of the email, and the criteria that triggers the email. For example, you could create an email alert that sends an email to the account owner when a high-value opportunity is closed won.
Email alert actions can be triggered by a variety of events, such as when a record is created, updated, or deleted. You can also trigger email alerts based on the results of a specific action or based on the results of a formula or condition.
In addition to sending emails, email alert actions in Flow Builder can also be used to update records or perform other actions based on the results of the email. For example, you could create a flow that sends an email alert when a new lead is created, and then updates the lead status based on the recipient's response to the email.
Overall, email alert actions in Flow Builder provide a powerful and flexible way to automate email notifications and keep stakeholders informed of important updates and changes in Salesforce.