Episode 040 — Andy Utkan: The secrets you don't know about Salesforce Flow!

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Andy Utkan is a Salesforce MVP, founder of Flow Canvas Academy, and a Salesforce Flows expert. His newsletter, Salesforce Break, has over 10,000 subscribers. His involvement in the Salesforce community has been profound, providing support and guidance for thousands of professionals brining declarative automation to their Salesforce orgs.

In this episode, Andy and Jack chat about the power and potential of Salesforce Flows for automating business processes. He shares the benefits of visual programming and the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.

Andy emphasizes the importance of collaboration between admins and developers and its importance in being able leveraging the strengths of Flows and Apex.

He also addresses the challenges of using version control, testing, and deploying Salesforce Flows. He advocates for improved testing capabilities, using Gearset's Flow Navigator, and questions whether a Salesforce Flow certification is necessary.

Learn more:

- Gearset acquires Clayton: https://grst.co/3zpAX4b

- How to deploy Salesforce Flows successfully: https://grst.co/3Zyfdh0

- Discover Gearset's Flow Navigator: https://grst.co/3ZomrnN

- Discover best in class code analysis for Salesforce: https://grst.co/3TyhHs1

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Salesforce DevOps Advocate Jack McCurdy chats to members of the Salesforce community about their experience in the Salesforce ecosystem. Expect to hear and learn from inspirational stories of personal growth and business success, whilst discovering all the trials, tribulations, and joy that comes with delivering Salesforce for companies of all shapes and sizes. New episodes bi-weekly on YouTube as well as on your preferred podcast platform.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:17 The Power of Visual Programming

09:01 Collaboration Between Admins and Developers

19:58 Challenges and Solutions in Flow Development

24:26 The Future of Flows: Specialization and Certification

35:34 Exciting Flow Updates in the Winter '25 Release