Hands on 4 – posting opportunity details to the Chatter group

Often, a business will want to auto-post the details of records to Chatter groups. This is possible through Apex code, but there is a way to achieve it without code – that is, Process Builder. Process Builder has a specific action for this, called Post to Chatter. You can auto-post the record details to a Chatter group using the following methods:

  • Process Builder
  • A combination of Flow and Process Builder
  • A Flow and an Inline Visualforce page

Let's look at a business scenario. Suppose that Helina Jolly is working as a system administrator at Universal Containers. She has received a requirement to post opportunity details to the Sales Executive Chatter group, whenever an opportunity ...

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