Code to execute on custom object's button to make entry in Account and Contact objects.

Question

I have a custom object "abc" that has information of Account and Contact. This custom object has a custom button labelled "Create Account and Contact".

My requirement is --> Whenever the user clicks this custom button, a new record needs to be created in Account as well as Contact objects, based on the data present in custom object.

How do I achieve this and what can be the code skeleton? I do not want to go for Visualforce.

Geoffrey Flynn · Accepted Answer

You can do this with Flow instead of code

Trailhead has a challenge of creating an Account and Contact through screen input

https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead/en/business_process_automation/flow

which you could easily adapt to autolaunch from a button based on examples in the Cloud Flow Designer workbook

https://resources.docs.salesforce.com/sfdc/pdf/workbook_flow.pdf

Straightforward to do

Abhijeet Kher · Answer

Thanks Geoffrey.   But the requirement is that the system should automatically pick up the values from the fields present on custom object "abc" and create new records in Account and contact objects. In visual flow process, the user again needs to enter screen values. Any suggestions for achieving this auto populate functionality? Thanks.

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