How to Create a Record Link in Flow

Flow is the number one automation tool of Salesforce. There are endless things that you can perform using Salesforce Flow. In many cases, you might need to create a link to a record in flow. For instance, if it is a screen flow, you can display a link to the record. So that the users can navigate to the record by clicking the link. Another great use case is sending an email that contains a link to a record.

There are a few ways to create a record link in Salesforce Flow. The goal is to build a link in this format:

https://mydomain.lightning.force.com/recordId

As you can see, the first part will always be the same. You just have to put the record’s id to the right side.

Since the left side of the link will be different in every environment (sandbox and production), it shouldn’t be hardcoded. The important part is to make the link dynamic. So that after deploying the flow between environments, you won’t need to edit the flow and fix the link. Therefore, it is not recommended to put a hardcoded link. So, how can you create a dynamic link?

Create a Link Using a Custom Label

The first option to create a link is using a custom label.

1- Create a custom label in setup and put your Salesforce environment’s url as the value.

2- You can create a formula resource or a text template in order to create the record link. Use the Label global variable in order to bring the custom label that you created in the previous step. Then put a “/” and the record’s id to the right side of the custom label.

After creating a resource for the record link, select the text that you want to display as hyperlink. Then, click on the link icon and use the resource that you created.

This option can be considered as half dynamic, because the first part of the url is still hardcoded in the custom label. When you deploy the custom label to another environment, don’t forget to replace the value. Since it is coming from a custom label, you don’t need to modify the flow. Once you change the value in the custom label, it will be reflected in your flows.

Create a Link Using API Global Variable

The second option is using the Api global variable. This global variable stores the Enterprise Server URL and Partner Server URL values.

There are many options for Enterprise Server URL and Partner Server URL in this global variable. However, as you can see from the screenshot below, they all start with the url of the environment. Therefore, you can use any of them in this use case.

1- Create a formula resource and add one of those global variables. Since you need the environment’s url, you have to use some functions to remove the unnecessary part.

2- After creating the formula, select the text that you want to display as a hyperlink. Then, click on the link icon and use the resource that you created.

This option is completely dynamic and it is the recommended solution. Once you deploy the flow to another environment, you don’t need to change anything.

Example

Here is a simple flow that creates an account record. After creating the account, the Id of the new account record is stored in the variable called {!Create_Account}. Then the flow displays a link for the new record, which lets the user navigate to the new record.

Here is the formula for the record link formula:

LEFT({!$Api.Partner_Server_URL_550}, FIND( ‘/services’, {!$Api.Partner_Server_URL_550})) & {!Create_Account}

After creating the record, it displays a hyperlink for the new account record.