How to Use the Open a Page Action in Flow

In many Screen Flows, the process doesn't end when the flow finishes. For example, after creating a new record, you may want to automatically navigate the user to that record. Until now, you had to use a custom action, even for a very common navigation use case. In the Summer '26 release, Salesforce added a standard action called Open a Page. This new action makes it much easier to navigate users to Salesforce records or external pages without building custom solutions.

Open a Page Action

Starting with the Summer '26 release, you can use the Open a Page action to open a Salesforce record or an external page directly from a Screen Flow.

Here is how to configure the action.

1- Add the Open a Page action to your Screen Flow.

2- Configure the action by setting its input values. This action includes several inputs that control what page opens and how it opens.

• Page Type: The type of page that you want to open. Available options are Salesforce Record Page and External Web Page.
• Record ID: If you want to open a Salesforce record, specify the ID of the record that you want to open.
• Object Name: If you want to open a Salesforce record, specify the API name of the object.
• View Mode: Choose how the record opens. Available options are View and Edit.
• URL: Enter the full address of the web page that you want to open. This input is available only when opening an external web page.
• Where to Open the Page: Choose where the page opens. Available options are New Browser Tab, New Browser Window, and New Lightning Console Tab.

For example, here is the configuration for opening a Case record in a new tab in view mode.

Here is the configuration for opening an external web page.

Final Thoughts

The Open a Page action is a very useful addition to Screen Flow. One important limitation to keep in mind is that there is currently no option to open the record in the same tab. However, this is still a great standard action that we have needed for a long time. With this new action, you no longer have to rely on unofficial or custom actions just to navigate users to a record or external page.