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Koti ReddyKoti Reddy 

Triggers

What is difference between Triggers and Worksflow?

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Devendra@SFDCDevendra@SFDC

 

Please refer below blog from Shashikant Sharma,

 

http://forceschool.blogspot.in/2011/05/hi-all-triggers-are-very-essential-in.html

 

Thanks,

Devendra

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Devendra@SFDCDevendra@SFDC

 

Please refer below blog from Shashikant Sharma,

 

http://forceschool.blogspot.in/2011/05/hi-all-triggers-are-very-essential-in.html

 

Thanks,

Devendra

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sfdcfoxsfdcfox

Workflow and triggers perform the same basic actions, but have weighted benefits:

 

Workflow is point-and-click, no coding required functionality that can update fields on a record, set reminder tasks, send emails, notify explicitly programmed (WSDL-based) external systems of updates, and do any of the above in a time-delayed fashion. It can't update or access arbitarily unrelated records, access children records, use REST or arbitrary SOAP/XML based services, perform encryption or decryption of text, and other complex problems that require coding.

 

Triggers is coding-only, DML-activated functionality that can insert, update, and delete any related or unrelated record in a transaction, send custom emails not derived of templates, access REST, XML, and SOAP-based external services, encrypt and decrypt text, and perform complex mathematical problems using far more power than workflows can manage. Notably, however, they cannot be time-delayed directly like a workflow rule can, but you can trigger the code by using a workflow field update on a time-based rule.
Devendra@SFDCDevendra@SFDC

 

Sfdcfox,

 

Excellent..Explanation really helps..!

 

Thanks,

Devendra

 

 
Koti ReddyKoti Reddy

Thanks... Devendra.
Koti ReddyKoti Reddy

It is very good answer.

 

                                  Thanks...... sfdcfox.
T-007T-007

Add to that, in trigger u can perform  'Before, After (insert,delete, update, upsert, undelete) with 'old' and 'new' by using trigger context variables like ( trigger.isInsert) etc.