Cloning Flows in Salesforce can be a tedious task, especially when your org has dozens of automation processes to replicate. Whether you’re setting up a new Salesforce org, migrating existing Flows, or simply duplicating automation for testing purposes — doing it manually takes hours of effort.
The Challenge with Manual Flows Cloning
Let’s say ABC Company is using Salesforce to manage its Sales, Service Cloud activities. They have multiple flows which are being used to automate/schedule the business processes.
ABC Company is expanding its business and want to setup a new Salesforce org (Org 2) which is replica of existing Salesforce org (Org 1). In order to replicate, they need to perform multiple activities like:
- Clone Custom Objects & all of its custom fields, validation rules, Page-layouts, Record types
Refer this article to perform this action in few clicks:
https://bofc.io/clone-operations/how-to-clone-object-in-salesforce-in-few-clicks
- Clone Reports (with Report Types & Report Folders)
Refer this article to perform this action in few clicks:
https://bofc.io/clone-operations/how-to-clone-reports-in-salesforce-in-few-clicks
- Clone Multiple Salesforce Flows
As both the orgs (Org 1 & Org 2) are not inter-linked to each other, Alex (an administrator of ABC Company), will have to manually copy each and every entities and complete his action.
For eg: In case, if a developer has to clone a simple or complicated flow with many conditions, filters etc, then admin would have to open each and every flow and clone them to new org.
That’s where the BOFC (Bulk Object Field Creator) App makes a difference. With BOFC, Admins can clone a Flow in Salesforce — including Auto-Launched, Record-Triggered, Screen, or Scheduled Flows — in just a few clicks. It’s a simple, guided, and time-saving solution designed to eliminate manual cloning and speed up your Salesforce setup.
Why Choose BOFC to Clone Salesforce Flows?
- Clone any type of Flows (Auto-Launched, Record-Trigger, Schedule Trigger, Screen Flow etc.)
- This feature lets users choose to skip existing Flows or create a new version
- User can clone Flows from Same or External (non-linked) Salesforce org
- Simple Point & Click UI only.
To avail this feature, kindly make sure you have installed the latest version of the application. You can upgrade your package using either of two ways:
- In Salesforce, go to “BOFC Home > Settings > App Version > Click to Upgrade” — or —
- Refer the below button to quickly upgrade your package to the latest version and explore its complete benefits:
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Few Simple Steps to Clone a Flow in Salesforce
1. Open the BOFC Home > Click “Clone Flows”
2. It will open below screen for BOFC Clone Flows
User can clone the Flows from different type of source orgs:
- Can clone from “Current Salesforce Org” in which BOFC is installed
- Can clone from “External Salesforce org” (Salesforce org which are linked / non-linked to current org in which BOFC is installed)
3. Select the “Source Org” from where you want to clone the flows
4. Click “Fetch Active Flows” button and it will start the process to retrieve the “Active Flows in the selected Org. Once status is “Completed”, click on “View Results”
5. Select (single or multiple) flows which needs to be cloned. Once ready, click on “Clone Selected Flows” button to initiate the process.
Once this blue button is clicked, it will open a popup with some instruction in it. Just follow the instructions and you are done.
- Append Flow Name – User can add any keyword in the Flow Name. If user leaves the field blank, then nothing will be added to the flow name.
- Status – User can choose the status for the new flows. They can mark the new flows as “Active” or “Draft”
- Type of Action – In case the flow with same already exists:
- SKIP the flow = In this case, the clone process will skip the Flows which already exists
- Clone & Create Next Version = In this case, the clone process will create the new (next) version of the existing flow
6. Once the “Clone Selected Flows“ buttons is clicked, it will update the status against each row for all the flows.
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