Utilities

Various extensions that don't fit a particular category.

Table of content

• Calculate Business Hours
• Evaluate Formula ℹ️
• Get Random Value

ℹ️ These components are part of the Apex Formula Evaluator package.

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Calculate Business Hours

Calculates the duration in terms business hours between two dates.

Original contribution by Chris Van Der Merwe

Type: Invocable Action

Inputs:

Name	Type	Description
businessHoursId	Id	The Id of the Business Hours.
startDate	DateTime	The start date.
endDate	DateTime	The end date.

Outputs:

Pick one of the output values (do not add them up) to get the duration expressed in the desired time unit.

Name	Type	Description
durationMs	Long	Duration in milliseconds
durationSec	Long	Duration in seconds
durationMin	Long	Duration in minutes
durationHours	Long	Duration in hours
durationDays	Long	Duration in days

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Evaluate Formula

ℹ️ Note: This action is part of the Apex Formula Evaluator package.

Evaluates a formula.

This action works well in combination with the Formula Builder community-contributed flow screen component.

Original contribution by Enrico Murru and Andrii Kraiev

Type: Invocable Action

Inputs:

Name	Type	Description
formula	String	The formula. Example: $Record.Name == "Trailblazer Co."
context	String	The formula context passed as a JSON string. Example: [{ "Name": "$Record", "Value": "0015I000003U7ayQAC" }]

Outputs:

Name	Type	Description
result	String	The formula result

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Get Random Value

Generates a random value.

Type: Invocable Action

Inputs:

Name	Type	Description
randomType	String	A type of random value: number or boolean.
minNumber	Integer	An optional minimum value if the type is number.
maxNumber	Integer	An optional maximum value if the type is boolean.

Outputs:

Only one output value is provided depending on the randomType selected.

Name	Type	Description
randomNumber	Double	A random number.
randomBoolean	Boolean	A random boolean value.