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Lightning Salesforce Path

Lightning Salesforce Path

  • Lightning Salesforce Path is a powerful visualization tool in Salesforce used on objects to guide users through key stages toward a defined outcome.
  • It highlights five key fields and includes Guidance for Success at each stage to assist users with helpful tips and process alignment.
  • Lightning Salesforce Path improves user adoption by providing structured, stage-by-stage guidance in workflows like sales, service, and more.

Objects that are support salesforce path

  • Accounts (business accounts and person accounts)
  • Assets
  • Campaigns
  • Cases
  • Contacts
  • Contracts
  • Fulfilment order
  • Leads
  • Opportunities
  • Orders
  • Product service campaigns
  • Product service campaign items
  • Quotes
  • Service appointments
  • Service contracts
  • Work orders
  • Work order line items
  • Custom objects

Let’s create a path

1. Enable the path

  • In a setup, type “Path” in the quick find box.
Lightning Salesforce Path setup example
  • Then click on the Enable button.

2. Remember user’s Path preferences

  • The Remember user’s Path preferences checkbox, which lets users choose whether the path retains its prior state, is visible in that.
Stages displayed in Lightning Salesforce Path

3. Create the path

  • Click the New Path button to start the path. When you click the button, the following screenshot appears.
Guidance for Success in Lightning Salesforce Path
  • Enter a name on Path Name, the API Reference Name will be generated automatically.
  • Pick a record type that must be created along with a required object.
  • Choose which Picklist from the Record Type will be applied to the Path
  • Select Next on the bottom right to proceed.

4. Key Fields

  • You can choose which fields to show on each stage.
Create the path

Note: Key Fields only reflect those fields which are available in the Record Type selected.

5. Guidance for success

  • You can provide the users some advice or a remark in the “guide for success” section.
Guidance for success
  • Additionally, you may include a link to a file that Salesforce allows you to share as well as an image.
  • This may be useful if a document needs to be shared with the user/client at the selected stage.
  • Click next to go to the following stage after providing the instructions.
providing the instructions

6. Activate the path

  • You can enable a fun confetti anime to any level you like on this stage.
  • And also you can control the celebration frequency here.
  • Click finish to complete your path.
Activate the path

Output

Key fields

Key fields

Guidance section

Guidance section
Guidance section new

Fun confetti animation

Fun confetti animation

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