Assign a Default Value

This article will show you how to set a default value in your Flow. It will also serve as the foundation article for other examples in this section. In this example, we will set the field Acknowledgement Status (npsp__Acknowledgment_Status__c) on the Opportunity record to always be Acknowledged.

To create your Flow, go to Setup → Process Automation → Flows and click New Flow. Select Autolaunched Flow (No Trigger) from the available options and click Create.

Open Toolbox and click New Resource. Create a new resource with the following information:

In your Flow click the + icon to add a new Element and select Assignment. Configure your assignment with the following information:

Your Flow should now look like:

You can now save your Flow. The naming convention is not used by the integration, but we recommend applying a format which mimics the MoveData Managed Flows. Since this Flow will be running alongside the Managed Flow [MoveData] Donation: Donation - Mapping we recommend using a format like:

To register your Flow, go to Setup → Custom Code → Custom Metadata Types and click Manage Records next to MoveData Pipeline Setting.

We recommend finding the existing entry which points to the Managed Flow your newly developed Flow will be running alongside of. In this case it is PIPELINE_DONATION_DONATION_MAPPING. Open the entry and click Clone.

Configure your metadata entry with the following information and click Save:

Your Flow is now registered in MoveData.

You can now open a relevant notification and click Reprocess:

Observe that the value Acknowledged is set in the execution log and resultant record: