Send a Feed to a Group in Chatter

Configuration to Post Feed in Chatter Group Screen

Prerequisites

• Create an access token for your Salesforce application.

Good to Know

• In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.

How to Start

1. On the Organizer, do one of these:
   • Open a process.
   • Create a process.
2. Do one of these:
   • Add an activity:
     1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Chatter tab.
     2. On the Chatter tab, drag the Post Feed To Chatter Group activity onto your process.
   • Change an activity:
     1. In your process, double-click your activity.
3. Click Post Feed To Chatter Group .

Procedure

1. On the Configuration to Post Feed in Chatter Group screen, in the Chatter field, select your Salesforce Chatter access token.

   To create a new access token, click Add Token . For more information, refer to New Salesforce Access Token.

   When you select the Chatter access token, the Salesforce environment URL is shown in the Instance Name field.

2. Complete these fields as necessary.

   Field Name	Definition
   Group	Function: Specifies the name of the group or the process data variable that contains the group ID. Accepted Values: A group name. A process data variable Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
   Message	Function: Specifies the content of the message. Accepted Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
   File Url	Function: Specifies the location of the attachment file. Accepted Values: An absolute path and file name on the AgilePoint Server or SharePoint Server. Only one attachment is not supported. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Example: c:\My Documents\sample1.doc ${HomeDirectory}\sample2.doc http://demo3:8000/DocumentLib1/sample3.doc

3. (Optional) To store the feed item ID as a process data variable, add the variable from the Process Variables screen to the field Store the response Feed Item ID in Custom Attribute or Schema.

   Field Name	Definition
   Store the response Feed Item ID in Custom Attribute or Schema	Function: Specifies the process data variable that stores the feed item ID. Accepted Values: A process data variable. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes

RelatedTopics

• Configure General Options for a System Activity
• Post Feed To Chatter Group activity
• Process Data Variables