Salesforce - Add attachments to a record

The Salesforce - Add attachments to a record action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. adds attachments to a specified record in Salesforce. The action can be used to store one or many attachments to the specified record.

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Configure the Salesforce - Add attachments to a record action

Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
In Files to attach, specify the file to attach: Either select a file variable or type a file path for a given file connector and connection.
In Parent record ID, specify the record you want to attach the file to.
Under Output, select a variable to store the ID of the file you want to attach.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to Salesforce - Add attachments to a record action fields, buttons, and settings.

Section	Field	Description	Variable types
(unlabeled)	Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The Salesforce connection to use for accessing the record to attach the file to.	(n/a)
	Files to attach	The files to attach to the Salesforce record. Accepts an inserted variable.	Collection, File
	Parent Record ID	The ID of the Salesforce record you want to attach the specified attachments to.	Boolean, Collection, DateTime, Decimal, Integer, Text
Output	Attachment IDs	Object variable to store the ID(s) of the attachment(s) after it is attached to the Salesforce record. The object includes the following variables: Attachment ID:Text variable to store the ID of the attachment after it is attached to the Salesforce record. Attachment IDs: Collection variable to store the IDs of the attachments attached to the Salesforce record when more than one file is attached.	Object