Events
All Event Types
File Uploaded
overview this event is published when a file is uploaded into external storage through the cloudfiles widget from salesforce this event should not be confused with salesforce file attached docid\ cnswhxyiaabekamvbfxon which is published when a file is uploaded to salesforce native storage, through "files" or "notes & attachments" section how to use this event ? to use cloudfiles events, you must first setup your flow as shown in the intercepting cloudfiles events docid\ a1veefugb sg3o1d7vzhp article this article will introduce you to the concepts of the event type as well as event details that are returned by the get event details docid\ cfegghvnwso7bcxyevrr flow action once you are familiar with these, you will understand how to interpret & use these as illustrated in the sections below event type for decision filter please use file uploaded as the type filter when selecting this event in the decision element in flow builder output fields from get event details the corresponding get event details flow action returns the uploaded file details sub type with useful information including file name, drive id, record id etc for further use refer to the image below for a list of outputs and descriptions of the parameters returned in this sub type id external id of the file driveid id of the drive in case of sharepoint or google drive storage library one of sharepoint, google, onedrive, box, dropbox, cloudfiles recordid id of the salesforce record where the file is uploaded name name of the uploaded file use cases if the uploaded file name contains the word "proposal" in it, update the opportunity stage to "value proposition" when a file is uploaded through cloudfiles widget, update the count of uploads in a property when a resume is uploaded, use document ai to extract student info and auto generate an interview scoring sheet using templates created in google docs