Overview

This event is published when a file is uploaded to Salesforce native storage, through "Files" or "Notes & Attachments" section. This event should not be confused with File Uploaded Event, which is published when a file is uploaded to external storage through the CloudFiles widget

Event Type

Please use salesforce-file-attached as the type filter when selecting this event in the decision element in flow builder

Fields

1. Parent Id - Id of the Salesforce record where the file is uploaded
2. Parent Type - Type of the Salesforce record where the file is uploaded. Example - Account
3. ContentDocumentIds - A list of ContentDocumentId. When multiple files are uploaded together, only one instance of this event is published holding all the uploaded file ids as ContentDocumentIds
4. Files - A list of Salesforce File object

Use Cases

1. Copy a file to SharePoint when it's uploaded to Salesforce storage