Refresh the page after the flow completes

Question

I have an auto launched flow that updates the Status of the Case to be closed when the button is clicked. The flow is like below

I am calling the flow through the Detail Page Button using the URL like

/flow/Close_Case_Autolaunched?recordId={!Case.Id}&retURL={!Case.Id}

With the return URL set after the flow completed it does return back to the Page but the page is not refreshed it just shows old status and when manually do a refresh it shows the Closed status. The flow does update the record but but the page is not being refreshed. How can we handle this

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the UnofficialSF solution didn't work for me, but was able to get a similar solution working.

Similar to the UnofficialSF component, add the following aura component to your flow where you want the refresh to occur.

RefreshView.cmp

<aura:component implements="lightning:availableForFlowActions,force:hasRecordId">
    <!-- no markup needed -->
</aura:component>

RefreshViewController.js

({
    invoke : function(component, event, helper) {
        $A.get('e.force:refreshView').fire();
    }
})

Add it to your flow as shown below; takes no inputs. Should be good to go after this.

Answer 2

Yes, you are not able to trigger the action for the Update Screen from an auto launched flow, but a workaround is to create a Screen Flow with just 1 action for the Update Screen and nothing else. Then in your button url have the retURL reference the Screen Flow with the Update Screen first, then add another retURL for the record! This worked perfectly for me and shows the refreshed screen!

Example for the Button:

/flow/Account_Copy_Address?recordID={!Account.Id}&retURL=/flow/Update_Record_Screen?recordID={!Account.Id}&retURL=/lightning/r/Account/{!Account.Id}/view

Answer 3

This can be solved using a component from Unofficial SF (which is managed by the SFDC Flow PM)

The component is Update Screen

Add it as the last element of your flow

There's lots of cool stuff at Unofficial SF that makes flows work better and more user-friendly

Answer 4

I think Adding a Confirmation Screen at the end ("User can click 'finish' which will refresh the flow) and Also Adding a Screen in the beginning with something like "Press Next to Continue" will solve this.

Answer 5

unfortunately none of these solutions worked for me from the start. But by combining all of the solutions together, I was able to refresh the record page after closing the screen flow.

What I did:

1. I Have created LWC with disconnectedCallback();

    disconnectedCallback() {
        window.location.reload();
    }

2. I left html empty;

<template>
</template>

3. I have placed this component in screen flow

Answer 6

Hello Salesforce Ohana!

If this questions is still open, please check the approach below. To refresh the screen/page at the end of the flow or after clicking the Finish button, follow the steps below.

1. Create an Aura Component
2. Add the extesions needed in the CMP file(lightning:availableForFlowActions in this case). PFA supporting screenshot.
3. Add the Invoke method with just a line. PFA supporting screenshot.
4. Add this component in the flow as the last element. Use Action flow element for the same. Drag the Action element and add Aura Component created in #1. PFA supporting screenshot.
5. Save and Activate the flow

Now, whenever the flow ends, the page would be refreshed successfully.

Thanks in advance. Please let me know when it works!

Answer 7

I had a similar request, and the LWC https://unofficialsf.com/update-screen/ component work for some use cases but it was not working for mine. Why?

I am launching a screen flow from a Object Button/Action. So the Update-screen component from unofficialsf would refresh the highlights panel, but not the information below.

1. I would click the blue button
2. The green area would get refreshed.
3. The red area would not get refreshed. The red area renders other screen flows.

How I solved it? Using the 'Navigate Everywhere Action' twice. I would first navigate to any other related object, and immediately to the same current record that I was displaying. That made it work.

Answer 8

Actually If you are using quick action then after completion it will by default call the quick action so here inside aura component i call window.replace to navigate to page directly. Add this component in the flow as the last element.

<aura:component implements="force:lightningQuickAction,lightning:availableForFlowActions"><aura:attribute name="recordId" type="String" /></aura:component>



({    
invoke : function(component, event, helper) {
    // Get the record ID attribute
    var record = component.get("v.recordId");
    
    // Get the Lightning event that opens a record in a new tab
    var redirect = $A.get("e.force:navigateToSObject");
    
    // Pass the record ID to the event
    redirect.setParams({
        "recordId": record
    });
    
    // Open the record
    //redirect.fire();
    
    //window.setTimeout(function(){ window.location.reload()}, 500);
    var origin = location.origin;
      window.location.replace(origin+"/"+record);
},

})