Pause, Resume, or End a Workflow in Agentforce Operations

Pause a workflow to temporarily stop the workflow from running. Then, resume the paused workflow when you’re ready for it to start running again. Or end a workflow to stop it permanently.

Required Editions

License Required

This feature is a workspace that’s external to your Salesforce org and requires an Agentforce Operations license.

To purchase an Agentforce Operations license, contact your Salesforce account executive.

Role or Access Needed
To pause or end a workflow in Agentforce Operations: Workflow owner, Admin role, or Edit Workflow Access

Pause a Workflow

Temporarily stop a workflow from running. During a paused state, users can still view and comment on tasks in the workflow. However, they can't complete tasks or raise a problem.

  1. In the navigation sidebar, click Home.
  2. Click the name of the workflow that you want to pause.
  3. Click Pause.
  4. Optionally, select whether to notify assignees on in-progress tasks by email of the workflow status change.
  5. Click Pause workflow.
    The workflow pauses.

Resume a Paused Workflow

  1. In the navigation sidebar, click Home.
  2. Click the name of the paused workflow.
  3. In the Stages tab, click Resume.
  4. Select whether to shift due dates after the pause.
  5. If needed, enter how many days, weeks, or months later you want tasks to be due.
  6. Click Resume workflow.

End a Workflow

Permanently stop a workflow from running while preserving its data. If you end a workflow, you restrict any further data processing in the workflow. You can't restart an ended workflow.

  1. In the navigation sidebar, click Home.
  2. Click the name of the workflow that you want to end.
  3. In the Stages tab, click End.
  4. Optionally, select whether to notify assignees on in-progress tasks by email of the workflow status change.
  5. Provide a reason for ending the workflow.
  6. Click End workflow.
    The workflow ends.