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# Add Automated Actions to Your Workflow Rule

After you’ve set the criteria for your workflow rule, identify what to do when that criteria are met.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d92116e73 ">To create or change workflow rules and actions:</td>

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![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_important.png)

Important Support and updates for Workflow Rules have ended as of December 31, 2025. This means that support won't be provided for any workflow rules and bugs in the Workflow Rules product won't be fixed. See [Workflow Rules & Process Builder End of Support](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=001096524&type=1&language=en_US).

After December 31, 2025, existing workflow rules continue to run, and you can activate, deactivate, and edit them; however we recommend using Flow Builder. To migrate existing workflow rules, plan your [switch to Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_migrate_to_flow_learning_map.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Flow Builder combines the capabilities of workflow rules and Process Builder in a single point-and-click tool, making it easier to create a triggered process. If you created triggered processes with workflow rules or Process Builder, use the Migrate to Flow tool to move them to Flow Builder. Start by migrating and testing in a sandbox environment before moving your new flows to production.") and use the [Migrate to Flow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_migrate_to_flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use the Migrate to Flow tool to convert your Process Builder processes and workflow rules into Flow Builder, including scheduled actions. The tool also supports partial migration of processes for most actions.") tool. For new automations, create flows in [Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Automation reduces repetitive work and helps your team complete tasks faster and more accurately. With Flow Builder, you can build simple or complex automations, forms, and guided experiences with no code. You can add forms to Salesforce pages and Experience sites, and launch flows using buttons, record triggers, or schedules.").

- **[Add an Immediate Action to Your Workflow Rule](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.workflow_immediate_actions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Immediate actions, like their name suggests, are executed as soon as the workflow rule finishes evaluating the record.
- **[Add a Time-Dependent Action to Your Workflow Rule](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.workflow_time_dependent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Time-dependent actions are executed at a specific time, such as 10 days before a record’s close date. When that specific time passes, the workflow rule reevaluates the record to make sure that it still meets the rule criteria. If the record does, the workflow rule executes those actions.

#### See Also

- [Identify Your Salesforce Org’s Default Workflow User](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.workflow_defaultuser.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Select a Default Workflow User that you want Salesforce to display with a workflow rule when the user that triggered the rule isn’t active.")
- [Set the Criteria for Your Workflow Rule](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.workflow_rules_define.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Get started with creating a workflow rule by selecting the object the rule relates to and configuring its criteria.")