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title: Open a Page Action
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description: Opens a Salesforce or external page in the user's browser during a screen flow.
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# Open a Page Action

Opens a Salesforce or external page in the user's browser during a screen flow.

### Required Editions

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In Flow Builder, add an Action element to your flow. In the New Action window, search for Page, and then select **Open a Page**.

## Set Input Values

Use values from earlier in the flow to set the inputs for the action.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e81">Input Values</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e84">Description</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Input Values" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e81 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Page Type</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e84 ">
              <p>Required. The type of page to open. Valid values are:</p>
              <ul>
                <li>
                  <code>Salesforce Record Page</code>
                </li>

                <li>
                  <code>External Web Page</code>
                </li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

## Salesforce Record Page

Select this option to open a Salesforce record page within the user's browser. The fields in this section only appear when you select this option.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e144">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e147">Description</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e144 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Record ID</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e147 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Required. The ID of the record to open.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e144 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Object Name</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e147 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Required. The API name of the record ID's object, for example, Account or
                Contact.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e144 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">View Mode</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e147 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Required. Specifies whether the user opens the page in view or edit mode. If the
                user doesn't have permission to edit the opened page, it opens in view mode.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e144 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Where to Open the Page</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e147 ">
              <p>Required. Specifies which type of page to open.</p>
              <ul>
                <li>
                  <code>New Browser Tab</code>
                </li>

                <li>
                  <code>New Browser Window</code>
                </li>

                <li>
                  <code>New Lightning Console Tab</code>
                  <p>This option opens the page in a new Lightning tab in the current browser tab.
                    If the current browser tab doesn't show the Lightning console, a new tab opens
                    instead.</p>
                </li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

## External Web Page

Select this option to open a Salesforce record page within the user's browser. The fields in this section appear only when you select this option.

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        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e261">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d26060e264">Description</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e261 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">URL</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e264 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Required. The URL of the page to open.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e261 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Where to Open the Page</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d26060e264 ">
              <p>Required. Specifies which type of page to open.</p>
              <ul>
                <li>
                  <code>New Browser Tab</code>
                </li>

                <li>
                  <code>New Browser Window</code>
                </li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

## Usage

This action is available in flows running in API version 67.0 and later.