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# Global or Object-Specific Action

Call an object-specific or global action that’s already been configured in your org. Only Create, Update, and Log a Call actions are available.

### Required Editions

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In Flow Builder, add an Action element to your flow. In the Action field, select the object-specific or global action to configure.

The API name for each object-specific action is prefixed with the object it’s associated with, such as quickAction-Task.UpdatePriority. The API name for each global action has no prefix, such as quickAction-NewAccount.

## 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="d234155e78">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d234155e81">Description</th>
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            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d234155e78 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Related Record ID</strong>
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            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d234155e81 ">
              <p>Only for object-specific actions. The ID of the record from which the action
                runs. </p>
              <p>For example, the action creates a case that’s associated with a given
                account. Assign the ID for that account to <strong class="uicontrol">Related Record
                  ID</strong>.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">This parameter accepts single-value resources of any type.
                That value is treated as text.</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d234155e78 ">
              <var>Input Parameter</var>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d234155e81 ">
              <p>Varies for each action. </p>
              <p>The action layout determines which parameters are
                required. Required parameters appear by default and can’t be removed.

                If a required field has a default or predefined value, that field is optional in
                object-specific and global actions in the flow. If you later remove the field’s
                default or predefined value and you didn’t set a value in the flow, the interview
                fails at run time.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The value must be compatible with the parameter. </p>
            </td>

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

Example Your org has an object-specific action that creates a case record on an account. The flow calls that action at run time and uses values from earlier in the flow to identify the account ID.

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

Note At run time, the record isn’t created or updated until the interview’s transaction completes. Transactions are complete when the interview either finishes or runs a Screen, Local Action, or Wait element.

#### See Also

- [Add and Edit Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use elements to define actions that the flow can run. When they’re on the canvas, connect them to create the order in which they run.")
- [Flow Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "An element represents an action that the flow can run. Examples include reading or writing Salesforce data, displaying information and collecting data from flow users, runnning business logic, or manipulating data.")
- [Customize What Happens When a Flow Fails](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_fault.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Learn how fault paths customize what happens when a flow fails. Choose how to notify admins, guide users, and take a follow-up action.")
- [Move and Connect Elements to Change a Flow Route](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_route_add.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Identify which elements the flow runs and in what order by connecting the elements on your canvas together. To change the run order, move elements and add or remove connectors.")