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# Execute Actions for Multiple Criteria

Choose whether to stop or continue your process after specific criteria are met and associated actions execute.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic (<a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.overview_edition_lex_only.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">not available in all orgs</a>) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class="" id="process_next_criteria__d3690e343"><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <span id="process_next_criteria__d3690e347"><a name="process_next_criteria__d3690e347"></a><strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d133489e84 ">To create, edit, or view processes:</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 Process Builder have ended as of December 31, 2025. This means that support won't be provided for any process and bugs in the Process Builder 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 processes continue to run, and you can activate, deactivate, and edit them; however, we recommend using Flow Builder. To migrate existing processes, 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.").

For each criteria node and associated action group, choose whether to stop the process after executing the actions or to continue the process and evaluate the next criteria node.

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Important When a process continues to the next criteria node, it evaluates the values that the record had at the beginning of the process. For example:

1. The status of a case is New.
2. The case is edited.
3. The process evaluates Criteria 1. The conditions are met, so the process updates the case’s status to Escalated.
4. The process evaluates Criteria 2 using the record values from step 2.

If you want a process to react to changes that occur in the process, select the advanced option in the object node.

1. Make sure you’ve defined the next criteria and that your action group includes only immediate actions. You can’t evaluate the next criteria when an action group contains scheduled actions.
2. To change what happens after actions execute, click **STOP** (1) or **EVALUATE THE NEXT CRITERIA** (2). Initially, each action group is set to stop after executing actions.
    
    ![Click to specify whether to stop or continue](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/platform_automation/images/process_builder/continue_criteria.png)
3. Save your changes, and your choice appears on the canvas.

#### See Also

- [Reevaluate Records in the Process Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.process_advanced_reevaluate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you add objects to your process, you can choose to evaluate a record multiple times in a single save operation.")