Account Created

Start a workflow whenever a new account is created in Salesforce. It appears as Account Created in the workflow builder.

What It Does

Watches Salesforce for new accounts and starts the workflow as soon as one is created, passing along the account's identity so downstream steps can act on it.

When To Use It

Use this to trigger onboarding tasks, welcome notes, or internal notifications the moment a new account shows up in Salesforce, such as kicking off a "New account setup" workflow. If you need to react to changes on an existing account instead, use Account Updated.

Configuration

This trigger has no configurable fields. It fires for every new account.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Description	Example
`company`	`object`	A reference to the company that was created in AskElephant	`{{nodeId.company}}`
`company.id`	`string`		`{{nodeId.company.id}}`
`salesforceAccountId`	`string`		`{{nodeId.salesforceAccountId}}`
`accountName`	`string`		`{{nodeId.accountName}}`
`accountDomain`	`string`		`{{nodeId.accountDomain}}`

Example Workflow

A new account is created in Salesforce. This trigger fires, and the workflow posts a notification to the account owner's Slack channel with the account name and domain.

Account Updated
Update Account
Add Note to Accounts

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