Re-evaluate Workflow Rules After Field change in Field update

Re-evaluate Workflow Rules After Field change in Field update

 Selecting the Re-evaluate Workflow Rules After Field Change checkbox
on the Field Update Edit page allows you to set a workflow field update
to re-evaluate all workflow rules on the object if the field update
results in a change to the value of the field.

  • If the field update changes the field’s value, all
    workflow rules on the associated object are re-evaluated. Any workflow
    rules whose criteria are met as a result of the field update will be
    triggered.
  • If any of the triggered workflow rules result in
    another field update that’s also enabled for workflow rule re-evaluation,
    a domino effect occurs, and more workflow rules can be re-evaluated as a
    result of the newly-triggered field update. This cascade of workflow rule
    re-evaluation and triggering can happen up to five times after the initial
    field update that started it.
  • Make sure that your workflow rules aren’t set up to
    create recursive loops. For example, if a field update for Rule1 triggers
    Rule2, and a field update for Rule2 triggers Rule1, the recursive triggers
    may cause your organization to exceed its limit for workflow time triggers
    per hour.
  • In a batch update, workflow is only retriggered on the
    entities where there is a change.
  • Only workflow rules on the same object as the initial
    field update will be re-evaluated and triggered.
  • Only workflow rules that didn’t fire before will be
    retriggered.
  • Cross-object workflow rules aren’t candidates for
    re-evaluation.
  • Cross-object field updates that cause a field value to
    change don’t trigger workflow rule re-evaluation on the associated object.
  • An approval process can specify a field update action
    that re-evaluates workflow rules for the updated object. If, however, the
    re-evaluated workflow rules include a cross-object field update, those
    cross-object field updates will be ignored.

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