We have a use case in which we need to be able to invoke a flow and also pass parameters from a salesforce report. Is there any way to do it ?.

If there is no direct way, I was thinking to invoke a Visualforce page and pass url parameters and then use those parameters to launch a flow and pass the parameters. Please let me know of any suggestions.

Attribution to: Srinivasu Julakanti

Possible Suggestion/Solution #1

I did this by adding custom formula field to my object e.g. 'Flow Action' and using the HYPERLINK formula function. Then i wrote a Report and included the field.

Step 1. Create Custom Formula Field.

Step 2. Add it to a Report.

NOTE: This approach allows you to use the full power of formula fields to define context specific Flow Actions, that start different flows based on the row data if needed.

Attribution to: Andrew Fawcett
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