Auto Convert Marketing Qualified Leads
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Auto Convert Marketing Qualified Leads

Last Updated on April 19, 2022 by Rakesh Gupta

Big Idea or Enduring Question:

How do you set automation to auto-convert marketing qualified leads? 

When there is a chance of further negotiations with a lead, it can be converted into an account, contact, optionally an opportunity. In short, once the lead status has reached a certain stage, it can be qualified as a potential. On conversion, all the lead details are transferred in creating an account, contact, and optionally an opportunity. The lead conversion process is a manual process, if you want to automate it then you have to use Apex code. This article will help you to understand how to automate the lead conversion process using the Lightning Flow. 

Objectives:

After reading this blog post, the reader will be able to:

  • Use After-save Record-Triggered Flow to auto-convert marketing qualified leads 
  • Understand @InvocableMethod Annotation
  • Use Schedule-Triggered Flow to call an Apex method

Business Use Case

Pamela Kline is working as a System administrator in Universal Container. She has received a requirement from the management to auto-convert marketing qualified  (i.e. leads with Rating = Hot) leads and create an account and contact record.

Automation Champion Approach (I-do):

While this can be solved using various automation tools like Apex or Process Builder and Apex, we will use After-save Record-Triggered Flow and call an Apex method. To call an Apex method, add the Call Action element to your flow and select an Apex class with a @InvocableMethod Annotation. It means they allow us to extend the Lightning Flow by writing Apex code that meets certain criteria and then invoking the Apex from our Flows. If the class contains one or more invocable variables, manually enter values or reference field values from a related record. @InvocableMethod Annotation supports bulk operations. Let’s begin the solution for the business use case.
 
In this article, we will use the call LeadConvert database class from Apex code. Make sure to review it. 
 
Before discussing it, let me show you a diagram of a Process Flow at a high level. Please spend a few minutes to go through the following Flow diagram and understand it.
 

Let’s begin building this automation process.

Guided Practice (We-do):

There are 2 steps to solve Pamela’s business requirement using Lightning Flow. We must: 

  1. Create an Apex class and test class
  2. Lightning Flow Steps:
    1. Define flow properties for record-triggered flow
    2. Adding an action to Call an Apex Class

Step 1: Create an Apex class and Test class   

  1. Click Setup.
  2. In the Quick Find box, type Apex Classes.
  3. Clicks on the New button.
  4. Copy code from GitHub and paste it into your Apex Class. 
  5. Click Save.

Repeat the above steps and click the Test class. You can get the code from my GitHub repo. 

Step 2.1: Lightning Flow – Define Flow Properties 

  1. Click Setup.
  2. In the Quick Find box, type Flows.
  3. Select Flows then click on the New Flows.
  4. Select the Record-Triggered Flow option and click on Next and configure the flow as follows: 
    1. How do you want to start building: Freeform
    2. Trigger the Flow When: A record is created or Updated
    3. Run Flow: After the record is saved
    4. Object: Lead
  5. Select All Conditions Are Met (AND). 
  6. Set Conditions
    1. Row 1
      1. Field: Lead | Rating
      2. Operator: Equals 
      3. Value: Hot
  7. Choose the Option to Only when a record is updated to meet the condition requirements.
  8. Click Done.

Step 2.2: Lightning Flow – Call an Apex Class

The next step is to call the AutoConvertLeads class from flow so that when flow fires it auto-convert the leads.

  1. Under Toolbox, select Element. 
  2. Drag-and-drop Action element onto the Flow designer. 
  3. In the Action box, type AutoConvertLeads.
  4. Clicks on the AutoConvertLeads apex class. 
  5. Enter a name in the Label field; the API Name will auto-populate.
  6. Set Input Values: 
    1. Row 1:
      1. LeadIs: {!$Record.Id}
  7. Click Done.

In the end, Steven’s Flow will look like the following screenshot: Once everything looks good, perform the below steps: 

  1. Click Save.
  2. Enter Flow Label the API Name will auto-populate.
  3. Click Show Advanced.
  4. Type: Record-Triggered Flow
  5. API Version for Running the Flow: 50
  6. Interview Label: Auto Convert Leads {!$Flow.CurrentDateTime}
  7. Click Save. 

Almost there! Once everything looks good, click the Activate button.

Proof of Concept

Now onwards, if a business user updates the Lead Rating to Hot, Lightning Flow will automatically convert such leads and create an account as well as a contact. 

  1. Currently, the lead Gaurav Pradhan is Open and the Rating is Warm as shown in the following screenshot:
  2. Now we update the Rating to Hot and see the flow magic. 
  3. Flow auto converts the Lead and create an Account and Contact or it.

Note: –  I will suggest you implement this first in your developer org, test it and then move it to production. The same approach will work for the case assignment rule. Download Apex and Test class from GitHub. 

Process Builder Approach

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154 thoughts on “Auto Convert Marketing Qualified Leads”

  1. Thanks, worked like a charm! exactly what i was looking for 🙂

    I see in your last screenshot that in Classic it shows you the (standard) confirmation page of the conversion with the links to the newly created records.
    Is it correct that that is not happening in Lightning? At least not in my case 🙂

    Is there any way to enforce the confirmation page showing in LEX?

    Thanks very much!

  2. Hi Rakesh – this is incredibly helpful! One thing I’m running into with the below code is that the Lead will not convert if there’s no matching Account. My code is below; any suggestions? Thanks!

    Public class AutoConvertLeads {
    @InvocableMethod
    public static void LeadAssign(List LeadIds) {
    LeadStatus CLeadStatus = [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted = true Limit 1];
    List MassLeadconvert = new List ();

    List myLeads = [Select id, name, company from Lead where id IN: LeadIds];
    List company = New List ();

    for (Lead l: myLeads) {
    company.add(l.company);
    }

    List matchAccount = [Select id, Name from account where Name IN: company];

    for (Lead currentlead: myLeads) {
    for (Account a: matchAccount) {
    if (currentlead.company == a.Name) {
    Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
    Leadconvert.setLeadId(currentlead.id);
    Leadconvert.setAccountId(a.id);
    Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);
    Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
    MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
    Break;
    } else {
    Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
    Leadconvert.setLeadId(currentlead.id);
    Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);
    Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
    MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
    }
    }
    }

    if (!MassLeadconvert.isEmpty()) {
    List lcr = Database.convertLead(MassLeadconvert);
    }
    }
    }

  3. Hey Rakesh, This is a very useful article. One question I have, is it possible to define the Account record type that the lead converts to? Wondering should it be at the APEX class level, or perhaps just a delay action on the same process builder to update the record type? What would you suggest?
    Thansk
    Paul Carass

    1. You can achieve it through two ways

    2. Modify the Apex Class
    3. USe process builder to update Account record typ after conversion

  5. Hey Rakesh,
    First of all, thank you so much for sharing this!!!

    I did have a quick question and I was hoping you could help… The issue I’m running into is when this process is triggered off by our engineering team (It works fine if I manually trigger the flow) but whenever they fire it off it gives an error like this…

    Executed the default outcome
    AUTOCONVERTLEADS (APEX): myRule_1_A1
    Inputs:
    LeadIds = {!myVariable_current.Id} (00Q9E000005HuWLUA0)
    Error Occurred: An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING, Converted objects can only be owned by users. If the lead is not owned by a user, you must specify a user for the Owner field.: [OwnerId]

    Do I need to include the OwnerId in the apex variables? 😱

    Thanks in advance!

    1. See this error message “EQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING, Converted objects can only be owned by users. If the lead is not owned by a user, you must specify a user for the Owner field.: [OwnerId]”

      Please make sure that Lead is assigned to a user before conversion.

  6. Hi Rakesh, thank you so much for this code. It works for me on my staging site but I am running into an issue with code coverage. It basically only says it has 25% code coverage and you need at least 75% to move it to production. Do you have any suggestions for how I can get it to 75%? Did you ever run into this issue?

      1. Hi Rakesh,
        That is the interesting part. No part of the actual code is in red but when I go to pull the Inbound change sets if I use the option to do the default or org tests it fails. If I kind of trick it and just use your test you provided in the git repo it works. That being said, when I try to update a lead I get this error “We can’t save this record because the “Convert Qualified Leads to Contacts” process failed. Give your Salesforce admin these details. An unhandled fault has occurred in this flow An unhandled fault has occurred while processing the flow. Please contact your system administrator for more information. Error ID: 2004881690-30735 (1505380676).” All I am doing is checking a picklist for 4 specific fields and then converting the lead to a contact. Thanks in advance for your help.

        1. Check the Flow error email sent by Salesforce or use Debug Log to gather more information. Look at Debug Log very carefully and you will get the answer.

          1. Hi Rakesh, I took a look at the logs and it appears that the issue has to do with duplicate leads being converted. It looks like the apex class test and process builder causes the class to get called twice. Have you run into this at all? I am trying to add something to check and make sure a contact doesn’t already exist but I am not sure how to do that. This is the error:

            System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: CANNOT_UPDATE_CONVERTED_LEAD, This lead was already converted to the contact Joey Boy on 7/13/2018.: []

              1. Would having a test class cause it to fire twice? If I take this out of my test class ConvertLeadstoContacts.LeadAssign(Ids); completely then it only fires once and I don’t get that error in staging. That being said, I do get that error in production. Nothing with the test class gets fired in production, correct? Any idea how I could prevent this? I am trying to add some code that gets the lead by Id and checks the status. I am just not experience with apex code and can’t exactly figure out how to do that.

              2. I think I almost have it. The only thing I am noticing is we have the DupCatcher app and it returns an error if the account name already exists. Any thoughts on how to avoid that? Sorry to keep asking questions about this.

                  1. Hi Rakesh,
                    Thanks again for all of your help. I saw another comment where you helped someone adjust the code to check for matching accounts. I was able to implement that and get it working. Thanks again for this great post and your quick replies to my questions. It is greatly appreciated.

  7. Hello Rakesh,

    Thank you for this post. It has been very helpful and is relevant for a similar problem I’m trying hard to solve. However, I’m still really struggling to get to exactly where I need and I hoping that if possible, you could kindly post a variation of the code that would allow for an additional variable(s) to be passed to the class from another field on the same lead. In particular, I’m intending to store an existing contact’s id (and that contact’s related account ID) on the Lead, so that when the process builder triggers the Apex Class it converts that lead to an existing contact as already specified on a field in that lead.

    I suspect I need some code like below but also some code to get the variables from the Process Builder to the Apex Class for it to reference/use

    – Leadconvert.setContactId(StoredContactId on currentlead)
    – Leadconvert.setAccountId(StorcdAccountId on currentlead)

    Thank you in advance,
    Jonathan

    2. Here are my suggestion if anyone wants to merge the lead with an existing account:

      – Use Flow to identify the AccountId, if you want to merge
      – Then use the new Apex class to Pass AccountId and LeadId

      Public class AutoConvertLeads1
      { @InvocableMethod(label = ‘Auto Convert Leads’)
      public static void LeadAssign(List requestList) {

      LeadStatus CLeadStatus= [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted=true Limit 1];
      List MassLeadconvert = new List();
      for (Requests req: requestList){
      Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
      Leadconvert.setLeadId(req.LeadId);
      Leadconvert.setAccountId(req.AccountId);
      Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CleadStatus.MasterLabel);
      Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
      MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
      }
      if (!MassLeadconvert.isEmpty())
      {
      List lcr = Database.convertLead(MassLeadconvert);
      }
      }

      public class Requests {
      @InvocableVariable(label = ‘LeadId’ required = true)
      public id LeadId;

      @InvocableVariable(label = ‘AccountId’ required = false)
      public Id AccountId;

      }
      }

  8. Thanks for this post, code worked like a charm, was able to trigger rest of Lead Conversion Flow by IsConvert Process Builder criteria and then autolaunched flow to create related Account and Opportunity to complete a custom Lead conversion flow. 🙂 thank you.

  9. Hi Rakesh, I tried your workaround but it gives me this error.

    An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_STATUS, invalid convertedStatus: Ready to Check: [Status]

    Do I need to modify this line? (I’m a newby by the way)

    Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);

    Thanks

    1. I am not 100% sure but, I think this could be due to the Status’ not being available for the record types the user has access to / assigned to the lead.

      Please use the Debug Log to identify the root cause.

  10. Hi Rakesh, I used this apex code and the test class. I need to access the opportunity id and the account id after conversion. I understand that I will have another variable in the flow that will accept the opportunity id and i can pass it through the getOpportunityId() method. Is there anything else needed for the apex class for the same

  11. This is cool, I tried it and it worked, I have leads auto converting based on certain criteria… Is there any way that when it converts it can match to an account based on the account website?

    1. I am so glad it helped!

      For your requirement, you have to modify Apex class to enforce Duplicate Rule or implement your own logic.

      1. Hi Rakesh, I just want the account to match to another account using the name and not creating a new one. What would I have to add to the above Apex class to make that happen? Is there a way I can do it without modifying the apex class?

        Thanks,

          1. If there is no matching account, it will create one, which is fine. The majority of my use case will be around creating a contact and ensuring its added to the account of the same name so we do not have to manually merge it.

            1. Got you.

              First, use SOQL query to get the Accounts where Name = Lead.CompanyName, and then You have to write two conditions

              If account name does not match
              {
              Then use same code
              }
              else
              {
              modify the exisitg code and use setAccountId(accountId) method to set account ID
              }

              1. You have to try something like the following code. This is just a sample code, you may need to modify it 

                Public class AutoConvertLeads
{
@InvocableMethod
public static void LeadAssign(List<Id> LeadIds)
{
LeadStatus CLeadStatus= [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted=true Limit 1];
List<Database.LeadConvert> MassLeadconvert = new List<Database.LeadConvert>();

List<Lead> myLeads = [Select id, name, company from Lead where id IN:LeadIds];
List<String> Company = New List<String>();

for (Lead l:myLeads){
Company.add(l.company);
}

List<Account> matchAccount = [Select id, Name from account where Name IN:Company];

Integer i=0;
for(Lead currentlead: myLeads){
for (Account a:matchAccount){
if (currentlead.Company == a.name){
Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
Leadconvert.setLeadId(currentlead.id);
Leadconvert.setAccountId(a.id);
Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);
Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
i++;
Break;
}
}
If (i==0)
{
Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
Leadconvert.setLeadId(currentlead.id);
Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);
Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
}
i=0;
}

if (!MassLeadconvert.isEmpty()) {
List<Database.LeadConvertResult> lcr = Database.convertLead(MassLeadconvert);
}
}
}

                1. Hi Rakesh,

                  I tried the code you provided, but had no luck….

                  I am trying to get this working pretty fast so, I created a text field on lead that I will put the account ID that I want the lead to convert in to – when I try Leadconvert.setAccountId(Convert_to_Account__c); I get the error: Error: Compile Error: Variable does not exist: Convert_to_Account__c at line 11 column 42

                  I think its obvious I only learning to code and I have looked at several articles and have not had any luck…

                  My original requirement is still true… I’d love to be able to autoconvert a lead when the website matches the website of an existing account, and that account is of a specific type, else do not thing, and set the contact ownerid to a user defined on the account owners record… but I really need to get these converted quickly, so I am desperate to get the one that works fastest working.

                  1. Try something like below code. You do not have to create any custom fields on Lead object

                    Public class AutoConvertLeads
{
@InvocableMethod
public static void LeadAssign(List<Id> LeadIds)
{
LeadStatus CLeadStatus= [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted=true Limit 1];
List<Database.LeadConvert> MassLeadconvert = new List<Database.LeadConvert>();

List<Lead> myLeads = [Select id, name, website, company from Lead where id IN:LeadIds];
List<String> website = New List<String>();

for (Lead l:myLeads){
website.add(l.website);
}

List<Account> matchAccount = [Select id, website, Name from account where website IN:website and Website!=null];

for(Lead currentlead: myLeads){
for (Account a:matchAccount){
if (currentlead.website == a.website){
Database.LeadConvert Leadconvert = new Database.LeadConvert();
Leadconvert.setLeadId(currentlead.id);
Leadconvert.setAccountId(a.id);
Leadconvert.setConvertedStatus(CLeadStatus.MasterLabel);
Leadconvert.setDoNotCreateOpportunity(TRUE); //Remove this line if you want to create an opportunity from Lead Conversion
MassLeadconvert.add(Leadconvert);
Break;
}
}
}

if (!MassLeadconvert.isEmpty()) {
List<Database.LeadConvertResult> lcr = Database.convertLead(MassLeadconvert);
}
}}

                    1. Rakesh, you have no idea how HAPPY I am that you responded so quickly!!! I tried the code and it did work, problem is for reasons beyond my control, we have tons of duplicates…

                      technically they are not duplicates but branches of the same account, but all may have the same website. I am basically going to export all leads and do some excel work to get leads that I want to auto-convert, then run a mass update (small batch size) to kick off the process that is auto converting the leads…

                      The thing is that I need the lead to convert to the account that has a matching Type – so even though there are duplicates – only one will have the “type” primary and that is the account I need the lead to convert into…

                      Additionally I want to add setOwnerId(ownerId) to Account_secondaryowner__c (this is a formula field pulling in the ID of a user)

                      Is this possible? I’m sorry I am asking so much… I am just learning 🙁

                    2. Always happy to help 🙂

                      Quick questions for you
                      1. You have created Account_secondaryowner__c on which object? Lead or Account?
                      2. Do you want to update existing owner to this user (Account_secondaryowner__c)?

                    3. I got this much working yay! Account_Type__c=’Primary’ ];

                      Each account has a secondary owner – and secondary owner is a lookup field on the user record that looks up to user. So on the main account owners user record I have update the lookups with their secondary owners.

                      Account_secondaryowner__c is a formula field on the Account object that pulls the ID of the secondary owner

                      Basically the Account is owned by the standard Account owner, and the contacts for that account are owned by the secondary owner.

                      So: I need – IF lead website = AccountWebsite && Accountype= Primary – on lead update of lead checkbox field “autoconvert” – Run process builder and auto convert those leads to the matching account – and set the contact owner to the account secondary owner… if secondary owner is blank – setcontactowner to dummy user of Id “123” (I guess I could technically set owners through a process on contact…?)

                      If Account website is null or isnot primary – do not convert but I should hopefully be taking care of that through excel – although technically I would love to have a batch process where if lead customdatefield = Today check the “autoconvert” box – and have that run nightly

                      PS: I know I am asking for a lot, but you would be my HERO!

                    4. As you mentioned earlier Account_secondaryowner__c is a formula field, it is not possible to update this field.
                      But the workaround is to update the field that you are using to calculate the formula.

                      For requirement this, if secondary owner is blank – set contact owner to dummy user of Id “123” else update contacts owner to Account_secondaryowner__c (You could use another process)

                      Always happy to help.

                    5. I hate to ask… but I will… How could I setup a batch process to run and it the date matches my date field… check the checkbox… Any help is highly appreciated 🙂

  12. Rakesh, thank you so much for posting this! It is super cool that you posted the test class with it. It saved me hours.

    Looking forward to more of these types of posts in the future.

          1. Rakesh! Sorry took me so long to get back to you but it worked on the first try! I have a web to lead form setup and it comes in already converted! Thank you for this.

              1. Hi Rakesh,

                I’m recieving this error now 🙁

                An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION, System.DmlException: Insert failed. First exception on row 0; first error: CANNOT_INSERT_UPDATE_ACTIVATE_ENTITY, RollupServiceTest3Trigger: execution of BeforeInsert caused by: line 13, column 45: Dependent class is invalid and needs recompilation: rollupservice: line 87, column 37: Dependent class is invalid and needs recompilation: Class.RollupSummariesSelector: line 62, column 55 RollupSummaries: line 378, column 6: Method does not exist or incorrect signature: Test.isRunningTest(): [] Class.leadconvert.BulkLeadConvert.handleRegularAccountInserts: line 232, column 1 Class.leadconvert.BulkLeadConvert.convertLead: line 90, column 1: []

                Any idea what it could be?

  16. Great post! Thanks for this.

    How do I use this to convert leads to contacts on existing accounts where DUNS match across both lead and account?

  17. Hello!

    I’m auto converting leads to Contacts on existing accounts that have a matched D-U-N-S. I have a flow built out to loop through and find a matched account and then assigns a variable, how do I use this account ID variable {!SobjAccountwithMatchedDuns.Id} in this lead convert Class?

    Or would it be easier to just modify this code to do all of it?

    Thanks!

  18. Hi,

    I have visual force page embedded in Lead page layout. Upon conversion its showing :Record type unavailable error.

    I have default record types in place for all objects and also person account is enabled. So i am thinking the error is due to VF page in lead layout, I am correct? Do you know any workaround for the error.

    Thanks a ton!

  20. Hiya, we’ve implemented this solution, and it works great for newly created leads, but for updating leads it seems to cause an error.

    We get:

    The record couldn’t be saved because it failed to trigger a flow. A flow trigger failed to execute the flow with version ID 301260000009Tap. Contact your administrator for help.

    This only happens with previously created leads, not with new leads. We have set up the process builder workflow to trigger on a checkbox being ticked.

    Any help appreciated.

    Tom and Cassio

      1. Hi Rakesh,

        Thank you for the solution but i am receiving error on editing the lead record as :

        Workflow Action Failed to Trigger Flow
        The record couldn’t be saved because it failed to trigger a flow. A flow trigger failed to execute the flow with version ID 301p00000001Xun. Flow error messages: <b>An unhandled fault has occurred in this flow</b><br>An unhandled fault has occurred while processing the flow. Please contact your system administrator for more information. Contact your administrator for help.

        I am using exact same code and process builder as per your instructions…..Please let me know what am i doing wrong?

      3. Hi Rakesh,

        I am getting error :– UNAVAILABLE_RECORDTYPE_EXCEPTION, Unable to find default record type: []

        We have person account enabled and default person account record type selected for the profile using which i am testing..

      4. Hi Rakesh,

        issue is solved now.. Actually in my case “company” field had a value (but was hidden in layout) and business record type was disabled….which is why record type unavailable error was shown.

        Thanks for the reply though.

  21. I’m trying to use this in Lightning and while it does convert, I get an error when the page refreshes that the lead has already been converted. What would I need to add to redirect to the opportunity page that was created upon conversion? Thanks in advance!

  22. Hi Rakesh,

    I tried your method. I am getting the following error from the process builder
    An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_CROSS_REFERENCE_KEY, valid leadId is required: []

    Also I am have a business process that creates person account and opportunity once the lead is converted

    Any suggestions will be vary valuable.

    thank you

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  25. I’m very excited to implement this. I went through the process you laid out and when testing I received the following errors. Any insight?

    An error occurred at element myRule_1_A1 (FlowActionCall).
    An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: ConvertLead failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_CROSS_REFERENCE_KEY, valid leadId is required: []

      1. Thank you for your response! I think we’ve gone a different direction for now. I’ll let you know if we decide to implement. I really appreciate what you’ve done!

  27. Hi

    Are these records automatically assigned to the owner of the lead? What if we wanted to auto-assign the lead creation to a certain individual? Or how about auto-associate to an existing account?

  28. Great post, Rakesh, really helpful!
    I have implemented this in my organization and it works as expected 🙂
    I just have a question regarding it, does it work for mass conversions? When converting several leads at a time it seems to convert only one of them but does nothing with the others. Is there something that can be done to make it work for several leads at a time?
    Thanks!

  29. That is really good, do I need to do something special in order to test the method with @InvocableMethod annotation?
    and personal question, do you believe there is any advantages in using the process builder instead of triggering this from a trigger?, I am just asking this as I am having some issues with process builder when trigger from a bulk upload/edit, unless this bulk upload is done 1 by 1

      1. and is there any way to adapt this process for mass conversions? If I change the code to a limit different from 1 it generates an error message, so I can only convert leads one by one.
        Thanks!

      2. This is so helpful! Thanks.
        And in case I need to run this automatic conversion for several leads at a time, is there any tweak to your code that allow me to do that?

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