Mute Tips

Today I'm offering a quick gift. Nothing fancy. Nothing a lot of you wouldn't already know. (But I've found a good number of admins out there that haven't discovered this yet.)

You know that annoying little notification at the bottom of the Flow Builder canvass every time you work on a flow that always has a notification bubble on it? In case you need a reminder, I'm talking about this one:

The one that is always pestering you about not having pink elements within a loop.

Even if you don't have a loop!

(Here is a brand new flow with no elements on the canvas at all, much less any loops:

Please explain to me why it's already got a tip for me.)

Have you noticed that the tips rarely have much by way of useful advice anyway?

I know you've seen this box. I know you probably are annoyed by it. If you're like me, the fact that it has a notification bubble draws the eye and the fact that you can't dismiss the notification is infuriating.

Today I'm here to tell you that you can make it go away.

?>Mute Tips

The function you're looking for is called "Mute Tips." Simply click on the question mark help menu in the upper right of the Flow canvass and select the last option, "Mute Tips."

Gone! Just like that! And this selection will persist. So the next time you open this or any other flow, no more annoying notification bubble! Hooray! 🥳 🎉

Unfortunately you'll have to do this fresh in each environment. The next time you spin up a sandbox to work in a new flow you're going to have to mute the tips again. But at least you have the option.

Unmute Tips if you Desire

If, for some reason I can barely imagine, you decide you want the tips back again, you can unmute them in the same place.

You're welcome.