How to Log Email Alerts as Activities in Salesforce

How do you log emails alerts as activities when sent with the ‘send email’ action?

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Goal.

Send out an email alert to the customer asking for their feedback.
Log the sent email in the case and contact records for future reference.

With the latest release from Salesforce, now it is possible to automatically log emails to a record’s Activity Timeline when using the Send Email action. This enhancement offers users the flexibility to:

Log emails to recipient records – this encompasses leads, contacts, and person accounts.
Log emails to non-recipient records, such as accounts, cases or opportunities.
Conveniently log emails to both recipient and non-recipient records simultaneously.

Prior to the Spring ‘24 release, emails sent using the Send Email action couldn’t be automatically tracked in Activity Timelines. As of Spring 24 release, it is not possible to log emails sent to users; otherwise, you will get an error.

Before proceeding, you should become familiar with the EmailTemplate object in Salesforce. It represents a template for an email, mass email, list email, or Sales Engagement email. Supported in first-generation managed packages only.

To solve this requirement, use the After-save Record-Triggered Flow. This will log email alerts as activities in Salesforce.