How to get CustomNotificationTypeId in flows without hardcoding?

 Custom notifications are sent to desktop or mobile for anything that needs an user's attention. To get started we need to create a Custom Notification Type by navigating to Setup | Notification Builder | Custom Notifications | New. Creating a custom notification type lets us pick the channels for the notifications (Desktop or Mobile or Both).

Problem:  

Once we have the custom notification created, we need the CustomNotificationTypeId for using it with "Send Custom Notification" action in the flow . We can use Developer Console or Workbench to fetch the Id. Problem with fetching the Id and using it hardcoded or storing it in a metadata and using it on a flow are as follows

  1. The Id will change when the flow is moved from a sandbox to production environment causing the flow to fail.
  2. Refreshing a sandbox will carry the production Id to sandbox and the flow will fail in sandbox.

Solution: 

Using "Get Record" flow component to get the custom notification record.


Get Custom Notification Type record with the Developer Name:




Use the fetched Custom Notification Type Id: 





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