# Salesforce Flow Limit

## Concepts

**Interview:** An interview is a running instance of a flow.

**Transaction**

**What are SOQL and DML?**

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) and DML (Data Manipulation Language) are two languages that handle different operations inside a flow.  

**SOQL**: It is a specific type of computer language that we can use to communicate with the system to **retrieve** a specific set of data. It is like saying “give me all accounts that John owned” but using the language the system understands. Each request is called a query.

**DML**: Like SOQL, It is a specific type of computer language to **modify** a particular data set, like saying “change all John account rating into Hot”. Each request is called a statement.

## Flow limitations

### **Total number of SOQL queries issued: 100**

You can ask the system to retrieve specific data sets 100 times in one transaction.

### **Total number of records retrieved using 'Get Records' element**: 

Limit 50,000.

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No records limit when using the [Query Data Source](/flow/component-builder/data-sources/query.md).
{% endhint %}

### **Total number of DML statements issued:** 

Limit 150

### **Total number of records processed as a result of DML statements**: 

Limit 10,000

### **Maximum CPU time on the Salesforce servers:** 

Limit 10,000 milliseconds

CPU time is the time the servers use to process your flow solution.

### **Total number of duplicate updates allowed in one batch**: 

Limit 12

Duplicate update means you update the “**same record**” in one batch and can only do that less than 12 times per record.

## References

* [General flow information from Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.flow.htm\&type=5)


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