# ARCHIVED - Process Builder Naming Conventions

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**You can't create new ones, and if you're editing old ones you should be migrating to Flows instead.**  
**This is ARCHIVED content, will never be updated, and is here for history reasons.**</p>

1. A Process Builder name ***SHALL*** always start by `PB`, followed by a number corresponding to the number of process builders in the Organization, followed by an underscore.  
    a. If the Process Builder Triggers other Process Builders, it ***SHALL*** always start by `TPB` instead.  
    b. If the Process Builder is Invoked by other Process Builders, it ***SHALL*** always start by `IPB` instead.
2. The end of a Process Builder name ***SHOULD*** always be: 
    - the name of the object, in the case of a Triggering Process Builder (TPB)
    - the action carried out, in the case of an Invoked Process Builder (IPB)
    - the trigger and action, in the case of a standalone Process Builder (PB)
3. A Process Builder name ***COULD*** contain either `C`, `CE`, or `CES` wrapped by underscores, to show if the PB triggers on Creation, Creation and Edition, or Subsequent Modifications that Fill Criteria. The default assumed setting is `CE` if none is written. *\*3*
4. All Process Builder Triggers MUST have a description detailing their purpose.
5. A Process Builder Decision Diamond ***SHALL*** be named after the criteria that are used in the most precise manner possible.
6. A Process Builder Action ***SHALL*** be named after the action being carried out in the most precise manner possible.

<table class="table table-striped table-bordered" id="bkmrk-type-name-descriptio"><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Process Builder</td><td>TPB01\_Opportunity</td><td>This Process Builder invokes all invocable Opportunity Process builders</td></tr><tr><td>Process Builder</td><td>IPB01\_SetOwnerTarget</td><td>Copies over target from Owner to calculate monthly efficiency</td></tr><tr><td>Process Builder</td><td>PB01\_ContactBirthdatEmail</td><td>Sends a birthday email on the contact’s birthday.</td></tr><tr><td>Decision Diamond</td><td>Status is “Approved”</td><td>\#N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Action</td><td>Sets Contact Scoring to 10</td><td>\#N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Process Builder (possible variation)</td><td>TPB01\_Opportunity</td><td>This Process Builder invokes all invocable Opportunity Process builders. Also Handles various actions such as birthday emails.</td></tr></tbody></table>