If your users are still updating Salesforce records one at a time, they're spending way more time on data entry than they need to.

The Avonni Data Table has supported Bulk Edit for a while now — and it's one of those features that, once people discover it, they wonder how they ever lived without. And with our latest update, we've made it even easier to set up when using the Data Table as a dynamic component. The configuration is more streamlined, reducing the number of steps needed to get bulk editing up and running. If you've been putting it off because the setup felt like too many moving parts, now is a great time to revisit it.

What Bulk Edit Actually Does

The concept is simple: your users select multiple rows in a Data Table, click a single button, and a modal opens where they can update shared fields across all selected records at once. When they click Save, every record in Salesforce is automatically updated. No Flow. No Apex. No complex logic to maintain.

It's particularly powerful for scenarios like updating opportunity stages in bulk, reassigning case owners across a queue, applying a status change to a batch of records, or correcting data after an import.

How It Works Under the Hood

The setup comes down to three things working together:

Editable fields — In your data mappings, you flag which columns should be editable. Only those fields will appear in the bulk edit modal, so you stay in full control of what users can and can't change.

Row selection — Enable multi-row selection in the table so users can select the records they want to update. You can leave it unlimited or cap it at a specific number.

A header action — You add a button to the table header (something like "Bulk Edit" or "Update Selected") and wire it to the built-in "Edit Selected Records" interaction. That's the trigger for the whole flow.

Once those pieces are in place, the Data Table handles the rest: the modal, field rendering, and the mass update to Salesforce.

Why It Matters

Every click saved is time given back to your users. For teams managing large volumes of records — sales ops, support teams, data admins — bulk edit turns a 30-minute task into a 30-second one. And because it's all built into the component, there's nothing extra to build or maintain on the backend.

If you haven't tried it yet, check out our step-by-step tutorial to get it set up in minutes. And if you're already using it, we'd love to hear how it's working for your team.

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