Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Can a trigger call a batch class in Salesforce? Salesforce® Discussions Can a trigger call a batch class in Salesforce? Posted by Pooja on July 9, 2020 at 4:42 PM Can a trigger call a batch class in Salesforce? Anjali replied 5 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies 3 Replies Deepak Member July 10, 2020 at 5:53 AM Yes, you can call batch apex from a apex trigger. [adinserter block='9'] Ratnesh Member July 10, 2020 at 6:44 AM you can only have five batch job running so calling batch from a trigger is almost certainly not a good idea. At a time only 5 apex batch jobs can be processed Anjali Member July 10, 2020 at 2:16 PM Yes a batch class can be called in apex trigger but it doesn’t follow the best practices. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me