Is there a way through the API to call from an external system to trigger a flow to start and pass it on using certain parameters?

I have a custom object called resources. The resource has a set number of allocated hours for the week. One task can be assigned to one resource for a given time. I need to be able to

#1 set the number of hours  a resource can have in a week

#2 set the number of hours a task should be done in

#3 deduct the number of hours a resource has - the number of hours of tasks associated to that person

#4 the resource has a start and end time for the week, the task start and end date should be within those hours or else the resource cannot be assigned

I need help with #3 and #4. I know tasks are very limited in what can be done with them... any ideas on what i can do here?

Is there a way to restrict export report capabilities based on the IP that the user is on?

Depending on the decision of my flow i would like my flow to end at different locations, how can i do this?

Is there any way i can create a related list on the account, that will show all the children cases on an account?

Any ideas on how i can get the contact lookup to display the contacts that are related to the account that the user choose on a case?

How can i get a report of all accounts that do not have contacts associated to them?

has anyone incorporated you tube comments inside of SFDC?

Im trying to create an email template, but would like to add a formula or something that will populate based on the time "Good "Afternoon" "Morning" based on the time the person is sending the email. Any ideas on how i could do this?

Does anyone know how i can compare the difference  between profiles, besides using eclipse. I am trying to use permission sets and eliminate some profiles. I find eclipse a little hard to depict, any other ideas?

Im trying to create a hyperlink from Salesforce to another tracking system. the id is a number field not a text field. my formula keeps giving me an error that it is not of text format. any ideas how to solve this?

is there an easy way to see what dashboards are associated to your reports so that you can delete the report?

Can you map fields from a custom object to a standard object?

Would like to create a button on the case object that will create a person account off the standard fields of the case. I would also like to check and make sure that the person account does not exist first before allowing to create.

is there a way to create a time base workflow that will fire every 7 days until a case status is closed, without having to create multiple workflow rules?

How can i restrict who see's the visualforce button ?  not using page layouts.

I want to be able to pull a value into the Opportunity from the account, and be able to use it as a workflow function. It cannot be a formula field for this reason.

More detail:

A field called AE on the Account which is a look up to the user table and is filled in by a user. I want to be able to pull this same value into the opportunity and be able to trigger a workflow that will email that user that i will be pulling in.

Thank you,

I can't get this validation rule to work. If I remove the first piece it works but if I add them together with the OR statement it doesn't, does it need to be re-formatted?

(Customer_Next_Steps__c = True) &&( Probability  <0.95)

||

(Customer_Next_Steps__c = True) && ISPICKVAL(,'Renewal')

After installing the App Salesforce for Social media when trying to grant facebook access this error pops up:

System.NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object
An unexpected error has occurred. Your solution provider has been notified. (sf4twitter)

does anyone know what this is or how can i fix it?

Depending on the decision of my flow i would like my flow to end at different locations, how can i do this?

Is there any way i can create a related list on the account, that will show all the children cases on an account?

Im trying to create a hyperlink from Salesforce to another tracking system. the id is a number field not a text field. my formula keeps giving me an error that it is not of text format. any ideas how to solve this?

is there an easy way to see what dashboards are associated to your reports so that you can delete the report?

Can you map fields from a custom object to a standard object?

How can i restrict who see's the visualforce button ?  not using page layouts.

I can't get this validation rule to work. If I remove the first piece it works but if I add them together with the OR statement it doesn't, does it need to be re-formatted?

(Customer_Next_Steps__c = True) &&( Probability  <0.95)

||

(Customer_Next_Steps__c = True) && ISPICKVAL(,'Renewal')

After installing the App Salesforce for Social media when trying to grant facebook access this error pops up:

System.NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object
An unexpected error has occurred. Your solution provider has been notified. (sf4twitter)

does anyone know what this is or how can i fix it?