Every Gutenburg generation creates a Gutenburg Document record in Salesforce. By default, Gutenburg also creates a matching Salesforce File, but File creation can be disabled when an organization wants a different storage or retention pattern.
The Gutenburg Document record
The Gutenburg Document record is created for the generated document and remains related to the base Salesforce record.
This record provides the persistent Gutenburg-side representation of the generated document workflow.
Salesforce File creation is enabled by default
When File creation is enabled, Gutenburg creates a normal Salesforce File for the generated PDF.
Because the output is a standard Salesforce File, it can participate in the same Salesforce File capabilities and downstream processes your organization already uses.
File creation can be disabled
Organizations can disable creation of the matching Salesforce File when they want to reduce Salesforce File storage consumption or apply another storage/retention approach.
Disabling the Salesforce File does not remove the Gutenburg Document record. The Gutenburg Document continues to exist in Salesforce and remains linked to the base record.
File ID for automation
When a Salesforce File is created, the Gutenburg Document record includes its File ID. Flow can use that ID to retrieve or process the corresponding File later in the automation.