When working with data in Salesforce, many a times there is a desire to mass manipulate records rather than doing it one by one. Here is a quick recap of all the different options available to you to mass create, update, delete & transfer records in Salesforce.
Let’s check some of these options out a little more in details More
In today’s fast paced world, everybody expects instant service. Whether it’s express delivery, express check-in or 4G internet speed for faster browsing experience. Some of you may have even tested your Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) speed on popular speedtest websites to verify the download and upload speed you are getting. Similarly even Salesforce has a tool called “Salesforce Performance Test” to test the speed More
Salesforce has always emphasized on declarative development since the beginning. The motto is that enterprise software should be easy to use for customers. With “clicks not code” development approach, Salesforce delivered Workflows, Process Builder & Flow. And we have really feasted on these tools to automate our business processes. Now going one step further, Salesforce has given us the ability to create object & fields along with its records, all at once, from a spreadsheet, with the introduction of Lightning Object Creator. More
#Hashtags are used to organize records around a common theme. For example, I use hashtag to tweet about all the new features and functionalities in a Salesforce Release ( e.g. #SalesforceWinter20).
You can also use #hashtag in Salesforce with chatter posts and records. Let’s say that you want to capture the hobbies/interests (like ‘Golf’, ‘Soccer’, ‘Investment’, ‘Philanthropy’ etc) of your of leads and contacts. One way to capture this information is to use picklist or multi-select picklist field, which an admin will need to create and maintain. But an easier and better way to capture this information will be to use #hashtags. You can use as many hashtags as you want on a record and then search for information based on that. More
Salesforce has a bunch of rules that can be defined on objects and fields. For example you can define validation rules, workflow rules, proess builder, flows, assignment rules, escalation rules, auto-response rules, triggers etc.
Whether you are an adminsitrator, consultant, developer or architect – it is important for you to understand the order in which these rules and triggers are executed.
The following picture depicts the order of execution visually. (For finer details, please click here). More