Category: Salesforce

It might still be Winter, but the Salesforce Spring release is right around the corner. As I’m sure Salesforce veterans know, the three Salesforce releases per year are when us Admins, Developers and Consultants get a bunch more features and tools to play around with… Read More
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Based on over 263,000 data points, the Mason Frank Salary Survey is the largest independent Salesforce report in the world. For the past seven years, it’s given Salesforce professionals and employers an overview of the latest average salaries across Salesforce roles and regions. It also… Read More
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Earlier in the year, I attended the London Developer Trailblazer Community group event with Wade Wegner. Wade is a senior product manager at Salesforce and has done lots of exciting work in the past with the latest and greatest Salesforce technologies, including SFDX. This event… Read More
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Have you been paying attention to the release notes? Did you find the “Customer 360 Guides”? This exciting feature triggered my attention! Customer 360 Guides provide a toolkit to accelerate Salesforce improvements; from customer stories, playbooks, industry specific blueprints, architecture references, solutions kits, and more!… Read More
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Salesforce strives to make users more productive in Lightning, and one way, is by working with lists faster using Split View! This feature was already part of Console Navigation, but starting with the Summer ’20 release, it is now available with Standard Navigation. In this… Read More
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Entry Level 3-6 months No Prerequisites 200 Table of Contents Certification Introduction Demonstrate your knowledge on designing and building custom applications declaratively using the Salesforce Platform. The Salesforce Platform App Builder certification is ideal for Salesforce professionals that want to demonstrate their knowledge building custom… Read More
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When it comes to Service Territories in Field Service Lightning, a lack of attention to detail on territory design can seriously impact the dispatcher’s satisfaction with the system. This is not just the consultant’s responsibility; the client should be giving this some serious thought because… Read More
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Last year, I wrote about how to network in the Salesforce ecosystem. I want to return to this topic as several experiences since then have reinforced how vital networking is. But first, ask anyone who has attended any of my reporting training presentations over the… Read More
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Salesforce certifications are a hot topic; it’s essential to earn at least a few to stand out from the crowd and there are lots to choose from! However, certifications are notoriously hard and require an in-depth understanding of the platform. The good news is, there’s… Read More
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Have you ever created a new Developer Org, or spun up a new Sandbox, only to realize that you are going to need a lot of data to test out some functionality? I’ve had this problem more times than I can count, going through the… Read More
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