Help & Training
Top 5 Features of the Salesforce Spring ’17 Release
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Spring is almost here and with it the Salesforce Spring ’17 Release. Here is a countdown of my top 5 favorite features. 5. ConnectApi (Chatter in Apex) Much of the functionality available to the Chatter REST API has been made natively available to Apex through the new ConnectApi class. While developers could previously make SOQL...
Help & Training
Top 5 Features of the Salesforce Winter ’17 Release
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September is here and with it the Salesforce Winter ‘17 Release Notes. Here is a countdown of my top 5 favorite features: 5. Navigate from a Lightning Component to Another (Beta) Developers can now create lightning components and are able to navigate to other lightning components. This allows us to create complex multi-step wizards in Lightning...
Help & Training
How to Use the Force.Com IDE to Find Fields References in Code and Config – for Admins and Developers
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When deleting, changing the API Name, or determining the purpose of a field, it can be necessary to find all the places that field is referenced. Most developers know how to find field references in code using their favorite IDE, but both developers and administrators benefit from being able to find field references in configuration...
Salesforce News
Top 5 Features of the Salesforce Summer ’15 Release
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May is here, and with it the Salesforce Summer ‘15 Release. Here is a countdown of my top 5 favorite features: 5. Merge, Rename, or Delete Topics in Communities Community Admins can now merge, delete, or rename topics in Communities. This allows admins to ensure that these conversations remain concise, clear, and easy to find as...
Tools
The Pros and Cons of SSO with Salesforce Identity Connect
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What is Salesforce Identity Connect? Salesforce Identity Connect is an Identity Provider that allows businesses to connect their Active Directory network with Salesforce. Once installed, Salesforce users and Active Directory users can be synchronized, and steps can be taken to simplify or eliminate the Salesforce login process without compromising security. Pro: User Administration in Salesforce...