Salesforce Wave Analytics for Personal Fitness Metrics
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Salesforce Wave Analytics requires just two things to provide valuable insights. 1) Data 2) A reason to analyze the data. Data: Over several years of hitting the gym, I have changed up my workout routine in an effort to improve my appearance and strength. At times, I can see great results; other times, not...
How to use Salesforce Lightning Connect to show a related list of external data
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Here is a hands-on guide to using Salesforce Lightning Connect to show a related list of external data for a given account. Let us first configure the External Data Source. First, go to Setup -> Manage External Data Sources -> Click New External Data Source. Here let’s choose the name and type of our data source....
How to Enable and Access Salesforce Analytics Cloud for the First Time
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If you just got Salesforce Analytics Cloud (Wave) provisioned for your org and attempt to find it, you will not be able to right away. You can’t even find it as an app. What could be going on here? You are sure it was installed. Fret not, this quick guide will you show you how...
When to use Salesforce Lightning Connect
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You have heard about Salesforce Lightning Connect. Now you want to know when to use it, or if it is even applicable in your implementation. Just because it’s out there doesn’t mean you have to use it. You should consider using Lightning Connect if it will save you time, money, or resources. Our client, for...
Success with Wave: the Salesforce Analytics Cloud
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A company that sees the value in a CRM system but not in Analytics is going to struggle to see any real value at all. Not seeing value in your investment is like running a business blindly. A good CRM system has high user adoption, is configured to scale as the business grows and changes, and is easy...
Integrate Increasing Data Sources with Lightning Connect
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In this world of increasing data sources; business users, managers, and executives want many data points from disparate data sources at their fingertips. This allows them to make smart, data-driven decisions. After many years of collecting data, companies end up with countless systems such as CRM, accounting, HR, and many more. Herein lies the challenge: How...
What is Salesforce Lightning Connect?
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Salesforce Lightning Connect allows you to setup an external object (which is like an actual object in Salesforce, but is ReadOnly and cannot be used in reports, among other limitations) but the data is not stored in Salesforce. Instead, when a user views a list, related list, or detail page of records of that object; Salesforce Lightning Connect...
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