If you've ever had to layout any sort of user interface or done any wireframing, and you haven't tried Balsamiq, you're missing out! …
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I’ve got my first TrailheaDX under my belt, and I must say, it was worth the trip. My main takeaway was that if you’re not on Lightning, you better have plans to make a move. …
This was my fourth time attending the awesomeness that is Dreamforce. For those that count by bands, my first Dreamforce was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. However, this was my first year attending Dreamforce as a consultant. Having clients at the conference definitely put a new spin on things. Before, I was just there to absorb sessions and meet the occasional vendor. This year, I had the opportunity to meet clients and put personalities to names. …
The article below is a great post over on the Force.com blogs about record ownership. I know many people have talked about and do have one ‘user’ account that owns most or all records such as accounts in some orgs, maybe a ‘ABC Co. Sales Systems’ user. This usually stems from needing a user account for integrations, and this is the user account that is chosen to generate the accounts through some API service. The problem is that the accounts …
Took the Advanced Admin Certification test today (and passed!) but I must say it was a trying experience! During the exam the Internet connection at the testing center went down a couple times, the last time causing the instructor to have to log back into my test with only two questions left. I couldn’t help but to think that I was going to have to redo the test the entire time he was setting everything back up. Also, I fortunately …
If you’re like me, having to dig around to find the right password for your Production org or Sandbox can get annoying! Using a URL hack, you can easily save your username and password inside a bookmark and log right in with one click. WARNING: This method stores your password insecurely in plain text! You SHOULD NOT use this trick on a computer that is shared by more than one person, or leave your computer unattended without being secured. Use this …
Great blog post/interview by Mike Gerholdt on Salesforce Permission sets! It’s called the Permissioner and we’ve noticed that through the last bunch of months that dealing with a bunch of customers and clients that we have been teaching them and educating them about permission sets and we would show them and they would love it! And then you know they would have about 30-40 users that they would want to assign a permission set to. You know a very simple permission set …
I start my Salesforce.com DEV401 class Monday. Looking forward to it! …