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Salesforce Data Loader

Salesforce Data Loader: An essential data manipulation tool

Salesforce is a robust CRM platform, and for developers and data scientists who wish to manipulate Salesforce data for various purposes, understanding data loaders is essential. Salesforce DataLoader is an essential tool provided by Salesforce for managing your organization’s data. Whether you’re an administrator, a developer, or an end-user, understanding the DataLoader can enhance your… Read More »Salesforce Data Loader: An essential data manipulation tool

Salesforce History Tracking

Salesforce History Tracking Tutorial

Salesforce history tracking is a feature that enables administrators and users to monitor the changes made to specific fields in records. It provides a clear audit trail of data modifications which is critical for various business processes. Here’s a closer look at the benefits of Salesforce history tracking.   1. Accountability With history tracking, organizations… Read More »Salesforce History Tracking Tutorial

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Best Practices for Salesforce Formulas: A Guide for Admins and Developers

Salesforce formulas play a crucial role in customization and automation within the platform. They allow you to define calculated values, customize data displays, set conditions for automation, and much more. Whether you’re an admin or a developer, understanding best practices around Salesforce formulas is imperative. Let’s dive in. 1. Keep it Simple Understand the Purpose:… Read More »Best Practices for Salesforce Formulas: A Guide for Admins and Developers

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Understanding the Role of a Salesforce Administrator

If you’ve recently started a company and are considering implementing or managing Salesforce, one of the first hires you might contemplate is a Salesforce Administrator. Salesforce, the world’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, is robust and versatile, but to unlock its full potential, you’ll need an expert at the helm. That’s where the Salesforce… Read More »Understanding the Role of a Salesforce Administrator

Salesforce Marketing Cloud: Turbocharge your Marketing

Salesforce Marketing Cloud: A Comprehensive Overview Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) is a robust customer relationship management (CRM) platform specifically designed to aid businesses in streamlining their marketing efforts across various channels. From email campaigns to advertising, this cloud-based solution provides the necessary tools to ensure you can reach your audience effectively. In this article, we… Read More »Salesforce Marketing Cloud: Turbocharge your Marketing

Salesforce AI Day

Salesforce AI Cloud: 16 products on the roadmap

Just this week, Marc Benioff, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce, spearheaded the Salesforce AI Day with an intention to showcase the future of dependable enterprise AI, complete with live demonstrations and thought-provoking dialogues. The highlight of the event was the introduction of the Salesforce AI Cloud. This is touted as the quickest and most reliable… Read More »Salesforce AI Cloud: 16 products on the roadmap

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Salesforce End of Life of Permissions on Profiles

Salesforce recently announced that the Spring ’26 release would mark the end of life (EOL) for permissions on profiles. Cheryl Feldman (Product Manager at Salesforce) who is the pioneer behind this big transformation had something to say on her blog. Let’s dive into it. What is a profile? A user’s capabilities within Salesforce are determined… Read More »Salesforce End of Life of Permissions on Profiles

Salesforce Service Oriented Architecture

Service Oriented Architecture in Salesforce Development

Service Oriented Architecture in Salesforce Development Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a software design and software architecture design pattern based on distinct pieces of software providing application functionality as services to other applications. This approach is used to build an architecture based on the use of services, which are self-contained, modular units of software that… Read More »Service Oriented Architecture in Salesforce Development

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Schedule Apex in Salesforce: A Technical Guide for Developers

Apex is a programming language provided by Salesforce that allows developers to execute flow and transaction control statements on the Salesforce platform. Scheduled Apex is used to execute Apex code at a specific time or intervals. This tutorial will provide a detailed explanation of Schedule Apex in Salesforce, with code examples and step-by-step instructions. Prerequisites… Read More »Schedule Apex in Salesforce: A Technical Guide for Developers

Salesforce Glossary

Salesforce Glossary

Apex: Salesforce’s proprietary, object-oriented programming language for developers. API (Application Programming Interface): A set of rules that allow programs to talk to each other. Salesforce offers several APIs, such as the Bulk API, REST API, and SOAP API. AppExchange: Salesforce’s online marketplace for third-party apps built on the Salesforce platform. Batch Apex: A way of… Read More »Salesforce Glossary

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Common Apex String Methods

Salesforce Apex has a variety of methods available to manipulate and analyze strings. Here are a few commonly used string methods: length(): This method returns the number of characters in the specified string.Example: String str = ‘Hello, World!’; System.debug(str.length()); // Outputs 13 startsWith(String prefix): This method checks whether the string starts with the specified prefix.… Read More »Common Apex String Methods

Salesforce Devops Best Practices

DevOps practices for Salesforce deployments can be quite different from traditional software development due to Salesforce’s unique architecture and characteristics. Here are some best practices for Salesforce DevOps: Source Control: All Salesforce code and metadata should be stored in a version control system like Git. This provides a history of changes, allows for easy rollbacks,… Read More »Salesforce Devops Best Practices

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Understanding Salesforce Platform Events

Salesforce provides a robust event-driven architecture that supports real-time, asynchronous intercommunication between various systems. Central to this architecture are Platform Events, which are predefined, secure, and standardized messages to be published and consumed by various Salesforce apps and processes. In this tutorial, we’ll go through a detailed understanding of Salesforce Eventing and Platform Events. Event… Read More »Understanding Salesforce Platform Events

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What are Salesforce Communities?

Salesforce Community Cloud is a software product that allows companies to build branded communities where they can share information and users can connect and collaborate. The Salesforce Communities platform is built on the Salesforce Customer 360 platform and is integrated with the Salesforce CRM, allowing users to engage with the Salesforce data and business processes.… Read More »What are Salesforce Communities?