As each year comes to an end, it’s time to start planning for the new year. Unfortunately, creating an annual plan can seem like a scary, tedious and time consuming process. If you’re like many others having trouble creating a plan, don’t worry – we've got your solution right here! Here’s a quick guide to creating your plan in the next 15 … [Read more...]
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Dreamforce 2013 – It’s time to pack!!
At this year's Dreamforce 2013 event, Salesforce.com is expecting a new record for attendance - over 120,000 attendees are expected! When I think about seeing that many people in such close proximity, I tend to feel a bit anxious (strange, given that I grew up in Mumbai, a city teeming with over 20 million people!) The project manager in me has … [Read more...]
Preparing for the Salesforce.com Developer 401 Exam
I recently passed the Salesforce.com (SFDC) DEV 401 Certification exam and wanted to share my secrets to success. Not too long ago I posted an article on Preparing for the Salesforce.com Administrator Exam and a lot of the ideas there apply to this exam as well. From my experience with the Salesforce.com certification exams, I think SFDC does a … [Read more...]
Great Open Source Tool for Salesforce.com: Workbench
Force.com and the Setup menu within a Salesforce.com organization have a lot of tools for administrators and developers to leverage to accomplish a variety of tasks. Tasks such as: View object METADATA View actual object data/records Search for specific data Develop APEX classes Develop APEX triggers Develop APEX unit tests … [Read more...]
How does Salesforce.com do it?
I have always been impressed with the architecture and design of the Salesforce.com platform ever since I started looking at it. The multitenant solutions they have found to common problems such as: how to handle security at an organization, user, profile and field levels how to manage data between the client and the backend (ORM) how to … [Read more...]
Preparing for the Salesforce.com Administrator Exam
When I first started looking at Salesforce.com I was quickly overwhelmed with the various editions, platforms, logins, clouds, apps and a million other topics surrounding this awesome SaaS platform. Where was I to begin? Well, I'm a developer by trade so I naturally started looking at all the developer related materials and progressed through the … [Read more...]
Salesforce.com – Setup User Signature Template for your Organization
Question: I want to send e-mails to my Leads and Contacts from within Salesforce with my standard e-mail signature, but the OOB e-mail signature does not support HTML. I want to add a mailto and website link as well as our company logo, any ideas? Answer: You can achieve this with an HTML e-mail template per user or you can setup one … [Read more...]