I recently started doing an online course called Apex Academy by David Liu. During the course, it is recommended to use MavensMate as the best IDE out there for Salesforce development. While I have still quite a ways to go developer wise, I can tell you for sure that MavensMate is the way to go. … Continue reading Development made easy – MavensMate
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Review: Dupe Eliminator by Salesforce Labs
Did you ever want to be able to find duplicates or perform merges on objects other than Leads, Contacts, or Accounts? If the answer is yes, then I can save you the headache of searching 15 more developer forum posts for the solution. Dupe Eliminator by Salesforce Labs is a great free tool that can … Continue reading Review: Dupe Eliminator by Salesforce Labs
A first look at the Summer ’17 release
I recently got a preview org for the Summer '17 release and wanted to share some brief findings that I found interesting. Summer '17 is the release I am deeming the drive towards lightning. While my company is nowhere near moving to Lightning, Salesforce as a company is definitely trying to tell us, Classic folks, soon … Continue reading A first look at the Summer ’17 release
Mass Download Attachments (Tool)
As many of you are aware, shortly (winter '18) Salesforce will require all of its users to use Files as they are phasing out Attachments and Notes. While Salesforce is doing a nice job of releasing a tool in Summer '17 to handle conversion of Attachments to Files, they still have not handled how to … Continue reading Mass Download Attachments (Tool)
How To: Sharing Settings on Junction Objects
How do you allow a user to create and edit on a Junction Object who does not own either of the Master related objects, without using Sharing Rules or Teams?
How to: Rollup Summary of Contacts on Accounts
We have all run into this issue... the desire to know how many Accounts have "x" number of Contacts associated to them. Whether it's for Lead generation or just a desire to know, Salesforce has done a good job of being able to easily obtain this information. Salesforce has a field called Rollup Summary, however, … Continue reading How to: Rollup Summary of Contacts on Accounts
Review: Enabler4Excel
Do you ever have one of those days that you just wish you could do all your data migration to Salesforce directly from Excel? Well, today is your lucky day! Enabler4Excel is the solution to most if not all of your data uploading, updating, downloading, and deleting problems. Enabler4Excel is a product from Xappex, a … Continue reading Review: Enabler4Excel
Review: Salesforce Trailhead
Salesforce Trailhead... where do I even begin?! Out of all the self-help, self-study tools, I have used both during my academic career and professional career, Trailhead has to be at the top of my list of most useful resources for helping me learn something new. Once I knew that I was going to take on … Continue reading Review: Salesforce Trailhead
Review: DreamFactory SnapShot
With many different sandboxes to keep organized, I needed a tool that could help me achieve the following goals: Make pushing change set easier (including push items Salesforce does not usually allow you to push) Be able to compare different orgs to see the differences Be able to run reports on fields to see which are in … Continue reading Review: DreamFactory SnapShot
Using Trailhead to train your employees
Ever since I started working with Salesforce, Trailhead has been my go-to place for learning new things and understanding key ideas about how Salesforce works. As a result, when our Head of IT asked if I could come up with a training solution for our employees, my first thought was to use Trailhead. My initial … Continue reading Using Trailhead to train your employees
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