As part of the Winter '21 release anyone who has Salesforce CPQ or Advanced Approval packages will be required to make updates to their system. This includes licenses, permission sets, and profiles. The information you will see below is based on the CPQ package, but the same logic pertains for the Advanced Approvals package. NOT … Continue reading Winter ’21 Changes for CPQ Licensing
Admin Life
What is the difference between Managed License and Permission Set License
If you have ever installed a package from the App Exchange that has a specified number of licenses that can be given out to users then you are probably familiar with a Managed License. A managed license is a license required to be given to a user in order for that user to have access … Continue reading What is the difference between Managed License and Permission Set License
The New Salesforce Optimizer App
The Optimizer app is an app provided for free by Salesforce. It is accessible through Setup when in the Lightning interface. The Optimizer app gives you a rundown on how your system is configured and where improvements can be made. Before the Summer '20 release, Salesforce only offered the Optimizer functionality as a report that … Continue reading The New Salesforce Optimizer App
How to Setup Multi-Currency
Multi-currency is a feature that comes with Salesforce that is very useful if your company either is multiple countries with different currencies or simply sells in more than one currency. Below I am going to walk you through the basic steps of setting up a secondary currency using GBP (Great British Pound). Go to Setup … Continue reading How to Setup Multi-Currency
How to: In-App Guidance
In the Winter '20 release for Salesforce, In-App Guidance was launched. This is a tool that enables you to add prompts throughout Salesforce to help provide useful guiding information to your users where and when they need it most. The Summer '20 release extends the functionality in two ways. One for those who do not … Continue reading How to: In-App Guidance
My Summer ’20 Favorites
The Summer '20 release did get pushed out this year due to Covid-19, however, we are finally in those initial phases where we get to see from the release notes what is coming out and potentially play with using a Salesforce Preview Org. I am going to share my favorite release items and let you … Continue reading My Summer ’20 Favorites
Profile and Permission Set Helper (Update)
*** You will need Lightning enabled and My Domain enabled for this app to work*** In 2018 I wrote a post about a tool put out by Salesforce Labs that was designed to help you convert your Profiles to Permissions sets. Well, thanks to a reader who called to my attention some changes to the … Continue reading Profile and Permission Set Helper (Update)
Task Queue in Spring ’20 – Not what you might think
Updated 7/3/2020 - at the bottom of the post As of the Spring '20 release, we, admins can finally provide users the ability to assign tasks to queues. For those wondering what a queue is, it is a way of routing records to a specific group of people, roles, or public groups, that enables you … Continue reading Task Queue in Spring ’20 – Not what you might think
How to setup VS Code for Salesforce
I recently had to re-install VS Code in order to complete the Winter '20 Platform Dev I maintenance exam and I found that the instructions for getting all of the pieces together are a bit jumbled, so here are my steps for getting VS Code set up with Salesforce installed and ready for creating Lightning … Continue reading How to setup VS Code for Salesforce
Permission Set Groups – Spring ’20 Release
In the Spring '20 release from Salesforce, Permission Set Groups will finally be GA (generally available). This is fantastic news because these groups are going to save all of us admins so much time and headache when it comes to assigning permission sets. You may be wondering what a permission set is or what a … Continue reading Permission Set Groups – Spring ’20 Release
