This has become a bit of a thing that I do when a new release comes out. It seems that most folks focus on the Lightning side of the release notes, which makes sense since the majority of the new features are geared that way. However, there are still so many companies out there that … Continue reading The Classic Side of Winter ’19 release
Admin Life
FocusonForce Platform Developer 1 Review
I recently passed the Platform Developer 1 cert from Salesforce. I have to contribute quite a bit of that success to the FocusonForce practice exams. I have previously written a review about the FocusonForce practice exams and I wanted to bring an updated review based on the Platform Developer 1 practices. Unlike when I took … Continue reading FocusonForce Platform Developer 1 Review
My journey to becoming a DevAdmin
Last year, while looking through LinkedIn, a trend I had previously noticed, was suddenly becoming even more prominent. Jobs that were labeled as Salesforce Admin positions, even those which require only a few years of experience, are asking for candidates who at a minimum had some knowledge or experience with APEX or even Web APIs … Continue reading My journey to becoming a DevAdmin
Tips to Pass CPQ Maintanence Exams
If you have made the leap and successfully achieved gaining the CPQ Specialist exam certification, congrats! Now on to the next hard thing about CPQ, passing their maintenance exams. Unlike the Admin exam which can be passed with just the release notes, passing the CPQ maintenance exams requires a little bit more practice and finesse. … Continue reading Tips to Pass CPQ Maintanence Exams
Monitor Setup Audit Trail via Email Alerts
In one of the Salesforce orgs that I work on, there are many users who have the System Administrator profile. While this is not a best practice, especially when they are not all actually admins, the need for those folks to have that profile does exist. When you have a lot of people with those … Continue reading Monitor Setup Audit Trail via Email Alerts
The Classic Side of Summer ’18
With every passing release, Salesforce produces fewer and fewer features that are beneficial for the Classic users. Instead, they focus primarily on new features just for Lightning. Since I know that many companies out there are still using Classic and are not ready yet to move to Lightning, I'd like to call out the changes … Continue reading The Classic Side of Summer ’18
5 Practice Problems for APEX Triggers
As part of my journey from a "Point and Click Admin" to a "Dev Admin", I wanted to be able to get more hands-on challenges for triggers than what Trailhead provides. Fortunately for me, I have some very good resources available to me and from such was able to get five different APEX trigger scenarios … Continue reading 5 Practice Problems for APEX Triggers
Demistfying the Can’t Convert Lead Error
Have you ever gotten this error message when trying to convert a lead? Error when converting: We can't convert this lead because some values are restricted on the contact, account, or opportunity The actual meaning behind this error is that there is a selected picklist value on the Lead record which is trying to map … Continue reading Demistfying the Can’t Convert Lead Error
My first TrailheaDX Experience!
Last week was TrailheaDX 2018 and this was my first time going to the full conference experience from Salesforce (besides Expo). I have to say, it was definitely worth it! My experience went a little something like this: 7am - got on a train to San Francisco to hopefully make it to a 9am event … Continue reading My first TrailheaDX Experience!
Attending TrailHeaDX!!!
I will be attending TrailheaDX Wednesday and Thursday. Expect full coverage in the upcoming weeks! If you want to chat, leave a comment or send me an email!
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