Here, you will find crumbs and tidbits of Salesforce tips…
Snippet #1
Always provide a description, where provided. You will thank yourself next time when you try to remember what you configured. Also, it helps when admin peers or future admins reference it or troubleshoot what was configured.
03/23/2021
Snippet #2
With spring21, the character limit for Field Level Help Text increased from 255 to 510.
Help Text is the text displayed when a user hovers the mouse over the Info icon that appears next to the field.
03/25/2021
Snippet #3
To make Setup as your default landing page:
Navigate to User Avatar => Settings => Display & Layout => Customize My Pages => Select Make Setup My Default Landing Page
OR
Navigate to User Record => Edit => Select the checkbox ‘Make Setup My Default Landing Page’
03/27/2021
Snippet #4
Enable autocomplete address fields:
Navigate to Setup => Maps and Location Settings => Edit => Enable autocomplete on standard address fields => Save
Note: To enable auto complete address fields, maps and location services must be enabled.
03/31/2021
Snippet #5
The character limit for sandbox name is 10
04/15/2021
Snippet #6
Add comments in Validation Rules and Formulas using Syntax:
/* this is the comment */
04/19/2021
Snippet #7
Save time and frustration by Turning on Field History Tracking for important fields on key objects.
05/03/2021
Snippet #8
Keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate in flow.
| Windows | Mac | |
| Zoom In | Press Ctrl = | Press Command = |
| Zoom Out | Press Ctrl – | Press Command – |
| Zoom to Fit | Press Ctrl 0 | Press Command 0 |
| Zoom to View | Press Ctrl 1 | Press Command 1 |
To view all the available keyboard shortcuts, click on the flow canvas and press the forward slash (/)
06/30/2021
Snippet #9
With Winter 22 release, subject line in a lightning email template can contain up to 1,000 characters (only 230 characters previously).
09/26/2021
Snippet #10
To check access for specific records based on a specific user, we can use the below query.
Select RecordId, HasReadAccess, HasEditAccess, HasDeleteAccess From UserRecordAccess Where UserId = [User ID] AND RecordId = [Record ID]Snippet #11
Do you know this?
For the Organizations that were created after Summer’08, Logins are limited to 3,600 per hour per user.
Snippet #12
How to query all fields of a record(s)?
FIELDS(ALL) – This queries all the fields of an object.
FIELDS(STANDARD) – This queries all standard fields of an object.
FIELDS(CUSTOM) – This queries all custom fields of an object.
The SOQL FIELDS function must have a LIMIT of at most 200.
Select FIELDS(ALL) from Account LIMIT 200Snippet #13
Dynamic Dashboard Limit per Salesforce edition (as of Winter’23)
Developer Edition – 3
Enterprise Edition – 5
Professional Edition – 10
Unlimited Edition – 10
Query to check how many Dynamic Dashboards are in use:
SELECT FolderName,Title,CreatedDate,CreatedBy.Name FROM Dashboard WHERE Type = 'LoggedInUser'
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