Modifying columns in Potential Duplicates Component
I was searching the web on how to modify the columns shown in the Potential Duplicates Lightning Component but didn’t find too much useful information. Mathias Del Maso finally found out how to do it, so I thought to share this. Thanks, Mathias for bringing this to my attention. Out of the box, Salesforce provides […]
How to grow from Junior Consultant to Senior Salesforce Consultant effectively
Moving up the consulting ladder is no longer a matter of the years you are working. It’s all about the work you do, the network you build, the contacts you make, and the attitude you have to excel and advance. Moreover, your ability to empower, support, and coach others! Advancing from a junior position to […]
Resources to study for passing Salesforce Platform Developer I certification exam
Preparing for the Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification exam? As always, this raises the question “What do I need to study and where can I find any good resources?”. As a good habit, I developed over the last years I try to start the year off with a bang and getting a new certification always […]
How to deal with the case insensitive VLOOKUP in Excel when preparing a Salesforce datafix?
As a Salesforce administrator you are probably confronted with a lot of data files in Salesforce on a daily basis, just like me. And what #awesomeadmins ALWAYS do before import data into Salesforce is preparing the file for import! As a Salesforce administrator you are probably confronted with a lot of data files in Salesforce […]
The not-so-scary Visualforce Email Template as Order Confirmation Email
Almost every Salesforce admin knows how to create an email template which can then be used in Workflow Rules, Process Builder, Visual Flow or just manually from the “Send email” button in the activity history related list. Actually when creating an email template you’ve got 4 options: Text HTML (with a letterhead) Custom (without using […]
Skip the pricebook selection page and go directly to productsearch depending on fieldvalues
In case you use different pricebooks and products in your Salesforce org, there may come a time that you wish you could set a pricebook and go to the product search page without having the user select a pricebook from a click of a button. In case you use different pricebooks and products in your […]
Creating Conditional Custom Buttons in Salesforce: some use cases
As a Salesforce Admin you sometimes wish you could create a custom button on an object that does one thing depending on a certain condition or does something else if the condition is not met. This is possible but mostly requires some javascript knowledge. A lot of new admins, including myself at one time, depend […]
A lesser known Visualforce pageBlock attribute called “mode”
For those of you who create Visualforce pages to extend default Salesforce functionality and who want to be as close to the standard layouts of the user interface, this little baby might come in handy to know ???? When you create a pageBlock in VisualForce you might have noticed that the background is LIGHT GRAY […]
Create an approval notification with Visualforce Email Template containing Quote and QuoteLineItems
Have you ever had the following business requirement? You all know that when you submit a record for approval you can have an email notification sent to the approver with some mergefields of the record to be approved and a link that takes the approver immediately to the approvalpage. But what if that email should […]
The hidden Salesforce feature that saved me from going mental: Defer Sharing Calculations!
I guess it’s one of those features that you only get to know about when you get into a situation like I have I call this a “hidden” feature because it’s one of those features you have to ask to enable through submitting a case at Salesforce Support. And if you Google hard enough with the […]