Configuration & Setup Flashcards
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Company Settings Options (list what they are)
1) Business Hours
2) Public Calendars & Resources (Resource calendar)
3) Company Information (licenses, etc.)
4) Data Protection & Privacy
5) Fiscal Years
6) Holiday Days
7) Language Settings
8) Currency Management
9) My Domain
Locales
- Where located?
- What does it control the language & format of?
- What level is it set at?
Company Information Page
Locale controls the language and format of
- date
- time
- address
- currency (only if single currency in use)
- name
- number fields
Default Locale set at org level, but user locale settings override
Company Defaults (where set?)
Company defaults are set on the Company Information page
New users use the company default settings
Language Support Levels
3 levels:
- fully supported (all features displayed in selected language) - currently 18
- end user (translations for setup, help, all STANDARD object field labels and pages) - currently 17
- platform (for CUSTOM stuff. possible to provide translations for customizations and standard fields, but not informational text or non-field label text - if no translation provided, falls back to English) - over 100
Translation Workbench used to apply translations. Addtl. languages beyond company default must be enabled in Language Settings before they can be selected. Any in use cannot be deactivated.
Org ID
15-character unique identifier found on the Company Information page
Different across environments (e.g., Development, Test, and Production)
Used for support, enabling features
User Licenses (what are they & where/how assigned & where to see which have been allocated)
Define baseline of features available to a user.
Each user must be assigned ONE license when being created.
See which have been allocated in Company Information page (total, used, and remaining)
Feature Licenses (what are they & where/how assigned & where to see which have been allocated)
Grant access to additional features not included in a standard license (e.g. Marketing, Knowledge, CRM content).
Assigned via checkboxes in user’s profile.
See which have been allocated in Company Information page (total, used, and remaining)
Permission Set Licenses (what are they & where/how assigned & where to see which have been allocated)
Gradually grant users access to tools & functions not included in their user licenses. Extend access without changing profiles.
Assigned via checkboxes in user’s profile.
See which have been allocated in Company Information page (total, used, and remaining)
Salesforce API (what is it, which editions, where to see limits/events & how they’re determined)
Application Programming Interface.
Allows access programatically instead of using the user interface. (E.g. bulk data loading tools like Data Loader, integration tools like Informatica, etc.)
Limits in 24-hour period are based on edition & number of user licenses.
Available for Developer, Unlimited, Performance, Enterprise editions. (“Can’t DUPE the API”)
See events in Company Information page.
Time Zone (where set?)
Org default set in Company Information page.
Users can change their own personal time zone.
Currencies (where set & what kinds)
Company Information page > Currency Locale
Single currency is default
Multi-currency must be enabled by a system administrator in the Company Information page. Irreversible change (“Advanced Currency Management”).
Currencies must be made active to use them.
Reporting & forecasting can be done in the record currency AND corporate currency.
Where can you input available currencies, set the Corporate Currency, and set exchange rates?
“Manage Currencies”
Where can you add new exchange rates values with a start date?
“Manage Dated Exchange Rates”
Business Hours and Holidays (what are they/where defined/how used)
When users are available to support customers and are the basis for computation of support processes hours.
Part of Company Settings.
Can be defined in case records.
Used in case escalation rules (holidays excluded)
Used in entitlement processes
Standard Fiscal Year
Follow Gregorian calendar (12 month structure)
Can start on the first day of ANY MONTH
Can be named for starting or ending year/month
Custom Fiscal Year
(and what it impacts)
“Fiscal Year” page
Defined using custom periods
Can be based on existing template or modified existing template
Irreversible to enable.
Impacts forecasts, reports, and quotas.
After enabling, all existing forecasts & quotas from the first period of that year forward will be deleted, but forecasts for periods before the first custom fiscal year are not deleted.
Data Storage (how used, exceptions, Enterprise limit)
Used by creating records
Most records use 2KB of storage, except:
- Person Account (4KB)
- Articles (4KB)
- Campaigns (8KB)
- Email Messages (according to the size of the email)
Enterprise Limit: 10GB plus 20MB per user license
File Storage (how used, Enterprise limit)
Used by storing files
- Attachments
- Documents tab
- Files tab
- Content
- Chatter (incl. user photos)
- Site.com assets
Enterprise Limit: 10GB plus 2GB per user license
Big Object
If used, up to 1 million big object records can be stored. Addtl. capacity purchasable. Usually used in write-once, read-many situations (archives, etc.)
Default Language (where it’s set)
Set on Company Information page and will be applied to new users.
Language Translation (name of the tool)
Translation Workbench - allows translations to be applied to custom fields, labels, and translations from managed packages and custom picklist values
Changing Display Language & Time Zone (user process)
My Settings > Personal > Language & Time Zone
Usage-Based Entitlement (what is it)
A limited resource that your org can use on a periodic basis
User Currency (what is it, where set, where can it be used)
Corporate Currency is defined; users may set their own in personal settings under Language & Time Zone on their Personal Information page.
Can be used in:
- reports
- quotes
- forecasts
- other records that use currency amounts
Exchange Rates (where set)
Manage Currencies page
Dated Exchange Rates (where set)
First, enable Advanced Currency Management
Then, Manage Dated Exchange Rates (tracks exchange rate at the date opportunities close)
Multi-Currency in Reports (two types)
Primary currency: default corporate currency OR currency selected for the record
Secondary currency: personal default currency (of user running report) OR currency specified in the report criteria
Storage Usage (where to find)
“Storage Usage” under Setup
What does the default locale configuration impact?
Format of Date, Time, Number, Phone Number, Name and Address fields
What do business hours and holidays impact?
Business hours and holidays are used in calculations to determine when to escalate a case or when an entitlement milestone is reached.
What are the options to define fiscal years?
Standard or custom fiscal years. Standard fiscal years are based on a monthly structure and can start on any month. Custom Fiscal years can use a different structure such as quarters.
What level of language support does Salesforce provide, and how is a user’s language setting controlled?
Salesforce offers a number of Fully Supported, End User and Platform Only languages. The language on the Company Settings page is applied to new users, but it can be overriden in My Settings.
What is the Salesforce API?
The API (Application Programming Interface) is a way of accessing Salesforce programmatically and is used by Data Loading and Integration tools.
What is the organization ID?
A unique 15 character identifier that identifies each Salesforce organization and is different in each environment.
What time zone is used for new users?
The time zone for new users is set using default time zone on the Company Settings page, but users can override it in My Settings.
Why would multi-currency be used?
Multi-currency is used to be able to add amounts in different currencies on records and be able to forecast and report using the corporate currency or record currency.
Why would advanced currency management be used?
Advanced currency management allows dated exchange rates to be recorded to track the amounts when opportunities were closed.
What are the types of licenses?
User, Feature, and Permission Set licenses.
How is storage managed in Salesforce?
Salesforce has two categories of storage, Data and File storage. Records use Data Storage and File Storage is used by Attachments, Documents, Files, Content and Chatter.
How can users set their correct time zones if the organization default is set to a different time zone?
Under My Settings, users can set their own time zones to override the organizational default.
Default Record Page View (two options, where set, overriding)
Full View OR Grouped View
Setup > Record Page Settings
To override a default view, Custom Lightning record page can be created for a specified object & activated using Lightning App Builder
User Interface Settings (name a few important ones)
Enable Hover Details (enables summary when hovering over a record link; fields displayed determined by compact page layout)
Enable Inline Editing (pencil icon will appear if a cell is editable while hovering over the cell)
Enable Enhanced Lists (sets inline editing to be available in list views)
Disable Navigation Bar Personalization in Lightning Experience (exactly what it sounds like)
Enable Printable List Views
Enable Salesforce Notification Banner
Compact Layout Settings (determines what)
Determines which fields are included in hover details (first 7)
Lightning Experience Navigation Bar (what can it contain)
Can contain most of the following:
- Standard Objects
- Custom Objects
- Lightning Component Tabs
- Web Tabs
- Utilities like Lightning Voice
- Lightning page tabs
- Canvas apps
- Visualforce tabs
Usually a horizontal navigation bar used to access the items and functionality in the app
App Navigation Bar (what is customizable?)
Horizontal bar within an app.
- Custom apps
- Interface (color & logo for each Lightning app)
- Navigation items (rearrangeable & utility bar in the footer can be enabled by adding a utility item to the app)
- App Access is assigned to user profiles
- Rename & remove items (except the ones added by admin by default)
Where do you view, create, and customize apps?
Setup > App Manager
How do you define access to an app?
Via the app’s visibility settings (user profiles) or permission sets.
Utility Bar (what does it do, where is it set, where does it display)
Allows access to common productivity tools
Set in Lightning App Builder.
Displays at the bottom of the screen (right or left)
Temporary Tabs (what are they, what can you do with them)
Used to access relevant items from the navigation bar; displayed with an asterisk *
Can be made permanent in the navigation bar via “Add to Nav Bar”
Lightning Experience App Launcher (what is it, how is it customized, how is app access & visibility determined)
Lets you switch between apps
Apps that appear can be changed via Setup > App Menu
App access depends on each app’s visibility settings & user permissions. (Profile or permission sets)
Apps can be made visible or hidden for all users
Apps can be dragged & sorted by users
Apps are large tiles under “All Apps” while other items show up under “All Items”
Where are themes set? Where don’t they work? How can you override them?
Setup > User Interface > Themes and Branding
Admins can choose from built-in themes or create a custom theme with brand logo, images, colors, and background.
Only one can be active at a time, they don’t apply to mobile, and apps can override a custom theme’s brand image & nav bar color with the app’s.
In-App Guidance (where located, what pages can they be assigned to, who can make them)
Setup > User Engagement > In-App Guidance
Interactive tour via step-by-step prompts
Can be assigned to a specific record type, on a specific page or app, or any page or app
Manage Prompts permission required & a myTrailhead subscription for more than 3 custom walkthroughs.
Direct links can be shared.
In-App Guidance (types)
Single prompt or walkthrough (multiple steps)
In-App Guidance (prompt types)
floating
docked
targeted
Guidance Center
Guides admins in setting up & enhancing the org and provides tailored recommendations.
How can lookup search results be made more relevant?
Via lookup filters, which restrict valid values & lookup dialog results for relationship fields, and dependent lookups, which include a lookup filter that references field(s) on the source object record.
Search Layout (where set up, what’s customizable)
Set up via Object Manager or Setup > Einstein Search > Search Layouts
Customizable:
- Fields in a record’s instant results preview
- Fields that can be filtered (shown as columns on search results page)
- Fields shown in a recommended result
- The secondary field in instant results (always the related account for contacts and opportunities)
Profile-specific layouts can be created for each object.
List View Button Layout (where set up, what’s customizable)
Can be edited in the Object Manager per object
Standard buttons can be selected or removed.
New custom list buttons can be created.
List view actions can be selected.
Einstein Search features are available in which editions?
In Lightning Experience in Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions.
Search Manager (where set up, what’s it do)
Setup > Search Manager
View all searchable objects and the search status of each field.
Record List Display Types
Table/list view
Kanban view
Split view
List View Features
- Search Bar
- Show Charts
- Inline Editing
- Filters
- Import
- List Email
Where do you change List View Button Layout?
Object Manager > the object you want to change the view for
What are the steps to create a custom list view?
- Create and name a new list view or clone an existing list view (settings drop-down).
- Select the List View sharing.
- Add List View filters.
- Select the fields to display.
- Optionally create a list view chart.
- Use Sharing Settings to adjust visibility if required.
What is the Lightning App Builder? How is it accessed? What can it be used to customize?
Tool used to build & configure Lightning apps & custom pages.
It’s accessed via Setup > User Interface > Lightning App Builder
It can customize:
- Lightning Apps (can edit them directly)
- Lightning Pages (using the Pages menu)
- Visibility Rules (app, home, and record pages can be made dynamic by setting visibility rules for components)
- Component Visibility (based on standard & custom user permissions)
- Collapsible sections (via Accordion component)
What are the steps to create a custom home page?
- Create a new Home page or clone an existing Home page.
- Select a standard or custom template.
- Add components to the layout.
- Optionally set component visibility.
- Activate the Home page.
- Set as default for Org, App or App/Profile combination.
Where are the Home Page settings located? What are the options for assigning them?
Setup > Feature Settings > Home
Assigned as org default, app default, or via app & profile combinations.
What’s the Lightning Usage App?
Helps with monitoring adoption metrics & page performance.
- Activity
- Usage
What’s the Lightning Page Analysis tool?
Calculates page performance of a Record Page and IDs the components that have the most impact on page load time.
Accessible via Lightning App Builder.
What has to exist for a Lightning component or page in order to add it to the navigation bar of an app or the navigation menu of the Salesforce mobile app?
A tab! Setup > Tabs
What are the two types of actions?
Global actions (available in places like the home page, have no automatic relationship with any record)
Object-specific actions (allow creating a record related to the object for which the action is created)
Global Actions (where set up, what do they do, where accessible)
Setup > Global Actions
Can be added to any page that supports actions.
Allow creation of object records without any auto relationship
Available from home page, Chatter tab & groups, object pages, and custom Lightning app pages.
What are some things that Global Actions can perform?
- Create a Standard or Custom Object Record
- Log a call
- Send an email
- Display a Visualforce page
- Display a Custom Canvas
- Launch a Lightning Component
Where are global actions’ layouts customized?
Setup > User Interface > Global Actions > Publisher Layouts
Global Publisher Layouts can be assigned by profile.
What are Mass Quick Actions?
Performed on a Recently Viewed list, up to 100 records can be selected in a list view and have a mass update performed on them.
What are Dynamic Actions used for?
To control the visibility of Action buttons on a record page based on the values on the record.
What are Object-Specific Actions?
Actions used by users to create or update records in the context of a particular object. Records created are automatically associated with related records.
What must be done in order for an Object-Specific Action to display?
It needs to be added to the Publisher Actions section of the object’s page layout (in Object Manager), and “Override global publisher layout” must be ticked.
Where are object-specific actions’ layouts configured from?
Setup > Object Manager > (Object) > Buttons, Links, and Actions
What’s a Sandbox?
A separate environment that’s a copy of a production organization, used for development and testing.
There are different types, based on storage limit, initial data, and refresh interval, the availability of which depends on the org edition.