Salesforce Configuration Flashcards
Which fields 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 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?
using default time zone on the Company Settings page, but users can override it in My Settings.
Why would multi-currency be used?
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?
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?
two categories of storage,
Data and File storage. Records use Data Storage
File Storage is used by Attachments, Documents, Files, Content and Chatter.
How can users set their current 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.
Where can users perform record search?
Global searches most information;
List View Search looks for a record within a list view;
Lookup search allows searching of related records from a lookup field.
What do the user interface settings control?
General User Interface, Sidebar (Classic Only) and Calendar
What is the global layout?
the set of actions that can be used if an action layout has not been overridden.
The global layout can be customized, and multiple publisher layouts can be defined and assigned to different profiles.
What are some of the search settings that can be enabled or customized?
Number of search results displayed,
Document Content Search,
Recently Viewed Records,
Search Optimization,
Limit search to records owned by the user
What actions and features are available on a list view?
Edit, Delete and Follow records, Sort, Filter, Create Printable View
What are the different types of search layouts?
Search Results (Classic UI),
Lookup Dialog (Classic UI),
Lookup Phone Dialog (Classic UI),
Tab (Classic UI),
List View and
Search Filter Fields (Lightning Experience UI)
Where can an app’s logo and navigation bar color be changed?
‘App Manager’ in Setup
Where can the apps that appear in the Lightning Experience App Launcher be changed?
‘App Menu’ in Setup
What can be used to create, customize and assign home pages to different profiles in Lightning Experience?
Lightning App Builder
What types of custom components can be added to the home page layout?
Links, Images, HTML, and Visualforce
How can a user look for a company in a List View by Keyword?
By using the List View Search Bar at the top of the List View.