Salesforce Terms

Question 1

Define an Org

Answer 1

An instance of Salesforce.

- Each org holds record data, configuration, and customization for that particular customer.

Question 2

Define a Trial Production Org

Answer 2

An org that potential customers can use before deciding to purchase Salesforce.
- We can write code in these orgs

Question 3

Define a Developer Edition Org

Answer 3

An edition of a Salesforce org that is free to create and use.
- They are primarily used for developers to publish managed packages to AppExchange

Question 4

Define a Trailhead Playground

Answer 4

A special kind of Developer Edition that is primarily used for challenges in Trailhead Badges

Question 5

Define an App (in Salesforce)

Answer 5

A collection of tabs

- A set of fields, objects, and other functionality to support a business process.

Question 6

Define an Object

Answer 6

Analogous to a table in the database and contains a set of standard(and/or custom) fields.

Question 7

Define a Standard Object

Answer 7

An object that comes included in our org and contain standard fields.
- We can create custom fields on standard objects, but standard objects have some restrictions compared to custom objects.

Question 8

Define a Custom Object

Answer 8

An object that we create to extend the Salesforce platform.

- By default, these objects include standard fields such as name, owner, etc.

Question 9

Define a Record

Answer 9

Analogous to a row in a table.

- an instance of an object

Question 10

Define a Field

Answer 10

Analogous to a column in a table.

- A place where we store a value that describes the object