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Upskill Yourself in this Lockdown...

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Tweet It's all about finding the calm in the Chaos..... In a dark time, the eye begins to see. The words of the American poet Theodore Roethke felt especially resonant during the long weeks of the Great Pause. The well ordered predictable life we had come to take utterly for granted was rudely overturned like a bar after a brawl. Yes, you guessed it right.. The WORLDWIDE   LOCKDOWN!!!!!!!  A s social spaces are now closed and quarantine is being enforced by the government due to the coronavirus, now might be the time for everyone to learn something new, to upskill ourselves, to pursue those long-lost hobbies and to focus on our personal development while working from home. There can be no denying that we are all living in difficult times right now but if we shift our focus from the negatives, this can actually be considered as a golden opportunity for self-learning. Remember the time when we used to  crib about not having enough...

How to start your career in Salesforce?

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Tweet Salesforce being a booming technology nowadays. New customers are signing contracts every single day, and that means that more and more Salesforce Administrators, Developers and Consultants are needed, so I get a lot of questions asking how to start a career in Salesforce? The first question is - What role are you targeting or willing to do when it comes to Salesforce? Do you want to be a Salesforce Admin? Or a Salesforce Developer??                                                      Let's first start with seeing how these roles are different... 1. Salesforce Administrator Salesforce administrator duties  regularly incorporate comprehending client issues, making minor updates, and actualizing significant upgrades through point-and-click design.  2. Salesforce Developers  Many ...

Dynamic Forms in Lightning Record Pages

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Tweet Having problems adding or removing fields and field sections on lightning pages? Tired of page layouts??? Don't worry  DYNAMIC FORMS  are here for your rescue! Wondering what dynamic forms are? Let's start exploring them! Dynamic Forms is a feature released by Salesforce in its summer '20 release. With this feature, admins can add the Field Section and Field components directly in the Lightning App Builder . Now admins do not need to go to page layouts separate for rearranging fields. The visibility filters from App Builder gives you a dynamic show/hide of sections and fields based on other data.  Time to Hop on and get started! 1 . In setup, navigate to Record Page Settings under the 'User Interface' section. Toggle the switch to ON for enabling dynamic forms. Too easy, Isn't it? 2. Navigate to one of the record pages of a custom object. Currently, this feature is only available for custom objects.  3. Click on the settings icon, a popup will open...

Getting started Salesforce Lightning!

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Every once in a while you get an opportunity to work on something great  that changes the game. Something that is hard and risky but meaningful and worthy.  Something like this happened with me when I started my Salesforce Lightning learning journey... Scared...confused.... Salesforce   is the leader in CRM. We have more than 150,000 customers and millions of users, and all of them wanted basically one simple thing: a new, more modern user experience.  What can be better than having an enhanced UI that the users love!  But more than that, Easy Navigation! The result is Lightning . It’s also packed with new features to help you sell faster, work more productively, and make better decisions. Why Salesforce Lightning? Unlike Visualforce, Salesforce Lightning component framework is mobile first framework from group up. It is created to cater to all mobile needs as a primary motive and is equipped to handle related problems/...