Did you know you can leverage keySet() with an aggregate SOQL query and a field alias to create a set consisting of a non-ID field or even a parent or grandparent ID field?
Apex: Leveraging keySet() To Skip Loops & Perform magic Read More »
Have you ever tried to tease out parent fields from a Salesforce polymorphic reference field using a SOQL query? If so, did you lose any hair during the process? Learn how to get at those fields using TYPEOF and Apex!
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I was skimming questions on the Salesforce Trailblazer Community the other day when a post caught my eye. The person posting the question detailed how she couldn’t find a case record she absolutely knew existed.
Tracking Down Ghosts in Salesforce: ALL ROWS Read More »
I saved the best for last. Aggregate queries will supercharge your SOQL skills and make you — dare I say — The. Best. Admin. Ever.
SOQL 101 for Salesforce Admins — Part 3 Read More »
In Part 2, I’m going to show you how to pull in fields from related objects. As you can imagine, this can be super helpful when you want to (1) expand the scope of your query (see more data!) and (2) filter on fields beyond the object you’re starting with.
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Learn Your Next Admin Superpower What if I told you SOQL could be your next Admin superpower? Even better, what if I told you it was super easy to learn? It’s true. SOQL is awesome and easy to learn. And knowing SOQL will give you an edge whenever you need to pull and view data
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If you’re new to Salesforce, you’ll start hearing references to this mysterious thing called an Apex trigger. Because it’s not covered in the Admin exam, it can sound a bit exotic. Scary, even. But it’s not. An Apex trigger is a piece of code that’s triggered when a Salesforce record is either created, updated, and/or
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In short, a Salesforce list view is a filtered list of records you find beneath an object’s navigational tab (eg, Contacts). This is likely the fastest and easiest way to see a group of records in Salesforce. The list view is set up like a table. Each row represents a single record, and the column
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