The Weekend Picklist

Every weekend, we’ll be delivering our top headlines – highlights from the previous week for you to enjoy with a cup of coffee!

1. Breaking News: Salesforce DevOps Center Released

?The time has finally come, Trailblazers.?As of December 15, 2022, the Salesforce DevOps Center has become generally available for everybody to play with.?

?The long-awaited DevOps Center has been on the cards since Salesforce first made the announcement back in June 2020. The platform allows users to move changes between Salesforce development environments using different features:?

• Work Items: Include the metadata items that are pushed through the environment. Created once, and pushed through the pipeline stages.?
• Pipelines: Create customized pipelines with desired methods of promoting changes.?
• Source Control: Integrate Source/Version Control with GitHub.
• Deploy changes: Easily view your entire development pipeline bundle, and migrate any changes from one stage to the next.?

It’s easy to set up, too! Simply head over to?Setup?and search for?DevOps?to find the instructions. This is a huge step forward for orgs and the world of Salesforce- soon enough, these will see more value delivered in their implementations and become an additional notch in a Salesforce professional’s belt. [Read More]

2. Spring '23 Treasure Hunt: Preview Orgs are Live?

As Tim said, it’s time for a preview party!?As of December 16, Salesforce users around the world can explore the new release features that are bound to be pushed to production. There are plenty of new updates – here are just a few:?

• As Salesforce intends to retire Workflow Rules and Processes, these can?finally?be migrated to Flow with just a few clicks. From the Setup menu, search?Migrate to Flow,?and select the processes you wish to migrate within the main page.
• You can now have different Flow Components talk to one another and pass information between each other without having to click Next and have a whole new page rendered.
• New and improved Salesforce Mobile App page. Do you love a simple UI? So do we!
• More freedom and flexibility when building out flows as the limitation and consequential errors have been removed.
• You can add existing Standard and Custom Lookup Fields to your screen flows with just a few clicks.
• Hovering over the Description icon will show you the value of the element’s Description field.?[ Read More ]

3. Salesforce TrailblazerDX 2023 Registration is Now Live?

It’s time to mark your calendars, everyone!?While 2022 is close to being over, Salesforce 2023 events are coming in full throttle and tickets are being snapped up faster than ever.

Next up in the event calendar: TrailblazerDX (March 7-8, 2023). Unlike Dreamforce, TrailblazerDX is a conference dedicated to the more technical roles within the ecosystem. Integrating MuleSoft or building apps on Customer 360? This is the event for you.?

?Here’s a brand new development from Salesforce – the Trailblazer Bootcamp! Taking place right after the TrailblazerDX (March 9-11, 2023), the bootcamp will offer specialized, immersive classes, technical sessions, and talks for your chosen career path, and so much more.

?While the official schedule isn’t out yet, tickets are available for purchase, so grab them while you can!?[Read More ]

4. 30+ Salesforce Specializations to Consider in 2023

What can you do to stand out in the candidate pool??Becoming Salesforce-certified has become a norm in the job seeking world – some might even say that the pool is becoming saturated with roles such as admins. So, why not take it one step further and become a specialist?

You get your pick of the lot, and we’ve broken down the eight specialization categories available to you:

1. Sales Cloud: Admins work with Sales Cloud every day, so why not become an expert on CPQ or Sales Engagement?
2. Service Cloud:?Another popular one! Could Omni-Channel, Knowledge, Service Console & Widgets, or Field Service be your specialty?
3. Marketing: Ever since Salesforce acquired ExactTarget in 2013, they have been taking the marketing automation space by storm. Specializations can range from Pardot to CDP Genie to Marketing Cloud.
4. Commerce: Before you get ahead of yourself, do you understand the difference between B2C and B2B Commerce? ??
5. Analytics:?If you have an analytical mindset, CRM Analytics or Tableau certifications could be in your future…
6. Salesforce Platforms: If you’re an admin but might be interested in dipping a toe in the developer world, you should consider tools like Heroku or the newly released DevOps Center.
7. Salesforce Industries: The potential for growth here is off the charts! Have you ever given OmniStudio or Financial Services Cloud a look?
8. Salesforce Integrations:?Slack has become one of the most popular work messaging platforms, so why not become a pro at it??[Read More ]

5. How to Import Data into Salesforce: A Complete Guide

Considering all the options available, it’s likely that many of you have wondered which is the best way to import data into Salesforce.?The process takes time, money, and manpower; so it makes sense for everybody involved to get the desired results, right?

?There are many potential issues when it comes to importing data; from dirty data to complex data transformations, it’s imperative that you select the correct solution to save you a headache later on. You should ask yourself, how much data are you moving and how complex are the transformations? And lastly, how are you going to clean it?

?These are important questions, and ones you should know the answer to before even considering importing into your org. Once you have your answers, you’ll be ready for the next step: choosing your import tool. There are a few options for you to consider, and you can find them?[here ].?

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