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Please be sure to register for sessions at Dreamforce.
And DEFINITELY don’t miss my session!
Wrangle Data & Pump up the Configuration
“I’m administering Salesforce. I’ve learned the ropes. Now I want to get great!” In this session, we’ll review the latest insights and subtlties that top Salesforce consultants have learned on the front lines. We’ll focus on data and configuration to help cut the time you spend massaging data. You’ll also learn how to implement tricky config quirks you never thought possible.
Speaker: Ezra Kenigsberg, SALESFORCE.COM
Speaker: David Schach, X-Squared On Demand LLC
Date: Monday, November 3
Time: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
I’m on the Administrator track – we’ll be providing tips for configuring your org implementation and optimizations, and for ensuring that things remain smooth as you move forward as a Super Administrator.
Salesforce CRM “Locale” Field
Most of the people reading this are probably in the United States, so on our User record, we have Locale set to “English (US).” This has a few effects on how we see Salesforce data, including the Calendar.
I wanted to change the first day of my week to Monday, and to see my weekends on the right-side of the 7-day view. I’ve started doing this on my Google and Outlook calendars, so why not be consistent? To do this, I changed my Locale to “English (United Kingdom).”
There’s a catch (there always is!): My dates are now reversed. D’Oh!
Time will tell if I have any other major changes to the org. I don’t mind British spellings (colour vs. color) — though I’ve found the word “color” three times since I switched. The org currency will remain US Dollars, as that is set elsewhere, in the Company Profile.
So what will I do, on the whole? I need to decide if the date format is more or less important than the week format. I’ll try out this UK thing… and will decide later.
A Super Apex/Visualforce Blog
I recently discovered a blog so chock-full of Apex and Visualforce goodies that I had to mention it.
Sam Arjmandi is a CRM System Analyst/Designer at Open Text in Toronto, and he writes incredible posts sharing some innovative Apex, Visualforce, and AJAX code ideas. He has posts on proper test coverage for Apex (always a difficult topic, and one that salesforce.com has not addressed adequately in its documentation–hint, hint), on actionStatus tags, extensions, controllers, and more.
Check out this blog and subscribe to its feed; anyone even remotely interested in developing on the Force.com platform will find it a huge resource.
Thanks, Sam!
Apex – The Basics
Jon Mountjoy has written another super post over at developer.force.com. This one is titled An Introduction to Apex. It goes through some of the basics of the language and provides some examples.
Everyone should read this; beginners will get a better orientation than otherwise available, and experienced Apex developers will probably also learn a thing or two.
