Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook
eBook - ePub

Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook

About this book

In Detail

Salesforce CRM is a market-leading customer relationship management (CRM) application that is accessed over the Internet. It is a proven system which helps to manage large volumes of information across an organization and also improves communication between departments for exceptional customer service. The CRM application is available for the management of sales projections and orders, marketing plans, knowledge management, service and support, partner relationships, and data analytics. The application greatly enhances a company's sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides a robust customer relationship management system for an organization. For optimum performance of the system, there are a lot of things for you as the Salesforce administrator to know and tackle, but there isn't a single book which focuses on the administrative aspect of Salesforce CRM.

"Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook" enables you to instantly extend and unleash the power of Salesforce CRM. It provides clear, comprehensive instructions along with detailed screenshots and code. Whether you are looking for solutions to enhance the core features or are looking for ideas for advanced customization techniques, this book will provide you with immediate, practical, and exciting real-world recipes.

This book provides practical, step-by-step instructions that cover the use of hidden features, advanced user interface techniques, solutions for process automation, and data and systems integration in detail.

This book guides you through interesting topics spanning a variety of functional areas. Recipes are provided that cover data quality and automation, approval and workflow processing, solutions to increase productivity, and the integration of Salesforce CRM with external tools and applications, such as Google and Microsoft Outlook.

"Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook' provides practical, step-by-step instructions to deliver enhanced functionality and extend the power of Salesforce CRM.

Approach

This book is written in a Cookbook-style format and provides you with immediately useable recipes that extend the functionality of Salesforce CRM and solves real-world problems encountered within the Salesforce CRM application.

The recipes in this Cookbook contain proven, step-by-step instructions along with detailed screenshots.

This Cookbook has been designed so that you can read it chapter by chapter, starting with recipes that provide enhancements to the user interface, and finishing with recipes that cover data and systems integration. You can also refer to the list of recipes and choose to access them in no particular order. Either method allows you to rapidly implement solutions in your organization that extend and enhance the functionality of Salesforce CRM for your users.

Who this book is for

This book is for Salesforce administrators and developers who want to quickly incorporate enhanced functionality and extend the power of Salesforce CRM.

Whether you are a Salesforce novice or a more experienced administrator, this book provides practical, step-by-step instructions in the use of hidden features, advanced user interface techniques, and solutions for process automation, plus data and systems integration. Not only are standard Salesforce CRM features covered, such as workflow and approval processes, validation rules, and formula fields, but you will also be exposed to further technologies that include HTML, Javascript, CSS, Apex, and Visualforce.

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Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook


Table of Contents

Salesforce CRM Admin Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Instant updates on new Packt books
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Working with Home Page Components and Custom Links
Introduction
Creating a Personal Setup link using the standard Custom Links on the sidebar
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using Custom Links to open Training in a new window from the sidebar
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating a news-ticker message on the home page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Automatically collapsing Chatter feeds on the home page
How to do it...
There's more...
See also
Removing Chatter feeds on the home page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Adding a Send An Email button on the home page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Showing Opportunity Sales Stages descriptions on the home page
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
2. Advanced User Interface
Introduction
Displaying Case Priority flags using a formula field and salesforce.com images
How to do it...
How it works...
Building an Account Revenue indicator using a formula field and custom images
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating a clutter-free Account tab using Visualforce
How to do it...
How it works...
Showing a tabbed Account Detail page using Visualforce
How to do it...
How it works...
Rendering an Account credit score graphically using JavaScript, CSS, and Visualforce
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Presenting an Account credit score graphically using a Google image chart
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
3. Exposing Hacks and Hidden Features
Introduction
Extending the year range to 2025 on calendar pop ups for all date fields in Salesforce
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Populating a historic year range from 1920 on calendar pop ups for all date fields in Salesforce
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating a custom Log A Call button from accounts with prepopulated fields
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Presenting an integrated view of cases on the home page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Removing the "discover what's new in this release" button from the home page
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
4. Automating Salesforce CRM
Introduction
Deriving year and month values from the opportunity close date using a formula
How to do it...
How it works...
Calculating the week number for the opportunity close date using a formula
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating an opportunity close date e-mail alert using workflow
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Setting a default opportunity name using a field update workflow
How to do it...
How it works...
Generating a default opportunity close date using a field update workflow
How to do it...
How it works...
5. Improving Data Quality in Salesforce CRM
Introduction
Stopping non-system administrators fr...

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