User Story We have an external application that collects Account and Contact information. The application sends information in JSON format. Previously, our sales team input this information manually. Let’s automate the process! Background The Apex REST API allows us to expose our Apex classes and methods to external applications via REST architecture. The Salesforce RESTContinue reading “Creating Child Objects Using Apex REST API”
Author Archives: Evelyn Grizzle
Displaying Captured Geolocation on a Google Map
Introduction Today I’ll be expanding on my previous post, Capturing Geolocation Using Lightning Components. If you don’t need to capture your device’s geolocation for a lead, that’s okay! This tutorial can be used on any object that has a geolocation field. User Story We are selling cookies door to door, and we want to keep trackContinue reading “Displaying Captured Geolocation on a Google Map”
Capturing Geolocation Using Lightning Components
User Story We are selling cookies door to door, and we want to keep track of the houses we’ve hit! We are going to capture the geolocation of each house on a lead object using our phones so that we know who in the neighborhood we talked to. Background Geolocation Custom Fields are available onContinue reading “Capturing Geolocation Using Lightning Components”
Using An XSLT File to Transform XML for ANT
User Story We have a new field on the Account object, and we want to prevent users from being able to edit the Account object while we deploy the new field. To do this, we will be using an ANT script to make the Account object Read Only for all profiles and permission sets, andContinue reading “Using An XSLT File to Transform XML for ANT”
Setting Up a Chromebook for Salesforce Development
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Google or any other brand mentioned, and I am making no money for this post. If you would like to give me money for this (or any other!) post, you can go to my contact page and make a donation. So you’ve decided to buy a Chromebook. Me too!Continue reading “Setting Up a Chromebook for Salesforce Development”
Apex Specialist Superbadge Walkthrough
This blog post is going to be a walkthrough with helpful hints for the first three steps of the Apex Specialist Superbadge. Disclaimer: this is only one way to solve the challenge, and is not meant to be a full solution. There is no shortage of full answers for the challenge on the internet, butContinue reading “Apex Specialist Superbadge Walkthrough”
Managing Basic Data Loads Using Dataloader CLI
User Story We want to complete a data load into a production environment to insert and update a list of contacts from a .CSV file that we received from our data team. We have to do this load every day, and we’re doing it in production, so we want to cut down on time andContinue reading “Managing Basic Data Loads Using Dataloader CLI”
Mass Updating Profile Object Permissions Via ANT Migration Tool
User Story We have a new object in our organization. We must update our existing profiles to have appropriate permission sets for the object. Some profiles will have Read access, others will have Edit access. We want to automate this because we have dozens of profiles, and we have to make this change in aContinue reading “Mass Updating Profile Object Permissions Via ANT Migration Tool”
Getting Started With ANT: Retrieving Metadata via ANT Migration Tool for Salesforce
User Story We want to automate parts of our deployments using Salesforce’s Metadata API. Background Per Salesforce, the ANT Migration Tool is a “command-line utility for moving metadata between a local directory and a Salesforce org.” Using ANT, repetitive deployment tasks can be automated using Salesforce’s Metadata API. This tutorial assumes that you have theContinue reading “Getting Started With ANT: Retrieving Metadata via ANT Migration Tool for Salesforce”
Updating DatedConversionRate sObject using Workbench REST API Explorer
Hello, and welcome to Another Salesforce Blog! Here I will be posting solutions to problems that I couldn’t find an answer to in hopes of helping those who find themselves stuck when using the Salesforce platform. User Story It’s the end of the fiscal year, and we need to update our currency conversion rates toContinue reading “Updating DatedConversionRate sObject using Workbench REST API Explorer”
