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How to be a SalesFIERCE Salesforce Admin
1. How to be a SalesFIERCE Admin
Foundations for the Accidental Admin
Jared Miller
Director of Customer Success
Jared.Miller@configero.com
@jaredemiller
Davina Hanchuck
Business Systems Analyst
davinamh23@yahoo.com
@davinahanchuck
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4. Security and Permissions
Roles and Profiles?
Objects/Tabs
They are related
Formula Fields
How and when to use them
Control Your Environment
KISS
Scalability
Top 4 things
Basics Covered
5. How does Security Work?
Roles and Profiles (and
Permission Sets) are meant to
work together to control
access to data and what can
be done with accessed data
When planned and
implemented you have a
strong foundation
Dont forget your OWD!
(Organization Wide Defaults)
And why does it matter?
6. Role Hierarchy (picture of a hierarchy)
Sharing Rules When youre OWD and Role
Hierarchy has limited access, sharing rules
overcome that access. Always think of the
lowest denominator.
Profiles & Permission Sets
Picture courtesy of Snap-on
Your Org Security Setup
How can we make music?
7. You are the Conductor!
Making the beautiful music of security
8. Relational Database Standard vs. Custom We see relational objects everyday
Whats the difference?
Objects, Tabs, Tables, Oh MY!
9. Formula Fields
A formula field can unlock the
potential of your objects and
relationships
Walk the Relationship to view
and keep data clean
Use Formulas to enhance
visibility, reporting, workflow
rules (WRFs), Assignment
Rules, Validation Rules
How and When to Use Them
10. Control Your Environment
Now that you have the keys, lets keep
this on the road!
KISS Keep it Simple, Salesforce!
The BIG 4
Data Accuracy and Cleanliness
Usability
Scalability
Communication
Dont forget your other tools:
AppExchange
SalesforceA
Salesforce Data Loader (or other data tools),
Success Community
Local User Group
#4: DAVINA: So, Jared. My company just implemented Salesforce and they have asked me to be the Salesforce Administrator. Im really excited about this new opportunity and I really want to rock this job, but I dont know much about databases and I dont have a technical background. Where do I start? What do I need to know to be Salesfierce admin?
So, youre an accidental admin and you want to own it? We wanted to do this because there are some things about Databases that we may not know or even know how to ask. Lets go over some of the assumed basics.
What is a relational database? a database structured to recognize relations among stored items of information. And only invented in 1970
#6: DAVINA: I know that security is something that is very important to my company, but Im not really sure what the difference between Roles and Profiles are and how to set them up correctly. Can you give me a little insight into what Roles and Profiles do and how they work together?
#7: Rolesare one of the ways you can control access to records. They also impact reports (e.g. "My Teams" filter). Roles come into play if your security model (OWDs) are set to private. A little more on Roles and how they impact security:
DAVINA: (After talking about Role Hierarchy) So, Jared .. Do you set up roles that same way your company hierarchy is structured? I report to the VP of Sales, as an administrator, should be role fall under their role in Salesforce?http://www.shellblack.com/salesforce/deploy/security/owds/Profileshelp determine record privileges. Assuming the User can see the record, Profiles determine what the User can do, view or edit on that record. Profiles control other system privileges as well (mass email, export data, etc)
#8: Like an orchestra, very different but work together nicely
#9: DAVINA: Ok, greatso I understand how to control access to fields, objects and data in my system. Now can you shed some light on what an object is and how all of the different tabs and fields work together?
Objects/Tabs
Objects, Tabs, Tables, oh my (business objects, standard objects, custom objects)
They relate to each other
Define relational database
Think of everyday examples where you live, your DF registration, hotels, restaurants
#10: DAVINA: I cant believe how awesome this is! Im a little concerned about how much time my users are going to have to spend filling in all of the fields on all of these different objects. Do you have any tips on ways I can alleviate data entry and keep my data consistent?
#11: DAVINA: Wow! There are so many things to remember and different areas I need to keep on top of in order to be a Salesfierce admin. What should I focus on and are there any tools that can help me?