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It’s the most wonderful time of the year Family, gifts, traditions, reflection, candles and a roaring fire place or a day at the beach. And what holiday season would complete without salesforce maintenance exams. Wait, what? With everything going on in the silly season that is the holidays don’t forget that Salesforce  certification maintenance exams for the spring 18 and summer 18 releases are due no later than December 14, 2018. Make sure that you continue to be recognized as a leading professional within the Salesforce community by completing the exams. Recap What : Salesforce certifications maintenance exams for spring 18 and summer 18 Releases When : December 14, 2018 How : Trailhead and Webassesor  Why : If you don’t complete the certification exams by the deadline, your certifications will lapse and you’ll have to resit the tests to be a certified salesforce professional

Lookup relationship fields Salesforce allows the linking of different object data using lookup fields. But how do you determine the right lookup type to use? Let's review the different options. What kind of lookup relationships can I use? Relationships between objects in Salesforce are created though custom field types called Lookups. These field types can be on standard and custom objects and enable linking of record data from one Salesforce object to another object. For example, linking one or more Opportunities to an Account. There there are two (2) lookup field types to choose from: Lookup Master-Detail Both lookup types can can be used to connect Salesforce objects and relate data together to represent 1:Many / hierarchical relationships. Without getting too serious, let’s put some labels on our relationship setup: Related (child / many) record = Many (e.g. opportunity) Lookup (parent / 1) record = 1 (e.g. account) So now that we know the types o...

Welcome to my new blog. Inspired by the great Keir Bowden aka Bob Buzzard ( https://medium.com/@bob_buzzard/starting-your-salesforce-blog-27178c8dcdba ), I dediced to start a blog to share my experiences in working in the Salesforce.com ecosystem and my adventures in homebrewing. My goals are to make this space a site for learning, inspiration, discussion and a bit of fun. Check back regularly for new posts and thanks for visiting. Cheers.