Common Mistakes Salesforce Admins Make

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Common Mistakes Salesforce Admins Make Mike Gerholdt, Red Argyle, Dir. Client Engagement @MikeGerholdt Garry Polmateer, Red Argyle, Partner @DarthGarry Jared Miller, Configero, Sr. Project Manger @JaredeMiller

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In this presentation given at Dreamforce 2013 Mike Gerholdt, Garry Polmateer, and Jared Miller give Salesforce Admins advice on managing their Salesforce instance and common mistakes we have made over the years.

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Common Mistakes Salesforce Admins MakeCommon Mistakes Salesforce Admins Make

Mike Gerholdt, Red Argyle, Dir. Client Engagement

@MikeGerholdt

Garry Polmateer, Red Argyle, Partner

@DarthGarry

Jared Miller, Configero, Sr. Project

Manger

@JaredeMiller

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Mike GerholdtMike Gerholdt

Director of Client Engagement,

@MikeGerholdt

Director of Client Engagement,

@MikeGerholdt

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Garry PolmateerGarry Polmateer

Managing Partner, Red Argyle

@DarthGarry

Managing Partner, Red Argyle

@DarthGarry

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All about Red Argyle

Red Argyle is a Salesforce consulting and ISV partner that

focuses on bringing Tailored Goodness to the Salesforce

Platform

Custom Development – Enhance Salesforce or build products

Consulting – New Salesforce implementations

On Demand Administration – Small business scalable support

Products – Several free and paid offerings on the AppExchange

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Jared MillerJared Miller

Senior Project Manager

@JaredeMiller

Senior Project Manager

@JaredeMiller

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Configero At-A-Glance

400+ CRM Projects

250 Custom Apps

7 Force.com Apps

Configero is a leading provider of Salesforce and cloud computing solutions and services

Proven Experts Clients/Expertise

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We were all in your shoes

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Question

What is the worst Salesforce mistake you’ve

ever made?

Post your answer to Chatter with the hashtag

#WorstMistake

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Hearing vs. Listening

Image from - Public Speaking: Practice and Ethics

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How to Listen Effectively

• Ask, “Why?” And don’t be afraid to dig deeper

• Why are you asking me for this?

• Why is what we already have not working?

• Deliver mock-ups to the user

• Excel, LucidCharts, Balsamiq, Bar napkin – just do it!

• Help them understand what you are ‘hearing’

• More importantly – help them understand what they are asking for

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Understanding Input and Output in a Solution

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What do I mean by ‘Data Input’

• Clicks and Scrolls and Fields, oh my!

• Sometimes creating a solution will be more work than the manual

way

• Sometimes creating a solution delivers so much data that your

users are scrolling

• Sometimes creating a solution requires the creation of too many

fields

• Sometimes simple is the best answer!

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How do we stay simple with our ‘Data Output’?

• Understand how the data will be used

• What is the expected result of the data input?• “I want to calculate the viability of a deal.”

• “I would love to tell if I have a good customer or not.”

Sounds like a formula field to me!

A picture is worth a thousand words

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How do we stay simple?

• What is the expected action of the

data input?• “I want to see the grade of everyone’s

accounts.”

• “It would be great to see how much our

customer spends.”

Sounds like a report to me!

Or, embedded analytics!(shout out to Winter ‘14)

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Want more ‘Simple’ from Winter ’14?

• Publisher Actions

• Available in PE!

• Chatter Groups

• @mentions

• Publisher actions

• Historical Trending

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Data Imports

• Don’t “Dump it in Salesforce”

• Have a Plan

• Why are you importing said data?

• Who can import data?

• What are your standards for importing data?

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Data Import – SHUT OFF WORKFLOW, YO!

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Data Import – Dupes Happen

• Define duplicate risk/mitigation

• Pre-clean data

• Post-clean data

• Don’t ignore the reality of duplicates

• Don’t “deal with it later”

• Test in a Sandbox! (EE +)

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Field Level Security – No Cruise Control!

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Field Level Security – Wizard Redux

• Thankfully this button exists:

• Which gives us this:

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Field Level Security – Fields Required

• Required at Field Level

• Required via Validation Rule

• Required on Page Layout

Red = Tread Softly!

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Field Level Security – Read Only

• Read Only Page Layout

• Read Only Profile Level

• Don’t forget to uncheck

• Read Only Validation Rule

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Too Many Profiles!

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Reduce Profile Sprawl

• Clearly define roles or “buckets” of users

• Utilize Permission Sets

• User B is like User A but can modify Accounts

• Grant granular CRED when needed

• Perfect for “Temporary” Assignments

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Managing Change

• Symptoms

• Poor Communication

• Lack of planning

• Solutions

• Planned releases

• Constant communication• Emails

• Newsletters

• Chatter

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Summary

• Don’t take user requests at face value. Dive deeper.

• Understand how your users will consume data.

• Determine how a request meets a business goal.

• Don’t always look for the shortcut.

• Find a common denominator.

• COMMUNICATE!

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Mike GerholdtMike Gerholdt

Red Argyle,@MikeGerholdt

Garry PolmateerGarry Polmateer Jared MillerJared Miller

Red Argyle,@DarthGarry

Configero,@JaredeMiller

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