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Posted on October 13, 2017November 6, 2017

Idea: Ability to add Trailmixes to a Trailmix

Currently we can add Trails, Modules, Projects and Superbadges to a Trailmix but not a Trailmix! We should be able to add a Trailmix also to a trailmix. Scenario: I wanted to create a trailmix for beginners to include topics like Intro to Salesforce, customization, advanced customization, lightning experience etc.  I had to create 4 trailmixes : …

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Posted on October 5, 2017November 6, 2017

Idea: Need Notifications Tab in Answers Community

We need notifications tab in Success community profile.  Currently we receive email notifications for the questions/answers we follow in Answers community. Along with the email notifications, we need to have notifications displayed at profile, so we don't need to check our email every time to see if anyone has replied/commented on our questions. The notification …

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Posted on April 26, 2017April 26, 2018

Deploy Custom Metadata Type Records

How to deploy a custom metadata type from sandbox to another sandbox or production org using change sets? The normal practice is you create an outbound change set (CS), add the custom metadata type and the fields to the change set and deploy. Right? Well, that's not it!  If you just add the object (custom …

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Posted on January 11, 2017

Idea: Custom Metadata Type Entity Relationship with User object

Summer'16 released a critical feature of "Metadata Relationship Fields"  in Custom Metadata Types.  Now we can create relationships between Metadata types. Or even a Metadata type can be related with Entity definitions i.e., standard objects or custom objects.  Beautiful ! But the 5 standard objects that are currently supported are Account, Case, Contact, Lead and Opportunity. …

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Posted on January 12, 2016November 30, 2016

Salesforce Ideas: Custom Metadata Type Settings

I was very glad with the release of Custom Metadata Type Settings. But there are limited number of field types that we can create (similar to custom settings). It would be hugely useful if "Rich Text" and "Lookup" field types can be added. Here are the 2 ideas that needs your votes! Need 'Rich Text' field …

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