Building An Awesome Lightning Path

One of my favorite features of Lightning Experience is the path. Now out of the box Path functionality allows you to visually represent a picklist value and with this automatically being pulled you may have just turned it on, added some fields and called it all good....

Making Small Changes to Make Big Changes

The reality is not all companies are ready to jump straight into Lightning. Depending on the company and time of year even keeping Salesforce up and running can be daunting. This doesn’t mean you can’t still be preparing for Lightning. I’ve talked about it previously,...
Clicks or Code?

Clicks or Code?

When building new automation in Salesforce should we use clicks or code? It’s an old question that I’m going to acknowledge up front does not have a yes or no answer. Surrounded by a group of some of the most intelligent Salesforce minds I’ve met,...
The Technology Detox

The Technology Detox

I’m back from TrailheaDX and I have to say I had the most awesome time. From talk of admins who code to the most efficient ways to handle a DML commit, there was no shortage of mental stretching. While I don’t get to have these conversations everyday I do...

Why Move to Lightning?

I’m going to be honest. I hated Lightning when it first came out. It was Classic experience for me all the way. Now I can’t seem to get myself to go back to Classic unless I absolutely have to and after talking to people recently I had to stop and figure...

What is Metadata?

What is Metadata? Before we start talking more about Salesforce it’s important to have a good foundation. So what is Metadata? The shortest definition of metadata is that it is data about data. When I first heard that my face went completely blank. The...