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As part of Summer 24 improvements, External Clients App, the “Connected App v2”, now has a frontend to create them and support more oAuth flows. They were designed to improve security and resolve the cumbersome packaging and distribution issues that affect connected apps. In Salesforce’s own words, External Client Apps are the new generation of connected apps. … Read more
Imagine a scenario where you need to check complex conditions on an SObject record and don’t want to or can’t create a formula field on the object? Dynamic formula evaluation solves your problem. This capability was added in Summer 24. Let’s see an example: FormulaEval.FormulaInstance isPrimeCustomer = Formula.builder() .withType(Account.SObjectType) .withReturnType(FormulaEval.FormulaReturnType.BOOLEAN) .withFormula(‘AnnualRevenue > 30000 AND ISPICKVAL(Industry, … Read more
After the Summer ’24 release, Salesforce will allow administrators to set component visibility for tabs, which was not possible before. Tab visibility is similar to component visibility in that it allows administrators to control the display of individual tabs on a Lightning page based on specific criteria or conditions. This feature enhances the customization and dynamic nature … Read more
In the past, it was only possible to get execution run times in Apex test class methods by looking at the ApexTestResult object which represented the result of an Apex test method execution. Previously, information about limits and cumulative run time was available only by parsing the appropriate method sections in the debug log. Starting … Read more
As part of Summer 24 and as part of an IdeaExchange idea, User Access Summary allows you to see what permissions, public groups, or queues a user is assigned to. You can see that from the user’s detail page, saving you time, clicks, and effort. There’s no need to run queries or look through each … Read more
The “Manage Dev Sandboxes” permission (as part of Summer 24) in Salesforce is a specific user permission that grants the ability to create, refresh, delete, and activate development sandboxes within an organization. This permission is part of the broader sandbox management capabilities in Salesforce, and it offers several advantages and new possibilities compared to the … Read more
User Access Policies are a feature in Salesforce that provides a flexible and centralized way to manage user access and permissions across the organization. This feature allows administrators to define and enforce access controls based on various criteria, ensuring that users have appropriate permissions according to their roles, departments, and specific use cases. User access … Read more
As part of Summer 24 release, Salesforce is releasing a capability that would allow the creation of flows using text prompts. Imagine creating a flow with textual prompts such as “Create a flow that starts when an opportunity is created and is over $20,000. The flow should send an email to the opportunity owner telling … Read more