Salesforce ADM-201 - Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator (Plat-Admn-201)

To access the account object in Salesforce, users need to have permission to the account object on their profile or permission set. Permission to an object determines what users can do with records of that object, such as create, read, edit, delete, view all, or modify all. If users do not have permission to an object, they will not be able to see or access that object in Salesforce. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.users_profiles_permissions.htm &type=5

A sales process is a set of stages that an opportunity goes through as it moves from creation to close. It can be customized by administrators to match different business models or product lines within an org. Creating a new sales process can help Dreamhouse Realty define a different set of stages for its new home concierge offering that is unlike anything the company has offered in the past and follows a different business model. Creating a quick action, a new approval process, or a new opportunity product are not solutions for creating a customized sales process; they are used for different purposes such as creating records, approving records, or adding products to opportunities. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_salesprocess.htm &type=5

Validation rule is a tool that can be used to enforce data quality and business logic by preventing users from saving records that do not meet certain criteria. In this case, a validation rule can be created on the Opportunity object to display an error message if the Stage field is Closed lost and the Loss Reason field is blank. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_about_validation_rules.htm &type=5

The Knowledge Lightning component is a component that allows users to access articles from the Service Cloud Console app. However, if users want to access articles from a different app that does not use the console, they can use the Knowledge related list instead. The Knowledge related list shows articles related to a record based on data categories and shows article details such as title, summary, rating, and view count. To add the Knowledge related list to a record page, an administrator can use the page layout editor and drag and drop the Knowledge related list to the appropriate section on the page layout. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.knowledge_lightning_component.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.knowledge_related_list.htm &type=5

A gauge component shows a single value along with its percentage of a total value within predefined ranges using colors (red-yellow-green). It is useful for showing key performance indicators (KPIs) such as total sales amount and progress towards sales goal. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.dashboards_gauge_component_type.htm &type=5

To track shoe designs by products, prevent them from being deleted, and allow multiple designs for one product across various stages, the administrator should create a custom object for shoe designs and configure a custom lookup field for shoe designs on the Product object. This will create a one-to-many relationship between products and shoe designs, and allow users to link multiple shoe designs to one product record. To prevent shoe designs from being deleted, the administrator can use validation rules or permissions. Adding a custom master-detail field for shoe designs on the Product object will create a many-to-one relationship, which is not desired. Using the standard object for designs or configuring a validation rule will not meet the requirement. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_object_relationships_overview.htm &type=5

A support process is a feature that allows administrators to define and enforce the stages that a case or work order must go through based on its record type. A support process determines which values are available for the status field for each record type. If a support process omits a certain value for the status field, such as Closed, then users will not be able to see or select that value when working with cases or work orders of that record type. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_supporthome.htm &type=5

To acknowledge cases with a Case Reason of Installation immediately via email and assign them to appropriate agents, and escalate cases that are still in New status after 4 hours to support management, an administrator should use Auto-response rules, Queues, and Escalation Rules for case management. Auto-response rules allow sending automatic email responses to customers based on case criteria. Queues allow grouping cases that share common characteristics and assigning them to a group of users who can access and work on them. Escalation rules allow escalating cases that meet certain criteria to higher-level users or groups and sending email notifications. Macros and Entitlements are not case management tools that can be used for this requirement. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.case_autoresponse.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.queues_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.case_escalation.htm &type=5

Flow Builder allows you to create an automated business process that can update records based on certain criteria. You can use a scheduled flow to run once a week and count the number of open cases related to an account.

Setup audit trail is a tool that allows administrators to review recent configuration changes made in their org. It shows a list of up to 180 days of setup changes made by anyone in the org, including the date, time, user, and type of change. It can help administrators track who made what changes and when, and troubleshoot any issues caused by configuration changes. Critical updates are notifications that inform administrators of new features or enhancements that may impact their org; they do not show configuration changes made by users. Debug logs are records of database operations, system processes, and errors that occur when executing a transaction or running unit tests; they do not show configuration changes made by users either. Field history tracking is a feature that allows administrators to track changes to the values of certain fields on records; it does not show configuration changes made in setup. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.monitorsetup.htm &type=5