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

A sales process is a set of stages that an opportunity goes through as it moves from creation to close. A record type is a way to offer different business processes, picklist values, and page layouts to different users based on their profiles. A page layout controls the layout and organization of detail and edit pages for a specific object and record type combination. To meet the requirement of having different fields and stages for each team, you need to create three sales processes for each market segment, three record types for each sales process, and three page layouts for each record type. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_salesprocess.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_recordtype.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_layout.htm &type=5

A list view is a feature that allows users to filter and display records based on certain criteria and fields. A Kanban view is a feature that allows users to view records as cards organized by columns that represent stages in a process such as opportunity stages or case statuses. Users can switch between list view and Kanban view by clicking on a toggle button on any object tab that supports Kanban view such as opportunities or cases. Users can also edit records by dragging and dropping cards from one column to another or by clicking on an inline edit icon on each card. In this case, the administrator can create a list view on the opportunity object that filters opportunities by expected close date in the next 90 days; and recommend users switch the view to Kanban to edit opportunities by drag and drop. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.lex_list_views.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.kanban_view.htm &type=5

Chatter broadcast group is a type of group that should be created to meet this request. Chatter broadcast group is a group where only group owners and managers can create posts, but anyone can comment on posts. This can be useful for sharing important updates or announcements with a large audience without cluttering the feed with other posts. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.collab_groups_create.htm &type=5

Business hours are used to specify the days and hours when your company’s employees work. You can create multiple sets of business hours for different time zones or regions and assign them to users based on their location or function. To meet the requirement of having different business hours for reps on pacific time and eastern time, you need to create one set of business hours per time zone and assign them accordingly. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_supporthours.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_supporthours_assign.htm &type=5

To show different picklist values for sales and marketing users, you can either use record types or profiles. Record types allow you to have different picklist values for different page layouts assigned to different profiles. Profiles allow you to restrict picklist values based on user permissions.

Data Import Wizard allows you to import up to 50,000 records at a time.

Big Deal Alerts are notifications that are sent to users when an opportunity reaches a certain amount, probability, or stage. They can be configured by administrators to alert sales reps or managers when they have a high likelihood of winning a big deal. Key Deals are a feature of Einstein Opportunity Scoring that shows the top opportunities based on their score and stage, but they do not send notifications. Activity Timeline is a component of Lightning Experience that shows the past and upcoming activities related to a record, but it does not notify users of big deals. Performance chart is a type of report chart that shows how well users or teams are performing against their goals, but it does not alert users of big deals. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.forecasts3_big_deal.htm &type=5

Guided selling, validation rules, and required fields on the page layout are three options that can be used to ensure sales reps fill out key fields when working on an opportunity through the process. Guided selling allows administrators to add prompts and guidance at each stage of the path to help reps move forward with confidence. Validation rules allow administrators to enforce data quality and business logic by preventing reps from saving records that do not meet certain criteria. Required fields on the page layout allow administrators to make certain fields mandatory for reps to enter before saving records. Configuring opportunity path can help reps visualize and update key fields at each stage, but it does not make them required or prevent them from moving forward without entering them. Using flow to mark fields required is not possible because flows cannot modify page layouts or field properties. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.path_guided_selling.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.validation_rules.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_defining_field_properties.htm &type=5

To add prepopulated subjects for Tasks and Events with the specific subjects as mentioned, the most efficient way is:

Add the new values to the predefined field values for the global actions New Event and New Task: This allows the administrator to define specific subjects for tasks and events directly within the global actions. When a user selects either of these actions, they will see the predefined subjects (such as Schedule Site Visit, Send Contract, Site Visit, and Ride Along) available in the subject field.

Options A, C, and D are not as straightforward or effective in achieving this specific requirement.

Validation rules allow you to enforce data quality by preventing users from saving records that do not meet certain criteria.