Salesforce Plat-101 - Salesforce Certified Platform Foundations

 The Nonprofit Cloud is the cloud that is preconfigured to handle all of the requirements listed. The Nonprofit Cloud is a set of products and solutions designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, such as operations management, program management, grantmaking, fundraising, marketing, and engagement. The Nonprofit Cloud includes the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP), which is a managed package that adds pre-built objects, fields, workflows, and reports to the standard Salesforce platform. The Analytics Cloud is a cloud that provides business intelligence and data visualization tools, such as Einstein Analytics and Tableau. The Experience Cloud is a cloud that allows the creation of digital experiences, such as websites, portals, and mobile apps, for customers, partners, and employees.

 Validation rules are what GCC should use to ensure that opportunities meet the standards for the Annual Revenue field. Validation rules are a type of metadata that define a condition and an error message to display when the condition is not met. Validation rules can be used to enforce data quality and integrity by preventing users from saving records that do not meet the specified criteria. For example, a validation rule could be set up on the Opportunity object to check that the Annual Revenue field is a positive amount and does not exceed $100. Assignment rules are a type of metadata that define how records are assigned to users or queues based on certain criteria. Assignment rules can be used to automate business processes by distributing records to the appropriate owners or teams. For example, an assignment rule could be set up on the Lead object to assign leads to sales reps based on their territory. Default values are a type of metadata that define a value that is automatically populated in a field when a new record is created, unless the user enters a different value. Default values can be used to save time and ensure data consistency by prefilling fields with common or expected values. For example, a default value could be set up on the Lead Source field to indicate the most frequent source of leads, such as Web or Phone.

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A validation rule on the Opportunity object is the best way to enforce the requirement that the Reason Lost field is required when the stage is changed to Closed Lost. A validation rule can specify a condition and an error message to display when the condition is not met. For example, the condition could be AND(ISPICKVAL(StageName, "Closed Lost"), ISBLANK(Reason_Lost__c)) and the error message could be “Please enter a reason for losing the opportunity.” Making the field required on the page layout or universally required would not work, because the field should only be required when the stage is changed to Closed Lost, not for other stages.

The maximum number of rows a report will display is 3,000. If a report returns more than 3,000 rows, only the first 2,000 rows are displayed and the rest are truncated. To see all the rows, you can export the report to a CSV file

 Selecting Fields to Display is what the associate should do to add the missing key columns to the custom Contact list view. Selecting Fields to Display is a feature that allows the user to choose which fields to show as columns in the list view, and in what order. The user can select up to 15 fields to display, and drag and drop the fields to rearrange the column order. Editing list filters is a feature that allows the user to apply one or more criteria to filter the records that are displayed in the list view. The user can select a field, an operator, and a value for each filter, and combine multiple filters with AND or OR logic. Editing sharing settings is a feature that allows the user to control the access and visibility of records for different users and groups. The user can define the organization-wide default, role hierarchy, sharing rules, and manual sharing for each object.

 Setting the default value of the Lead Source field to Trade Show’ is the best approach to improve data integrity for the Lead Source field. A default value is a value that is automatically populated in a field when a new record is created, unless the user enters a different value. Setting the default value to Trade Show’ would save the sales reps time and ensure that most of the leads have the correct value for the Lead Source field. Creating a validation rule requiring the Lead Source field to equal Trade Show’ would not work, because it would prevent the user from entering any other value, such as Web, Phone, or Referral, which may not be accurate for all leads. Making an assignment rule named Trade Show’ to only assign leads to sales reps would not work, because it would not affect the Lead Source field, and it would not allow the user to assign leads based on other criteria, such as territory, industry, or product.

 A gauge is a dashboard component type that shows a single value within a range of custom values. A gauge is useful for showing whether a metric, such as revenue or customer satisfaction, is within a desired range. For example, a gauge could show the current revenue as a needle pointing to a green, yellow, or red zone, indicating whether the revenue is above, below, or on target. A metric is a dashboard component type that shows a single value, such as the total number of accounts or the average deal size. A metric does not show a range of values. A chart is a dashboard component type that shows data in a graphical format, such as a pie chart, a bar chart, or a line chart. A chart is useful for showing the distribution or trend of data, but not a single value within a range.

The Salesforce products that best suit GCC’s needs are Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud. Sales Cloud helps GCC communicate its products and services to its prospective customers, improve its sales pipeline forecast and management, and achieve its quarterly revenue goals6. Service Cloud helps GCC offer support to customers through its website, phone, email, chat, and social media channels7. Marketing Cloud helps GCC create personalized customer journeys across email, mobile, social, web, and more

Making the field required in Object Manager is the simplest way to enforce that a value is entered every time a record is created or edited.