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Philip WeinmeisterPractical Salesforce Development Without Codehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4871-3_9

9. Create Flexible Solutions with Custom Settings and Metadata Types

Philip Weinmeister1 
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Powder Springs, GA, USA
 

One of Salesforce’s most valued characteristics is its ability to be tailored to meet an organization’s needs rather extensively without requiring a single line of code. Salesforce has provided a number of powerful tools – including workflow rules, validation rules, and formula fields – that depend on formulas for the purpose of declarative development. However, with the high level of control that is granted to noncoders through formulas comes a potential trade-off with configurability. Fortunately, you ...

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