• Chatter Files are searchable
• They still get listed under the Notes & Attachments list for a record
• I get the nice file previewer (most of my files are PDFs)
• I can store them once and link them to anything else

It’s that last point that is especially cool and cannot be done with regular Attachments. “Store Once, Link Anywhere”

One major difference, though, between old skool Attachments and Chatter Files is that Attachments would get linked up to the Parent Records too, at least for Standard Objects. This was nice. I could add an Attachment to an Opportunity and see it listed under the Account without needing to do anything special. Chatter Files do not do this. You can manually make it do this, but it’s not automated.

Let’s automate this missing feature!

Trigger
Simple little trigger to gather IDs and call an @future event in a class. Note that the call is wrapped in the IF statment checking to see if we are already in an @future or batch context. For any trigger that calls an @future event, please always wrap the call like this.

trigger FeedItems on FeedItem (after insert) {

	// AFTER INSERT
	if(Trigger.isAfter && Trigger.isInsert){
		
		List<ID> IDs = new List<ID>();
		for (FeedItem fi : trigger.new){
			IDs.add(fi.id);
		}
		
		if(!system.isFuture() && !system.isBatch()){
			FeedItems.linkChatterFiles(IDs);
		}
		
    }
	
}

Apex Class
I have the method written to only process a single ContentPost (assuming the UI is being used), but if you want to bulkify, be my guest.

What we are doing in the class is gathering the IDs of records we also want to link the file to. For me, I want to link files I post to Opportunities to the parent Account and files I post to Cases to the related Contact and Account. It’s up to you what to link.

One important step in there is to gather a list of records the file is already linked to. Towards the end of the code, we remove those IDs from the master list so we do not link them all over again with a new Chatter Post.

Take note of the InProcess boolean. This is a technique to prevent recursion. Since our trigger is on FeedItem and our method creates more FeedItems, we don’t want the trigger to keep firing.

public class FeedItems {

    public static Boolean inProcess = false;
	
    // Links Chatter Files on certain objects to related objects
    @future 
    public static void linkChatterFiles(List<Id> IDs) {
    	
    	// Only run for individual posts of files
    	if(IDs.size() == 1 && inProcess == false){
    		
    		inProcess = true; // turn on so we don't do recursive loops
    		List<FeedItem> FIsToInsert = new List<FeedItem>(); // list we will be inserting
    		
	    	for (FeedItem f: [select id, type, RelatedRecordId, parentId, title, body from FeedItem where id in:IDs and type = 'ContentPost']){
				
				// Verify fields that we cannot use to filter SOQL
				if (f.RelatedRecordId == null) { continue; }
				
				// Get ContentVerion record
				ContentVersion cv = [select id, ContentDocumentId from ContentVersion where id = :f.RelatedRecordId][0];
				
				// Get list of IDs this Content is already linked to so we don't do duplicate posts
				Set<Id> IDsAlreadyLinked = new Set<Id>();
				for (ContentDocumentLink cdl : [SELECT ContentDocumentId, LinkedEntityId FROM ContentDocumentLink where ContentDocumentId = :cv.ContentDocumentId]){
					
					IDsAlreadyLinked.add(cdl.LinkedEntityId);
					
				}
				
				// Depending on the object, link the content to different other objects
				Set<Id> IDsToLink = new Set<Id>();
				if (String.valueOf(f.parentId).startsWith( Opportunity.sObjectType.getDescribe().getKeyPrefix() )){
					
					Opportunity o = [select id, accountId from Opportunity where id = :f.ParentId limit 1][0];
					if(o.AccountId != null){ 
						IDsToLink.add(o.AccountId);
					}
					
					
				} else if (String.valueOf(f.parentId).startsWith( Case.sObjectType.getDescribe().getKeyPrefix() )){
					
					Case c = [select id, accountId, contactId from Case where id = :f.ParentId limit 1][0];
					if(c.AccountId != null){ 
						IDsToLink.add(c.AccountId);
					}
					if(c.contactId != null){ 
						IDsToLink.add(c.contactId);
					}
					
				}
				
				// Remove the IDs that are already linked so we don't create duplicate posts 
				IDsToLink.removeAll(IDsAlreadyLinked);
				
				// Create a new FeedItem for each of the records we want to link to
				for (ID theId : IDsToLink){
					FeedItem newFI = new FeedItem();
						newFI.Type = 'ContentPost';
						newFI.RelatedRecordId = f.RelatedRecordId;
						newFI.ParentId = theId;
						newFI.title = f.title;
						newFI.Body = f.body;
					FIsToInsert.add(newFI);
					
				}
				
			} // end main loop
		
			// INSERT
			if (!FIsToInsert.isEmpty()){ database.insert(FIsToInsert, false); }
				
    	} // end check for 1 record in trigger
    	
    } // end of linkChatterFiles method
    
}

Test
And the Test code. We have a separate method for each object we want to test posting a file to. I should have some asserts in there to test it actually works, but I don’t have those yet. That’s your homework.

@isTest 
private class FeedItems_Test {

    static testMethod void linkChatterFiles_Oppty() {
    	
    	Account a = new Account(name='test');
    	insert a;
    	
    	Contact c = new Contact (FirstName = 'Joe', LastName = 'Shmo', AccountId = a.id);
    	insert c;
    	
    	OpportunityStage stage = [select MasterLabel from OpportunityStage where IsClosed = false limit 1];
    	
    	Opportunity o  = new Opportunity();
        o.Name         = 'TEST'; 
        o.AccountId    = a.id;
        o.CloseDate    = Date.today(); 
        o.StageName    = stage.masterlabel;
        insert o;
        
        ContentVersion cv = new ContentVersion(); 
		cv.Origin = 'H';
		cv.PathOnClient='myFile.txt';
		cv.Title ='myFile'; 
		cv.VersionData = Blob.valueOf('I am a file posting to Chatter');
		insert cv;
		
		FeedItem contentFI = new FeedItem();
		contentFI.Type = 'ContentPost';
		contentFI.ParentId = o.id; // Opportunity
		contentFI.RelatedRecordId = cv.id;
		contentFI.title = 'Content Post';
		contentFI.Body = 'Body of content post';
		insert contentFI;
		
    }
    
    static testMethod void linkChatterFiles_Case() {
    	
    	Account a = new Account(name='test');
    	insert a;
    	
    	Contact c = new Contact (FirstName = 'Joe', LastName = 'Shmo', AccountId = a.id);
    	insert c;
    	
    	Case cs = new Case();
        cs.subject = 'Test';
        cs.ContactId = c.id;
        cs.AccountId = a.id;
        insert cs;
        
        ContentVersion cv = new ContentVersion(); 
		cv.Origin = 'H';
		cv.PathOnClient='myFile.txt';
		cv.Title ='myFile'; 
		cv.VersionData = Blob.valueOf('I am a file posting to Chatter');
		insert cv;
		
		FeedItem contentFI = new FeedItem();
		contentFI.Type = 'ContentPost';
		contentFI.ParentId = cs.id; // Case
		contentFI.RelatedRecordId = cv.id;
		contentFI.title = 'Content Post';
		contentFI.Body = 'Body of content post';
		insert contentFI;
		
    }
        
}

Enjoy!

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Having an AFTER UPDATE trigger on Leads like this is a good way to handle many post-convert needs.

Trigger

trigger Leads on Lead (after update) {
	
    if(Trigger.isAfter && Trigger.isUpdate){
        Leads l = new Leads();
        l.SetContactRoleDefaults(Trigger.new, Trigger.oldMap);
    }

}

Class

public class Leads {
    
// Sets default values on the Opportunity and Opportunity Contact Role record created during Conversion. Called on AFTER UPDATE
public void SetContactRoleDefaults(Lead[] leads, map<ID,Lead> old_leads) 
{
	
	set<ID> set_opptyIDs = new set<ID>();
	    		
	// Get Opportunity IDs into a Set if the lead was just converted and an Opportunity was created
	for (Lead l:leads){
		if (l.IsConverted && !old_leads.get(l.id).IsConverted){
			if (l.ConvertedOpportunityId != null){
				set_opptyIDs.add(l.ConvertedOpportunityId);
			}
		}
	}
	
	// Update Opportunity Contact Roles
	list<OpportunityContactRole> list_opptyContactRolesToUpdate = new list<OpportunityContactRole>();
	for(OpportunityContactRole ocr:[select Id,IsPrimary,Role from OpportunityContactRole where OpportunityId in :set_opptyIDs]) { 
		ocr.IsPrimary = true;
		ocr.Role = 'Decision Maker'; // set to what you want defaulted
		list_opptyContactRolesToUpdate.add(ocr);
	}
	
	if (list_opptyContactRolesToUpdate.size() > 0) {
		update list_opptyContactRolesToUpdate;
	}
	
}

}

Test Class

@IsTest 
private class Leads_Test {

static testMethod void SetContactRoleDefaults_Test() {
    
    // Create a Lead
    Lead l = new Lead();
    l.lastname = 'Lastname';
    l.firstname = 'FirstName';
    l.company = 'Company';
    insert l;
    
    // Convert the Lead
    Database.LeadConvert lc = new database.LeadConvert();
    lc.setLeadId(l.id);
	
    LeadStatus convertStatus = [Select Id, MasterLabel from LeadStatus where IsConverted=true limit 1];
    lc.setConvertedStatus(convertStatus.MasterLabel);
	
    Database.LeadConvertResult lcr = Database.convertLead(lc);
    System.assert(lcr.isSuccess());
	
    // Query Contact Role Records and Asserts all was set correctly.
    for (OpportunityContactRole ocr:[select Id,IsPrimary,Role from OpportunityContactRole where OpportunityId = :lcr.getOpportunityId()]){
        system.AssertEquals('Decision Maker', ocr.Role);
        system.AssertEquals(true, ocr.IsPrimary);
    }
    
}

}

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The Email AutoComplete app works well, but it written using s-Controls and Yahoo User Interface Library v2, which adds a lot of confusing code into it. It was too hard for me to change and apply to the Email to Case Premium pages.  I looked for a jQuery approach and leveraged ideas from a great blog post on the Vertical Code blog. In my case, however, I was trying to add this capability onto an AppExchange “managed” (i.e. locked down) page and onto the standard email forms from Salesforce. I didn’t have the luxury of an Apex Controller and Visualforce.

Enter the AJAX API and jQuery!

Question: How do I obtain the Session Id?

Answer: Create a Visualforce page to act as a JavaScript file. In this case, I am creating a global JavaScript variable called _my_sfdcSession.

<apex:page sidebar="false" showHeader="false" contentType="application/javascript" cache="false">
  var _my_sfdcSession = "{!$Api.Session_Id}";
</apex:page>

Question: How do I enable API access in Salesforce and turn on jQuery so its usable whereever I am (almost) in Salesforce?

Answer: Use the sidebar to inject the code. I use the Messages & Alerts sidebar item, but the same could also be done using a custom sidebar component. The key is that the component always be in the sidebar.

The code below loads the Visualforce page above to get the Session Id. Then it loads the AJAX toolkit (from Salesforce), jQuery (from Google CDN) and jQueryUI (from Google CSN). Note that the jQuery instance is put into a new variable called $_org using the jQuery.noConflict() method. I chose that variable name because I am assuming it won’t conflict with other solutions that rename jQuery.

<!-- Load Session Id -->
<script src="https://na1.salesforce.com/apex/loadSessionId?core.apexpages.devmode.url=1"></script>
<!-- Load AJAX Toolkit -->
<script src="https://na1.salesforce.com/soap/ajax/23.0/connection.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!-- Load jQuery -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var $_org = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<!-- Load jQuery UI -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" id="theme" />
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

NOTES:

• If you use the Messages and Alerts sidebar component, do not put empty lines in your code because the system will add a p html tag in it
• Use absolute references to your Salesforce pages because managed packages have a different url structure

Question: How do I implement the AutoComplete part?

Answer: Now that jQuery is loaded and we have access to the Salesforce API, we can get down to actual business. The code I am personally using is below. Not being super confident with jQuery selectors, I am hardcoding the element names to add auto complete to into my code. The downside of this is if those element names change, it will stop working, but it’s an easy fix.

This code gets a list of element Ids and then loops through them, adding autoComplete (from jQuery UI) to each one. The “source” property of autoComplete uses the Salesforce API to look for Contacts with a name or email address LIKE what is being typed in. In this case, it is handling the situation where you already have multiple names separated by ; in the email field. You will also notice the line saying sforce.connection.sessionId = _my_sfdcSession;. This line associates the Session Id from that initial page we created to the AJAX API.

I have this code stored as a Static Resource called “AutoComplete_Email”.

$_org(document).ready(function() {
	
	// The elements to bind email autocomplete to
	var elems = [];
	
	// Add Email to Case Premium elements
	elems.push('pg:addCommentF:addCommentPB:emailCustomerPBS:additionalEmailsPBSI:additionalEmails_TextBox');
	elems.push('pg:addCommentF:addCommentPB:emailCustomerPBS:additionalCCsPBSI:additionalCCs_TextBox');
	elems.push('pg:addCommentF:addCommentPB:emailCustomerPBS:additionalBCCsPBSI:additionalBCCs_TextBox');
	
	// Add default Salesforce email fields
	elems.push('p24'); // Additional To
	elems.push('p4'); // CC
	elems.push('p5'); // Bcc
	
	$_org(elems).each(function(index) {
		var thisElem = document.getElementById(elems[index]);
		$_org(thisElem).autocomplete({
			minLength: 1,
			delay: 250,
			
			source: function(request, response) {
						
						var retVal = []; // array to return
						
						var queryTerm = $_org.trim(request.term); // term to search for
						if (queryTerm.lastIndexOf(';') != -1){
							queryTerm = queryTerm.substring(queryTerm.lastIndexOf(';') + 1);
							queryTerm = $_org.trim(queryTerm);
						}
						
						if (queryTerm.length <= 1){ 
							$_org(thisElem).autocomplete("close");
						} else {
							sforce.connection.sessionId = _my_sfdcSession;
							var result = sforce.connection.query("SELECT Id, Name, Email FROM Contact WHERE (Name LIKE '%" + queryTerm + "%' OR Email LIKE '%" + queryTerm + "%') AND Email != NULL ORDER BY Name LIMIT 20");
							it = new sforce.QueryResultIterator(result);
							while (it.hasNext()) {
								var rec = it.next();
								var retValItem = new Object();
								retValItem.label = rec.Name + ' (' + rec.Email + ')';
								retValItem.value = rec.Email;
								retVal.push(retValItem);
							}
						}
						response(retVal);
					},
				   
			select: function( event, ui ) {
						var tmp = $_org(thisElem).val();
						if (tmp.lastIndexOf(';') == -1){
							$_org(thisElem).val( ui.item.value + '; ' );
						} else {
							$_org(thisElem).val( tmp.substring(0, tmp.lastIndexOf(';') + 1) + ' ' + ui.item.value + '; ');
						}
						$_org(thisElem).autocomplete("close");
						return false;
					},
					
			focus: function(event, ui) {
				return false; // added so keyboard navigation does not overwrite the value
			}

		 });
		 
	 });
	 
}); // end of $_org(document).ready()

Question: Now how do I get this autoComplete code injected into the page?

Answer: Add some more code to the sidebar. The key parts are lines 6-9 below. This injects the script into the page. I personally make sure its only injected into the pages I want it to, which are the standard email pages in Salesforce and the Email to Case Premium “New Comment” page.

<script type="text/javascript">
if (
document.URL.toLowerCase().indexOf("emailauthor")!=-1 || 
document.URL.toLowerCase().indexOf("/apex/new_comment")!=-1
){
	var elem = document.createElement('script');
	elem.type='text/javascript';
	elem.src="http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/resource/AutoComplete_Email";
	document.body.appendChild(elem);
}
</script>

Question: What does this look like in the end?

Answer: Below are 2 examples. There’s obviously more you can do with CSS. These are using the basic CSS from jQuery UI.

Salesforce Email Page

Email to Case Premium’s New Comment

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We have partnered with SpatialKey to bring you the Geopointe Analytics solution.  The SpatialKey platform allows you to perform deep geo-analysis against massive amounts of data in a very intuitive, enjoyable and beautiful user interface.

Geopointe Analytics is now available in all Geopointe trials.  Existing customers may request a trial of the Analytics solution in their current system (after upgrading to the latest Geopointe version).  If you are running an older version of Geopointe, you can learn about upgrading here.

End-users can access the features via the Visualize tab. There, they can sync their data sets to SpatialKey, use existing org-wide data sets provided by an admin or launch into the user interface using either a full map or “blank canvas” interface.

The Analytics users interface is very interactive and immersive. The following video gives you a taste of what’s offered, but the best option is to try it out for yourself.

If you have any questions about this solution, contact us.

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• radialSearchMapObject
• radialSearchDataSet

These Apex methods enable Geopointe customers to utilize the proximity searching of Geopointe into advanced Apex logic. For information on all methods available to you, visit the Apex API page in the Help Center.

Let’s run an example.  The image below displays a query (via the Geopointe UI) of our Geopointe customers within 15 miles of Wrigley Field in Chicago. We want to accomplish this same query in Apex without ever needing the UI. Now we can and the geopointe.API class will help us with this.

Using radialSearchMapObject
This method allows you to perform a radial search against a Map Object (a Salesforce object enabled for mapping) and also allows the passing in of a custom filter. Here we are saying to search around the record with id a1430000001E32gAAC and to search the Account object with a filter of Type = ‘Customer’ for records within 15 miles.

geopointe.API.radialSearchResult result = geopointe.API.radialSearchMapObject(
     'a1430000001E32gAAC',
     'account',
     'type=\'Customer\'',
     15,
     geopointe.API.units.MILES);

system.debug(result);

Using radialSearchDataSet
The method below is accomplishing the same thing, but is using a pre-defined dataset that already has the filter for Customers built into it.

geopointe.API.radialSearchResult result = geopointe.API.radialSearchDataSet(
     'a1430000001E32gAAC',
     '12826856169860.9678661172894504',
     15,
     geopointe.API.units.MILES);

system.debug(result);

The radialSearchResult Class
Both methods result in a geopointe.API.radialSearchResult object, which is defined in the Geopointe Help Center. This object will return the record Ids closest to the center as well as the distances to these locations.

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/* query lead and then clone it */
lead l = [select id, firstname, lastname, company from lead where id = '00Q3000000aKwVN' limit 1][0];
lead l2 = l.clone(false, true);
insert l2;

If you are cloning records, it can be frustrating to keep it updated as you add new fields to Salesforce. I generally want all new fields to be cloned too. I’ll code to any exceptions if needed. To help with this, I wrote myself a handy method to build me a SOQL statement and obtain all the writable fields.

public with sharing class Utils{ 

    // Returns a dynamic SOQL statement for the whole object, includes only creatable fields since we will be inserting a cloned result of this query
    public static string getCreatableFieldsSOQL(String objectName, String whereClause){
        
        String selects = '';
        
        if (whereClause == null || whereClause == ''){ return null; }
        
        // Get a map of field name and field token
        Map<String, Schema.SObjectField> fMap = Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get(objectName.toLowerCase()).getDescribe().Fields.getMap();
        list<string> selectFields = new list<string>();
        
        if (fMap != null){
            for (Schema.SObjectField ft : fMap.values()){ // loop through all field tokens (ft)
                Schema.DescribeFieldResult fd = ft.getDescribe(); // describe each field (fd)
                if (fd.isCreateable()){ // field is creatable
                    selectFields.add(fd.getName());
                }
            }
        }
        
        if (!selectFields.isEmpty()){
            for (string s:selectFields){
                selects += s + ',';
            }
            if (selects.endsWith(',')){selects = selects.substring(0,selects.lastIndexOf(','));}
            
        }
        
        return 'SELECT ' + selects + ' FROM ' + objectName + ' WHERE ' + whereClause;
        
    }

}

So if I want to clone the Lead I describe above, I’d do the following and this will ensure that I will clone all the fields on the Lead. Since the method only adds Creatable fields to the SOQL, I don’t have to worry about trying to set a formula field or system field and generating an error.

/* query lead and then clone it */
String soql = Utils.getCreatableFieldsSOQL('lead','id=\'00Q3000000aKwVN\'');
lead l = (Lead)Database.query(soql);
lead l2 = l.clone(false, true);
insert l2;

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See this example in action in the video below.

The image below is a copy of the button configuration.

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Geopointe comes with some examples with the “embeddedMap…” pages.  These are pre-configured Visualforce Pages using the static map component to show you the location of a record.

We added a Static Map page on the website to act as the official documentation home for this functionality.  With Geopointe installed, you also get a documentation in your Component Reference regarding the geopointe:staticMap component.

Below are some examples showing off the functionality.

<geopointe:StaticMap mapProvider=”goog” width=”500″ height=”300″ useIconLabels=”true” iconColor=”green” locationIDs=”a07A000000ATQjhIAH,a07A0000006O0qc,a07A0000006NKq2,Evanston|IL,OakPark|IL”/>

<geopointe:StaticMap mapProvider=”mq” width=”800″ height=”200″ useIconLabels=”true” iconColor=”purple” locationIDs=”a07A000000ATQjhIAH,a07A0000006O0qc,a07A0000006NKq2,Evanston|IL,OakPark|IL” mapType=”hyb”/>

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I’d like an independent developer to “co-own” the Info Center app with Arrowpointe.  This dev will help take it to the next level.  This dev will do this in the name of getting some exposure for themselves and also as a way to learn force.com technologies.  The result is a publicly facing deliverable.  Info Center will remain free.

The dev should consider this a side project (i.e. no pay) done in the interest of proving an app to the community and learning some things along the way.  If you are a developer and have wanted to get out there and do something on AppExchange, this is a good opportunity to get some experience for very little risk (you are only spending time).

The longer story…

Info Center is an app I created back in 2006.  To use it, an admin works in objects called Messages, FAQs and Links adding data for the purpose of communicating it to end users.  It was originally created for consulting projects I worked on as a place where the admin could answer FAQs for users as the deployment took off.  End users are given the “Info Center” tab, which renders all this data for them in a nice, easy to read format.

It has not changed in function or technology since 2006 and it could use an update.  For example, the Info Center tab below currently uses a S-Control to render it.

My focus is now on Geopointe and I have no time to work on Info Center.  I’ve been meaning to update it for a while now, but never got around to it.  Therefore, I wanted to see if anyone in the community (ideally an independent developer) wants to take on Info Center 2.0 and we’ll see what comes of it.

It still gets 10-20 installs per month and will provide a good way for someone trying to “make it” in the force.com world to gain some credibility. May as well help with an app that has a bit of momentum already, right?

Info Center was a project I assigned myself in 2006 in order to learn s-Controls and the API.  Having my deliverable be public facing went a long way towards making it polished, teaching me about the AppExchange and the nuances of delivering a app for others to use. I’d like to pass that experience along to someone else.

There is no timeline for this.  I am first looking for the right person who’d like to take this on.  If it takes months to complete, that’s fine.  As long as the person is committed to the task at hand.

At its simplest, I’d at least like to have the Info Center tab render using Visualforce.  I could envision a mix of Visualforce, Apex and jQuery being the technologies used. If delivering these technologies in an AppExchange app appeals to you, consider taking this on.

If interested, comment on this post and we’ll take it from there.  Please only comment if you are genuinely interested and feel you’d be able to see it through to the finish.  If you want to contact me privately, you can do so here.

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It’s subtle tip for you perfectionists out there that makes reports look just a tad more professional. If you add a colon (e.g. Orders: Aging) to your report name, it will display the report name on 2 separate lines when viewing the report. Use this to create a naming convention for your reports like (category: detailed description) or for long report names so they display nicely.

I don’t think this is an actual, documented feature from Salesforce, but it’s been this way for years.

Look at the difference between naming a report “Orders – Aging” and “Orders: Aging”. It’s a subtle difference, but it’s something I use regularly and thought I’d pass along.

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• Arrowpointe has a Dreamforce booth in the Expo.  Find it at…

• Scott is presenting in the “Advanced Force.com Code (Apex) Development and Performance Considerations” session. Several opportunities to attend.
  • 1:15pm on Monday, December 6 at Cloudstock (Moscone West)
  • 3:45pm on Tuesday, December 7 at Dreamforce (Moscone West 2003) (follow in DF Chatter App)
  • 11:00am on Thursday, December 9 at Dreamforce (Moscone West 2004) (follow in DF Chatter App)
• Follow Scott Hemmeter in the Dreamforce Chatter App
• Follow Arrowpointe in the Dreamforce Chatter App
• Follow @arrowpointe on Twitter

Dreamforce looks to be very exciting and full of good information.  Whether you are a customer, developer, partner, prospective customer, journalist or just a techie at heart, there is content for you at Dreamforce.

If you are attending the show and have not yet gotten involved in the Dreamforce Chatter app, be sure and participate in that.  It has already changed the pre-conference experience and added to the excitement significantly.

See you there!

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