Comments for ForceCertified.com http://forcecertified.com A free resource for Salesforce.com certification Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:13:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by John Coppedge http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12790 John Coppedge Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:13:14 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12790 KV, The features should show up automatically, although your sandbox likely had to be created before a certain date (e.g. before 2/7). If it still doesn't show I would either request a feature activation... or wait til Monday and it will be in prod :) Cheers, John KV,

The features should show up automatically, although your sandbox likely had to be created before a certain date (e.g. before 2/7). If it still doesn’t show I would either request a feature activation… or wait til Monday and it will be in prod :)

Cheers,

John

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by KV http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12768 KV Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:22:17 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12768 Did you have to activate anything to see the analytics option? My Enterprise sandbox still doesn't see any updates..... Did you have to activate anything to see the analytics option? My Enterprise sandbox still doesn’t see any updates…..

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by John Coppedge http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12759 John Coppedge Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:35:08 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12759 I would love to declare two unrelated objects in a single report, but that could be just me :) Alternatively you could create an analytic snapshot and report on the joined data but that's less ideal. I would love to declare two unrelated objects in a single report, but that could be just me :)

Alternatively you could create an analytic snapshot and report on the joined data but that’s less ideal.

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by Thomas Tobin http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12707 Thomas Tobin Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:32:40 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12707 If the fields really are the same, I'm not sure a single report is where I want to declare that. Somebody has done the work of telling us what's the same, and that's in the schema, in the system of lookups and other relationships that allow us to get data. The way we've done it doesn't allow you to get unrelated things and just smush them together - average users won't figure out what could make sense. But they can see related lists and now bring those together on the same report... If the fields really are the same, I’m not sure a single report is where I want to declare that.
Somebody has done the work of telling us what’s the same, and that’s in the schema, in the system of lookups and other relationships that allow us to get data.
The way we’ve done it doesn’t allow you to get unrelated things and just smush them together – average users won’t figure out what could make sense. But they can see related lists and now bring those together on the same report…

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by John Coppedge http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12700 John Coppedge Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:41:46 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12700 Thanks all for the feedback and votes, appreciate it. @Thomas - lead status and opportunity stage aren't the same from a data perspective, but absolutely are from a reporting perspective. What I'm suggesting in the idea I posted is that you allow users to decide what's considered "common" between reports so that they can mashup their data in any way that is meaningful to their organization. Great work on Analytics Edition as well, it really is a vast improvement. Thanks all for the feedback and votes, appreciate it.

@Thomas – lead status and opportunity stage aren’t the same from a data perspective, but absolutely are from a reporting perspective. What I’m suggesting in the idea I posted is that you allow users to decide what’s considered “common” between reports so that they can mashup their data in any way that is meaningful to their organization.

Great work on Analytics Edition as well, it really is a vast improvement.

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by Thomas Tobin http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12698 Thomas Tobin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:55 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12698 What were you trying to join by in the leads and opportunities case? There's nothing common between the two lists - apart from the owner (who's info was visible), there's nothing common between the two lists. We have no way of knowing that the status field should be the same between the two... the fields could just have the same name. What you could do, if you want to join on status is: 1) create a new object; status 2) create lookups from lead and opportunity 3) create status object records for each status you want 4) workflow rules on lead and opportunity set the lookup to status to the value from the record's status. Then you'll be able to join them by status, and the status mapping will make sense (because you've set it) What were you trying to join by in the leads and opportunities case?
There’s nothing common between the two lists – apart from the owner (who’s info was visible), there’s nothing common between the two lists. We have no way of knowing that the status field should be the same between the two… the fields could just have the same name.

What you could do, if you want to join on status is:
1) create a new object; status
2) create lookups from lead and opportunity
3) create status object records for each status you want
4) workflow rules on lead and opportunity set the lookup to status to the value from the record’s status.

Then you’ll be able to join them by status, and the status mapping will make sense (because you’ve set it)

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by Tyeson http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12694 Tyeson Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:21 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12694 Hi John - thanks for the quick, concise review. Imagine if you had paid steeply only to find out about the limitations on joins, common fields. So it's not really like "outer joins", but "sibling joins"? Good to hear that bucketing works well, as in any org that has outrageous pickist organic growth like Lead Source, being able to categorize will be great. Also excited about cross-filtering. Hope all is well, and let me know when you're in town to catch up! Hi John – thanks for the quick, concise review. Imagine if you had paid steeply only to find out about the limitations on joins, common fields. So it’s not really like “outer joins”, but “sibling joins”? Good to hear that bucketing works well, as in any org that has outrageous pickist organic growth like Lead Source, being able to categorize will be great. Also excited about cross-filtering.

Hope all is well, and let me know when you’re in town to catch up!

]]> Comment on Salesforce.com Analytics Edition [Pros and Cons] by Jonathan Maher http://forcecertified.com/2012/02/08/salesforce-com-analytics-edition-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-12693 Jonathan Maher Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:15 +0000 http://forcecertified.com/?p=921#comment-12693 Great post, looks like this really is going to solve several of our problems. Also, I agree the functionality expressed in your Idea would be very nice. I've "promoted" it. Thanks! Great post, looks like this really is going to solve several of our problems.

Also, I agree the functionality expressed in your Idea would be very nice. I’ve “promoted” it.

Thanks!

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Can some one share the PPTs of the class room training so that it will be helpful to go through the certification exam

Thanks in advance

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