10 New Ideas on the Product Roadmap Admins Will Love

The IdeaExchange is where you can share ideas with the Trailblazer Community and Salesforce Product Managers. Use your voice to shape Salesforce products by posting and upvoting ideas throughout the year, and prioritizing top ideas three times a year. During each 2-week Prioritization cycle — typically in January, May, and September — we give anyone with a Trailblazer.me profile 100 virtual coins to allocate to the ideas they want to see on the product roadmaps. Then, we use the results to determine which new features to build for upcoming releases.

In September 2021, nearly 5,000 of you told us which ideas were your favorites on the list. Awesome job, everyone who participated! Here’s a look at the winning ideas you’ll see delivered in future releases.

1. Analytics winner: Increase the limit on the number of reports a user can subscribe to

This work will happen in two phases. Phase 1 will be a short-term solution to increase the limits temporarily. Phase 2 will be a long-term solution using our headless browser service, which will require rearchitecting the way subscriptions work. Estimated GA Release: Winter ’24.

2. Analytics winner: More math functions in reports

Adds more math functions, such as Median and Standard Deviation, in operational reports. Estimated GA Release: Summer ’22.

3. AppExchange winner: Increase pricing transparency on AppExchange listings

Introduces additional pricing options on AppExchange, to provide information that helps customers evaluate products using clear, transparent pricing information. The customer will have the ability to distinguish between free, free to install but requiring paid service, freemium, and paid offerings. Estimated GA Release: Summer ’22.

4. AppExchange winner: Sort apps by number of reviews

Allows the sorting of AppExchange listings by number of reviews. Estimated GA Release: Winter ’23.

5. Commerce winner: Increased number of search filters

Increases the limit of filterable attributes in B2B Search from 10 to 25, or even more usable filters, to improve the buyer/shopper experience. Estimated GA Release: Spring ’23.

6. Experience winner: Content workflow approvals using CMS in Experience Cloud

Allows draft content to go through workflows that ensure it can be reviewed and approved before it’s published. Estimated GA Release: Spring ’23.

7. Experience winner: A/B testing

Allows integrations of third-party A/B experimentation services on Experience Cloud sites. Estimated GA Release: Winter ’23.

8. Nonprofit winner: Enhanced matching in BDI

NPSP: Expands BDI’s current matching for more complex matching criteria like external IDs. Estimated GA Release: Summer ’22.

9. Nonprofit winner: Embed text in Client Notes

NPC Case Management: Based on the type of note selected, this feature embeds note body with pre-populated text, for faster and more consistent data entry. Estimated GA Release: Winter ’23.

10. Pardot winner: Engagement Studio wait times less than a day

Provides the ability to set a time greater than “immediately” and less than “1” day on action steps in Engagement Studio. Estimated GA Release: Spring ’23.

Don’t stop believin’ in your ideas

Awesome: Some of your favorite ideas have been declared winners and are on their way to becoming new features through the release planning and development process. Not quite as awesome: An idea you submitted to the IdeaExchange didn’t go up for Prioritization.

What now? There are many ways to get your ideas to stand out, but one of our experts has provided insight into how you can make your idea attract attention on the IdeaExchange. Explore this insightful article on how to craft an idea that will stand out amongst the crowd!

Get ready to start prioritizing — the January 2022 cycle is coming soon!

Prioritize top ideas from the IdeaExchange from January 24 – February 7, 2022, to tell us which features you want Salesforce to build next for Winter ’23 and beyond. New to Prioritization? Watch this short demo to learn how to allocate coins to your favorite ideas on the Prioritization list.

Ways to learn about Prioritization

1. Hit the trail

Curious to know exactly how ideas get selected for the Prioritization list? Find answers and learn how to work with our product teams on the IdeaExchange by earning a shiny new badge. Take the IdeaExchange Trailmix to dive deeper into the idea lifecycle and rewatch True to the Core sessions for the latest product roadmap updates.

2. Stay updated

You can help shape the future of the IdeaExchange by joining the conversation in the IdeaExchange Reimagined Trailblazer Community group on the Trailblazer Community. To receive updates about winning ideas and reminders before the start of each cycle, please make sure you set your communication preferences to receive Salesforce marketing emails, and opt in to IdeaExchange notifications on your Trailblazer.me profile.