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Learn Lightning: Create Reports

And, we’re back! The Learn Lightning series continues into 2017 as we go through common Admin tasks in the Lightning Experience that we are used to doing in Classic. Before the holiday break, we learned how to navigate setup, create an app, create & clone users, create groups, and create & edit objects. Now let’s […]

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Meet Salesforce’s New-and-Improved Documentation Sites

When it’s easier for you to use our documentation, it’s easier for you to use Salesforce. With that in mind, we’re always making improvements so that you can find what you need. To kick off the New Year we’re introducing a few changes. After the Spring ’17 release, you can filter the Release Notes based […]

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Top 5 AwesomeAdmin Moments from 2016

Let’s face it, 2016 has been a tough year for many of us. As the year winds down, I wanted to share some of the best parts of 2016 for the AwesomeAdmin world: great new features, incredible community moments, and some of my favorite stories to help brighten your new year. 1) Custom Home Pages […]

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Learn Lightning: Create & Edit Objects

Objects in Salesforce are like spreadsheets. You can put all the information you put into the columns and rows of a spreadsheet into one object. For example, I had a massive spreadsheet tracking all my guests for my wedding. I can create one custom object in Salesforce to track all the same information in a […]

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Manage Your Rollout with the Lightning Adoption Tracker App

As Admins, you are experts in your organization and part of being an expert is staying informed about what apps and permissions have access to, and whether they are actually using them. With the introduction of the Lightning Experience, we have a new permission to track your users on Permission Sets and Profiles, and tracking who […]

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Learn Lightning: Create Groups

It’s week 4 of my Learn Lightning series, where I share what I’ve learned about doing common Admin tasks in Lightning, comparing them Classic. This week, I’m focusing on groups – creating, editing, and some fun things only available in Lightning. Why Create a Group? Groups are my favorite way to engage with users. My […]

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Building Joy into Your Job

Tis the season to be stressed out – end of year planning, preparing for time off, holiday shopping, taking care of family – the to do lists never seem to end! Let’s be honest, sometimes it is hard to be motivated and excited about working when you are overwhelmed by all the things that have to […]

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Learn Lightning: Create & Clone Users

Learn Lightning with me! In this Learn Lightning blog series, I’ll take you through everyday Admin tasks in Lightning that you are used to doing in Classic. Join me as I guide you through my Lightning journey so that you can begin your own! So far in this series, we’ve learned how to navigate Setup and […]

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The 3 Major Phases of Your Lightning Rollout

We know that you are excited to use the Lightning Experience, and you probably have excited users as well. But we also know that it can feel like launching a rollout project will be a huge undertaking. To help you get started, we think the easiest way for you to approach your Lightning rollout is […]

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