The API version selector in Workbench UI had been blocked on API v58.0 since end of 2023 (the API v59.0, matching the Winter’24 release update, and following, were not considered).
Workbench UI has been updated on mid December 2024, to fit the gap of the versions of all release updates that have occurred since then.
You can now choose up to v62.0 API version, when using this tool.
Thanks to the Workbench team for the update !
When you created a Salesforce Sandbox, the user creating the new sandbox was kept active to be able to login in this new sandbox, but all the other ones were created inactive.
Now, since the last release, you can choose to keep active, all the users of a Public Group, by example an Admin / Tech Lead active group, or for release deployment user, that may be granted access on all sandboxes.
You are required to select a public group. That means you need to configure such Public Group to be able to go beyond this screen. As it is an one-off operation, that is something you can configure up front, and review when needed when resources leave or arrive.
As you can see on the screen, the group is mandatory. Otherwise, it will generate an error asking you to enter a valid group name
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When you import data in Salesforce, you can naturally force the insertion of null values in Data Loader, when your data require it (fields filled in on certain records, but left empty for others).
In this case, when you leverage the REST API, in Data Loader, you can check the option to be able to insert null values :
But, when inserting data with BULK API, you do not have the possibility to force the null values, as you can see in the screenshots below :
To be able to insert data, in Bulk mode, with fields filled in with null values, you have to edit your CSV file, and replace the null values or empty values by the #N/A text, as you can see in the example below :
Enjoy you fast data imports with BULK API
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When you receive an email form Salesforce telling you a certificate is about to expire, you can see that the communication mentions the concerned instance either in the email subject (Sandbox is mentioned) and in the email body.
Here are the actions asked by Salesforce to take care of it (copied from Salesforce kind reminder) :
1. In Setup, on the Certificate and Key Management page, download the expiring certificate. Save it in case you require access to its key in the future.
2. Generate a new self-signed or CA-signed certificate.
3. Update connections to external sites or other services with your new certificate.
4. When your new certificate is tested and in use, delete the old certificate.
About the certification backup, do not hesitate to create a directory in your company’s SharePoint, just to avoid to lose track of them. You should normally never use these backups, but you never know 🙂
First, you have to create a brand new self-signed certificate. To do so, please go to go to Setup > Certificate and Key Management > Create Self-Signed Certificate
You need then to update all connected apps or SSO settings, that were using the ‘soon to be expired’ self-signed certificate, to make them use the newly created one.
Once done, go to Setup > Certificate and Key Management to navigate towards the ‘soon to be expired’ self-signed certificate, to delete it… or at least try to do so 😉
Just get your cursor above the Delete button, which is grayed out, and you will know where your certificate is still used. As you can see in the screenshot below, the system mentions in the contextual information, the place where the certificate is still used.
Here, we may see that we forgot to reconfigure a SSO Setting using this « soon to be expired » certificate.
In this case navigate to your Single Sign-On settings, in your instance setup, edit your SSO configuration, check the Request Signing Certificate, and update it to the most recent certificate.
The certificate can now be deleted (the button is not grayed anymore) :
I would suggest not to delete your certificate right after this operation, but to wait for a week, or at least a couple of business days, to be sure there has been no impact, before deleting it eventually.
Do not forget to
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Salesforce has made available, an org analysis feature, called « Scale Center » to all their Unlimited Edition Client. It has been made available on Full Copy sandboxes as well.
The feature is accessible from the setup menu (look for « Scale Center » in setup’s Quick Find box). You still may try to contact your Salesforce AE, to get, or try to activate the solution for your Salesforce instance.
First, get to Scale Center section, select Org Performance, and activate the feature.
Once activated, Scale Center will run to collect and analyse your data. It will need a couple of hours to gather all measures.
After performance measures collection, the admin system will be able to define either a quick observation range (last 4h / last 12h / last 24h until now) or define more accurately the time frame for data observation.
The Admin System will also be able to compare the time frame, with a previous one, by clicking on Compare checkbox, and then define the second timeframe.
Here is below a sample of a performance measure chart on a long time frame
The tool allows the Admin user to define a 30-minute long slot, to deep dive on outliers, or anomalous data that may be highlighted in such chart.
From this 30-minute long selection, the System Admin will be able to generate either :
Start a new analysis report, see report status,
From the Setup menu (Setup > Performance > Scale Center > Performance Analysis) a system admin can access all performances reports generated from within the previous screens. You can consult there the last 100 reports generated within your Salesforce Organization.
However, be aware that the generated reports will expire after 30 days.
The Performance Analysis report will take a few minutes to be generated. During this preparation time, when clicking on the report in progress, the report is not yet available.
When ready, the report will be accessible by refreshing the page ; it will be tagged as available, in the Analysis related list, from the previous screen.
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