Introduction to Microservice Architecture Using SpringBoot - Part 1

 

1) What are the skills required to become a Salesforce Developer?

Answer: A Salesforce Developer is the one with the basic knowledge of the Salesforce platform. They can become a Salesforce Administrator, at a later stage of the career. The developer must know how does Salesforce works.

2) What is a Custom Object in Salesforce?

Answer: Custom Objects are nothing but database tables and are the objects created by you for the storage of information on company or industry. While building a custom object, the Salesforce platform automatically builds things such as page layouts, etc for user interfaces.

3] What is the use of SOQL? What are the differences between SOQL and SOSL?

Answer: The full form of SOQL is Standard Object Query Language. SOQL evaluates to a single sObject and a list of many sObjects or an integer for count method queries. It is used to retrieve data from the Salesforce platform and resides inside Apex or Visualforce and returns a set of data.

4]The differences between SOQL and SOSL are given below.

SOQL	SOSL
It is possible to search only one subject at a time.	Multiple objects can be searched here at a time.
Uses “SELECT” keyword for retrieval of records from the database.	Uses “FIND” keyword for retrieval of record from database.
It allows to search only one table.	It allows to search multiple tables.
It allows to perform DML operations on query results.	It is not possible to perform DML on search results.
This is used in a query ( ) call.	This is used in a search ()call in the API.
This is used in classes and triggers.	This cannot be used in triggers.
Returns records.	Returns fields.

 

5]What are Workflows in Salesforce? What are the types of Workflow?

Answer: Workflow in Salesforce is for automating the standard internal processes and procedures and thereby save time across the organization. The main container for a set of workflow instructions is a Workflow Rule. It is possible to sum these instructions as an if/then statement.

6]What are the different types of reports that are available in Salesforce?

Answer: The different types of Salesforce Reports include:

· Tabular Report: It offers the fastest and simplest way to view your data. They have an ordered set of fields arranged in columns. They cannot create groups of data.

· Matrix Report: Here the grouping is done based on both rows and columns.

· Summary Report: Here the groups appear based on columns only.

· Joined Report: In this, two or more reports are joined in a single report

 

7]What is Junction Object? What is it used for?

Answer: Junction objects are needed to build a many-to-many relationship among Salesforce objects.

For Example, In a typical recruitment scenario, there are possibilities of creating many positions for candidates and at the same time, a candidate can apply for many positions.

8]What is a Dashboard in Salesforce?

Answer: A dashboard as shown in the above figure summarizes and portrays your Salesforce data in a graphical layout. This offers insights at-a-glance, for any device and for any targeted audience. In this figure, it throws light on the Sales reps of your organization.

9] What is Sandbox org in Salesforce? What are the different types of Sandbox in Salesforce?

Answer: Sandboxes are for copies of the production organization. It is possible to make such multiple copies of the same environment that serve various purposes like development, testing and training without any need for compromise of data in the production org.

As sandboxes are isolated from the production environment, operations performed in the sandbox have no impact on the production org.

There are four types of Salesforce Sandboxes as shown below:

· Developer Sandbox

· Developer Pro Sandbox

· Partial Data Sandbox

· Full Sandbox

 

10]What are the options for deploying from Sandbox to Production org? What is an Outbound Change Set?

Answer: Various methods are adopted for deploying a sandbox to production. The main method is using the Change Sets. A Change Set enables to create and test a new object in the sandbox and then send that to the production org. It contains information on org and not on any data such as records.

The other methods to deploy sandbox to production org include Force.com IDE, unmanaged packages as well as ANT migration tools.