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Formula Advice from the Awesome Admin Community

July 26, 2021 by Jennifer W. Lee Leave a Comment

Salesforce Admins are experts in their orgs, and they continue to generously share their knowledge with other Trailblazers. In conjunction with the Admin Best Practices: Building Useful Formulas Trailhead LIVE session, we thought it would be fun to hear from admins regarding any formula advice they have to dish.

We put out the question on Twitter: “#AwesomeAdmins, do you have helpful tips for someone who is learning or working with formulas?”

Many #AwesomeAdmins responded to the call. Below are a few we thought you’d find helpful.

Getting started tips

Salesforce MVP Squire Kershner recommends admins “write out what you want the formula to do … Then convert the sentence into a formula phrase by phrase,” as this helps define which function to use and where.

Michelle Hansen, another Salesforce MVP, adds a bonus pro-tip: You can add comments to your formula field using “/* INSERT YOUR COMMENTS HERE*/”. Note:

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