Salesforce gives you two solid ways to find data: SOQL for precise, table-style queries, and SOSL for full-text, cross-object search. Layer on smart search tuning (filters, wildcards, snippets) to surface relevant results quickly. And for read-heavy orgs, Skinny Tables can help — but they have trade-offs and should be used...
Fast, reliable Apex leans on three pillars: relationship queries, aggregate SOQL, and thoughtful subqueries—while steering clear of N+1 patterns. Nail these and your code stays bulkified, selective, and governor-limit friendly. Relationship SOQL (child → parent): follow lookups with dot notation Concept: Pull fields from a parent record in the same...
If you want blazing-fast SOQL, your filters have to be selective. In practice, that means your WHERE clause narrows things enough for Salesforce to rely on an index. Use the Query Plan tool to see what the optimizer intends to do and shape your filters to hit standard, custom, or...
Introduction In Salesforce, data modeling sits at the core of everything—APIs, automation, UI, analytics, all of it. Beyond standard and custom objects, you’ve also got External Objects for virtualized data, Big Objects for massive, append-only datasets, and polymorphic fields (like WhatId/WhoId) for flexible relationships. This guide gives Developers, Admins, and...
When Salesforce orgs get big, keeping things tidy is critical. The best way to do that is by separating responsibilities clearly.Your domain layer should model business rules, the Repository should handle data access (SOQL/DML), Services should coordinate your use cases, and the Unit of Work should manage commits in one...
