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Why use Report Sender?

Salesforce reporting has limitations — especially when it comes to getting reports into the right hands. Report Sender enhances scheduling, adds dynamic filtering, and extends delivery to external users, making your reporting process faster and more flexible.

Ian Cosgrove

4 min read

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Announcing DBSAVER: Simple, Affordable Salesforce Backup

Many organizations face data loss in Salesforce, often due to lacking reliable backups. To address this, CloudAnswers has launched DBSAVER, a cost-effective backup solution designed for all sizes of organizations. DBSAVER provides daily automated backups, secure data storage, and simplified access for just $100 a month, significantly cheaper than traditional per-user options.

Cloud Answers

7 min read

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Agentforce: Worth all of the Fanfare?

Salesforce’s vision for autonomous AI has been years in the making, but Agentforce 360 represents its boldest step yet. From defining agent behavior in the Builder to testing real-world booking scenarios, this article explores what Agentforce does well, where it still falls short, and whether its rapidly rising costs justify the value. Is Agentforce the future of Salesforce automation—or just an expensive work in progress?

Ian Cosgrove

7 min read

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Agentforce Vibes: Can We Really Use AI to Write Code as Salesforce Admins?

Agentforce Vibes is changing what it means to be a Salesforce Admin. For years, our work revolved around no-code and low-code tools—but now AI is opening the door to a new reality: Admins who can generate and understand Apex without being traditional developers. In this post, I break down how Agentforce Vibes helps turn natural language into functional code, explains complex logic, assists with debugging, and even updates Flows and metadata.

Ian Cosgrove

5 min read

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Why Consultants need Event Monitoring

Event monitoring is often overlooked by consultants, but it's essential for securing and optimizing Salesforce environments. This post explores the importance of Salesforce Shield, its components, and a real-life scenario where event monitoring saved the day.

Ian Cosgrove

3 min read

For Administrators

AppExchange Review: Lazy Admin

Don’t you just wish you could ask an AI to build your Salesforce reports for you? I’ve found an app that does just that in our first installment of CloudAnswers AppExchange Reviews. Check out our review of Lazy Admin AI, a great app for an Admin in a rush.

Ian Cosgrove

4 min read

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AppExchange Review Series

As a long time Salesforce partner (since 2008), on both the consulting and AppExchange side, we realized we have a wealth of experience in building, installing, configuring, and using AppExchange apps. Our consulting customers often come to us with questions about which app would solve a particular problem, and as part of our AppExchange business we are often trying apps to learn what to do (and not to do) when building our own.

Ian Cosgrove

3 min read

For Administrators

5 Hottest Updates in Salesforce Summer ’24 for Admins

Salesforce has 3 major releases every year: Spring, Summer, and Winter. The Summer 24 release is rolling out in 3 stages: May 17th, June 7th, and June 14th, respectively. Sandboxes will be updated on May 10, but if you want to get hands-on early, you can sign up for a preview org by following the link below. Getting to the good stuff, there are some major quality-of-life updates for Admins, features like the automation app, Einstein for Flow, Field tracking history, personal labels, and improved permission set interfaces, to highlight a few.

Ian Cosgrove

3 min read