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Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook

You're reading from   Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook A Deep-dive into the working of Salesforce CRM

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468963
Length 644 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Preface 1. Setting up Salesforce CRM and the Company Profile FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Users and Controlling System Access 3. Configuring Objects and Apps 4. Securing Access to Data and Data Validation 5. Managing Data in Salesforce CRM 6. Generating Data Analytics with Reports and Dashboards 7. Implementing Business Processes in Salesforce CRM 8. Introducing Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and the Collaborative Features of Salesforce CRM 9. Extending and Enhancing Salesforce CRM 10. Administrating the Mobile Features of Salesforce CRM 11. Studying for the Certified Administrator Exam

Session timeout


There are various features for setting the session timeout as per the following sections:

Timeout value

This sets the length of time after which inactive users are automatically logged out of the system.

Note

The options are between 15 minutes and 12 hours.As a system administrator you need to balance the requirements for user satisfaction and enforcement of security controls, however it is recommended that you choose as short a timeout period as possible to protect sensitive information and enforce stricter security.

The value of the last active session is not updated until halfway through the timeout period. So if you have a 2-hour timeout, the system does not check for activity until 1 hour has passed. As an example, say you have a 2-hour timeout value. If you update a record after 30 minutes, the last active session value is not updated because there was no activity after 1 hour and hence you will still be logged out in a further 1 hour and 30 minutes because the last active...

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