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Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide

You're reading from   Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide A beginner's guide to building apps on the Salesforce Platform and passing the Salesforce Platform App Builder exam

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800206434
Length 412 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to the Lightning Platform Core
2. Chapter 1: Core Capabilities of the Lightning Platform FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Designing and Building a Data Model 4. Chapter 3: Importing and Exporting Data 5. Section 2: Behind the Scenes
6. Chapter 4: Securing Access to Data 7. Chapter 5: Setting Up the User Interface 8. Chapter 6: Implementing Business Logic 9. Chapter 7: Building Business Process Automation 10. Chapter 8: Generating Data Analytics with Reports and Dashboards 11. Section 3: A Step Closer to the Exam
12. Chapter 9: Configuring the Mobile Features 13. Chapter 10: Understanding the Social Features 14. Chapter 11: Managing the App Building Process 15. Chapter 12: Studying for the Certified Platform App Builder Exam 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Linking accounts, leads, and contacts to social networks

To link account, lead, and contact records to social networking profiles, users must be signed up to the respective social network. So, to associate Twitter information to a lead record, say, a user must have a Twitter account.

After the social features have been enabled and the desired social network has been chosen, users will be able to link the account, lead, and contact records within the Lightning Platform by following these steps:

  1. Logging into their social networking account.
  2. Clicking on either an account, lead, or a contact record and navigating to the social network option, which will be either a section on the account page or the News tab on a lead or contact record page.
  3. Clicking on the Sign in option.
  4. Authorizing the Salesforce social account feature to access their social networking account.
  5. Finally, linking the account, lead, or contact record to a specific profile within the social network...
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