Setting up company information

In the previous chapter, we went through ways to set up a developer account, the login concept, and what happens once you log in to Salesforce.com. Now, we will move forward to the next step. This feature is important as it is used to provide all the basic information about your company, such as the local address and phone numbers.

Let's start with an example. Appiuss Inc. just brought Salesforce Enterprise Edition (EE). Now the managers Sara Bareilles and Robby Williams are keen to know how to update the company information, its contact details, the default time zone, and set the corporate currency.

Once the company has purchased the Salesforce organization, the company has to set up its profile. Under the heading Company Profile in the Setup tab, there are various setups available as shown in the following screenshot:

Updating the company's information

At any time, the system administrator can update the company's information in Salesforce. The...