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The Salesforce CPQ Implementation Handbook

You're reading from   The Salesforce CPQ Implementation Handbook Configure Salesforce CPQ products to close more deals and generate higher revenue for your business

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801077422
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Madhu Ramanujan Madhu Ramanujan
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Salesforce CPQ Implementation
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Salesforce CPQ Implementation FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Configuring Opportunities and Quotes 4. Chapter 3: Configuring CPQ Products 5. Chapter 4: Configuring CPQ Pricing 6. Chapter 5: Generating and Configuring Quote Templates 7. Section 2: The Next Stage of the CPQ Journey
8. Chapter 6: Configuring Guided Selling 9. Chapter 7: Creating Contracts, Amendments, and Renewals 10. Chapter 8: Configuring CPQ Package Settings 11. Section 3: Advancing with Salesforce CPQ
12. Chapter 9: The CPQ Data Model and Migration Concepts 13. Chapter 10: Salesforce Billing 14. Chapter 11: Understanding Industries CPQ 15. Chapter 12: CPQ Implementation Best Practices 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating twin fieldsĀ 

Salesforce CPQ can mirror custom field values from one object to the other. These fields are called twin fields. The values will be passed from one object to the other only if the fields are editable, have matching field types, and have the exact same API names (case-sensitive and even considering space).

Twin fields can replace the creation of formula fields, workflow rules, process builders, or other automation. There are a few points to remember when creating twin fields:

  • Twin fields work only for custom fields and not standard fields.
  • They are populated only upon record creation.
  • Twin fielding is not a good solution when you need the value of a field to be maintained on two records throughout their life.
  • Even though a bundle is defined as a favorite, adding the favorite bundle to the QLE will not capture the twin field values.
  • Twin fields only map between specific objects.

For example, you want to have an attribute...

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