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Organization Setup

In this module you learn the following:

  • Terminology used throughout organization setup
  • How to configure business hours and holidays
  • How to configure fiscal years
  • How to configure multiple currencies
  • How to enable multiple languages
  • A basic understanding of the translation capabilities of Salesforce.com

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Organization Setup includes a wide range of largely global (impacts all users) settings that will influence how your Salesforce environment operates, including:
Org ID and Edition
Licensing Information
Language, Locale, and Currency
Critical Updates
Fiscal Year
Business Hours and Holidays
Monitoring Storage Usage
Monitoring API Usage
… and more

We’ll be going into detail on each of these.

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Overview of the Salesforce.com Company Information Page ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com

API is an abbreviation for application programming interface. APIs allow external programs to interact with Salesforce data. Common examples of API usage include the Data Loader, integrations, and desktop applications such as Salesforce for Outlook.

API usage can be monitored in company information, and is limited within a 24-hour period (whereas standard website usage is not limited).  API usage limits depend on which edition of Salesforce you are using and how many user licenses you have.

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Salesforce.com Intro to APIs ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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Dan Stone
Salesforce editions with API Access
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Salesforce.com

Data storage is impacted by the number of records (leads, accounts, etc.) in your environment.

File storage is impacted by the file attachments (Chatter files, Content, Documents, etc.) in your environment.

Storage usage can be monitored in company information.

Business hours and holidays are configured so that cases are only escalated during the working hours of support personnel.

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Salesforce.com Business Hours & Holidays ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
6m
CertifiedOnDemand.com

If your company has a fiscal year that does not match the standard calendar year (for example, Salesforce.com’s fiscal year starts in February), then you will want to configure fiscal years so that forecasting, quotas, and reporting align.

For example, selecting a date filter ‘Current FY’ on an opportunity report is influenced by fiscal year configuration (whereas calendar year and calendar quarter are not).

Changing fiscal year configuration can result in data loss.

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Salesforce.com Fiscal Year Configuration ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com

Standard fiscal years have 4 quarters, 3 months per quarter; the administrator can configure the start or end month of a standard fiscal year.

Custom fiscal years allow fiscal quarters to be determined by week, instead of by month; custom fiscal years should only be used when standard fiscal years are inadequate.

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Salesforce.com Fiscal Year Configuration ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com
4-4-5 calendar
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Wikipedia.com

Once enabled, custom fiscal years cannot be disabled. Custom fiscal years have fairly significant implications for developers and AppExchange package compatability; make sure they are truly needed before enabling.

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Salesforce.com Fiscal Year Configuration ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com
Set the Fiscal Year
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Salesforce.com
Custom fiscal years cannot be disabled once enabled.

The language settings page determines which languages can be selected when adding or modifying a user.  Note that languages cannot be disabled if currently in use by a user.

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Enabling and Selecting Languages in Salesforce.com ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com

Currency locale is configured org-wide unless multiple currencies is enabled.  This setting determines the formatting of currency fields (e.g. currency symbol and related formatting), but does not impact the numeric values (in the example below, 500 USD becomes 500 GBP – the numeric value remains 500).

Notice the difference between English (United States) – USD and English (United Kingdom) – GBP.

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Managing Multiple Currencies in Salesforce.com ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com

When starting with a new Salesforce org, only one currency is enabled.

Multiple currencies can be enabled by contacting Salesforce, and allows for static conversion rates between currencies.

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Managing Multiple Currencies in Salesforce.com ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com
Enabling Multiple Currencies
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Salesforce.com
To enable multiple currencies, contact Salesforce.
Implications of Enabling Multiple Currencies
Medium
Salesforce.com
After enabled, multiple currencies can’t be disabled for your organization.

Advanced Currency Management (ACM) enables administrators to configured dated exchange rates (e.g. use the exchange rate at the opportunity’s close date instead of a static rate).

ACM can only be enabled if multiple currencies is enabled.

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Managing Multiple Currencies in Salesforce.com ARVE Error: Mode: link-lightbox not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode
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CertifiedOnDemand.com
About Advanced Currency Management
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Salesforce.com
Dated exchange rates are used for opportunities, opportunity products, opportunity product schedules, campaign opportunity fields, opportunity splits, and reports related to these objects and fields.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this module. Please review these final resources. We welcome your feedback on anything that can be done to improve this content.

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CertifiedOnDemand.com
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CertifiedOnDemand.com

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