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am i using salesforce lightning

by Stacey Feil Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Yes, but Lightning is the future of the Salesforce platform and user experience. It empowers our customers to move faster, do more, and be more productive through reimagined classic features and boosted features available only in Lightning Experience. DOWNLOAD THE FULL LIGHTNING EXPERIENCE FEATURES LIST

To find out what version of Salesforce you have in Salesforce Lightning: Click the gear icon and select "Setup". Scroll down to the SETTINGS section and click Company Settings > Company Information. Your Salesforce version is listed in the "Organization Edition" field.Dec 3, 2021

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How do I switch from Salesforce classic to lightning?

Supported Browsers and Devices for Lightning Experience

  • Salesforce doesn’t support nonbrowser applications that embed WebView or similar controls to render content for Salesforce Classic or Lightning Experience. ...
  • You can’t access Lightning Experience in a mobile browser. ...
  • You can access Lightning Experience on iPad Safari. ...
  • Lightning Experience doesn’t support incognito or other private browsing modes.

How to enable Salesforce Lightning knowledge?

How do I enable lightning knowledge in Salesforce?

  • From Setup, enter Knowledge in the Quick Find box and click Knowledge Settings.
  • If you're new to Knowledge, enable Knowledge by selecting Yes and clicking Enable Salesforce Knowledge.
  • Click OK to continue.
  • On the Knowledge Settings page, click Edit.
  • Select Enable Lightning Knowledge.
  • Click Save.

How to create new user in Salesforce Lightning?

Salesforce Lightning: Create a New User

  1. Click on the Setup menu and select Users within the Administration category.
  2. Click on the New User button.
  3. Enter the first name, last name, alias, email address, username and nickname. ...
  4. Choose a role. ...
  5. Choose a User License. ...
  6. Choose a Profile. ...
  7. Set your email encoding language.
  8. Set your locale settings.

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How to be successful with Salesforce?

  • Analyze what the needs of the users are, then design, test, and develop software that meets those needs
  • Design Salesforce solutions and create effective project plans. ...
  • Suggest new software upgrades for the customers’ existing apps, programs, and systems

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When will Salesforce turn on Lightning Experience?

Salesforce will turn on Lightning Experience on a rolling basis starting on January 7, 2020 for all orgs with Supported Editions and User Licenses for Lightning Experience. After the update, all users with the Lightning Experience User permission enabled can switch between Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.

What are the benefits of Lightning Experience?

With all its new features and redesigned pages, there are many key benefits to using Lightning Experience. We can’t cover everything in this post, but here are some of the highlights: 1 Efficient navigation and the ability to switch between custom-branded apps 2 Quick access to productivity tools like Notes and Recent Items in the utility bar 3 New record layouts that focus on what you can do instead of what you can view 4 Turbocharged list views that let you easily filter and visualize your data 5 Beautiful dashboards with components that span both columns and rows 6 Sleek report views that you can filter quickly to see the data that’s most important to you

Is Critical Update a forced transition to Lightning?

The Critical Update is not a forced transition to Lightning. All customers will still have the option of switching back to Classic, and through the use of custom profiles and permission sets, system administrators have the option of not showing Lightning at all to users until you’re ready.

Can you still use Lightning in Salesforce?

That means, yes, Classic will still be accessible to your users. But the fact that Lightning will be turned on in all orgs also means that you shouldn’t ignore Lightning very much longer.

Is Salesforce switching to Lightning?

While Salesforce is not forcing customers to switch to Lightning, it’s important to note that the future of the Salesforce user experience and platform is Salesforce Lightning. Moving forward, all innovations will be in Lightning Experience. Customers who have transitioned to Lightning Experience achieve higher productivity through reimagined ...

What does it mean when a Salesforce profile is unticked?

If the profiles you use are unticked it means they are Standard profiles and will be affected by Salesforce’s enforced move to Lightning Experience. …if none of the profiles that you actually use are Standard (i.e. they’re all ticked/custom) then you don’t need to take any action.

Is Salesforce going away?

Salesforce have given no indication that it is going away. However, they have confirmed that no new features will be released on Classic – meaning that users that remain will lose out on all the valuable new developments. What is going to happen is that everyone using a “Standard User Profile” will be moved over.

Is Salesforce better than Lightning?

No, it’s just a better way to use Salesforce. To more quickly gain all the productivity benefits, plan your move to Lightning Experience. The Learning Map provides a curated set of resources to help you visualize the recommended steps and best practices in each phase of a Lightning Experience transition: Discover, Roll Out, and Optimize.

Is Salesforce full of admins?

Yes, there is, full of admins and devs. You can meet experts, ask questions, and get answers from an entire community of people ready to help. Visit the Salesforce Success Community now.

Is Lightning the future of Salesforce?

Yes, but Lightning is the future of the Salesforce platform and user experience. It empowers our customers to move faster, do more, and be more productive through reimagined classic features and boosted features available only in Lightning Experience.

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