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by Stanley Medhurst Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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By default, Salesforce Classic does not offer a Tasks, Events, or Activities tab. You can access the list views by clicking the Activity List View button below your calendar on the Home tab, or by going directly to the following URLs: Activities: https://orgdomain.salesforce.com/007 Tasks: https://orgdomain.salesforce.com/00T

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Why is my report type not showing up in Salesforce?

Thanks. The reason behind this error could be due to a number of circumstances (Organization-Wide Defaults, Field-Level Security, Profile, and User permissions), all outlined below. Check that your Report Type is in "deployed" status.

What is a task in Salesforce?

A Task in Salesforce is an activity helps keep ups the to-do list and assign, track, and filter tasks lists and notifications of an organization that needs to be worked on. A task may not have any specific time period or time duration for completion.

Is there a tasks tab in Salesforce classic?

There’s no Tasks tab in Salesforce Classic beyond the My Tasks list on the Home page. But sometimes you want to see what’s on your whole to-do list, not just what’s coming up for a particular contact or account. And wouldn’t it be nice to jump straight to your task lists from any page instead of always needing to navigate to the Home page?

How do I Mark a task as complete in Salesforce?

Or, click Mark Complete to mark the task complete. You can also mark tasks complete from any list view. Of course, tasks are also shown in the activity timeline for the record you are looking at, and you can edit them there too. Salesforce Classic includes a calendar to help remind you about appointments.

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How to create new tasks and events in Salesforce?

Let us look into the detailed video tutorial to create a task and event in salesforce as related to the objects created.

What is an event in Salesforce?

An Event in Salesforce is an activity that helps conduct meetings, gatherings, appointments, and similar events that have a scheduled time, date, and duration. Log a Call, Send an Email. Events help track meetings with customers, prospects, and colleagues on the calendar to drill down related records, files, contracts, reports, and more.

When can we enable activities on required objects?

We can enable these activities on required objects when we need to assign a task or bring together a discussion for the same.

Does a task have a time period?

A task may not have any specific time period or time duration for completion. Task talks about “What”, and have a deadline.

Can you create a follow up task in real time?

In real-time projects for a certain task created on an object or record, we can further create a “follow up task” as shown in the video tutorial.

What is mass email in Salesforce?

You’ve used group emails—called Mass Email in Salesforce Classic—to reach many customers at once.

Why do we need shared calendars?

Shared calendars make it easy to see when events overlap. For example, you can see when a coworker is busy to make sure she’s available for a day-long event that you need to schedule.

Does Salesforce email fill in to address?

As you can see in this screenshot of the email composer, just like Salesforce Classic, when you send an email from a record, it fills in the To address for you. If a Person Account has an email address, it’s also filled in automatically—but only in Lightning Experience.

What is the first thing you notice on your calendar?

The first thing you notice is the Calendar tab, making it easy to get to your schedule.

Can you add multiple calendars to Lightning Experience?

Plus, you can add multiple calendars at the same time with user lists. If you don’t see user lists as a search category in the Add Calendars dialog box, ask your admin about setting up user list calendars.

Is there a task tab in Salesforce?

There’s no Tasks tab in Salesforce Classic beyond the My Tasks list on the Home page.

Do customers still rely on email?

Even though there are many ways to communicate today, your customers still rely heavily on email, and so do you.

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