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how to find out my salesforce instance

by Ms. Lou Armstrong Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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  • Press and hold ‘Windows’ key on keyboard and press ‘R’ letter key
  • Windows Run Dialog will open. Type ‘cmd’ and hit ‘Enter’
  • Type ‘nslookup’ followed by ‘yourdomain.my.salesforce.com’ and hit ‘Enter’
  • You will see your instance name below in the line which starts with ‘Name:xy1’ where ‘xy1’ will be your instance.

How do I Find my Salesforce instance in Windows?

You can find your Salesforce instance in the right column below Organization Edition. 3. Using Windows Command Prompt or Mac OS’ terminal and run nslookup Alternatively, you can use native Windows or Mac OS tools. Press and hold ‘Windows’ key on keyboard and press ‘R’ letter key Windows Run Dialog will open. Type ‘cmd’ and hit ‘Enter’

What is “instance” in relation to your Salesforce Org?

Do you know what does the term “Instance” refer to, in relation to your Salesforce Org? A “Salesforce Instance” is the data center/server that hosts your Salesforce Org. For example, ap1, eu29, na21, cs15 etc. One instance can host many orgs at a time.

How do I validate my instance in Salesforce?

To validate your instance, please visit our Trust website and type in your domain in the "Search Instance, Domain, POD or MID" search bar. If your domain will not provide an instance or comes up as not found, please contact Salesforce Support .

How to find out what Salesforce edition you have?

Look at the title of your web browser. Re: How to find out what salesforce edition you have? the reason is that the new versions of Browsers do not have Title Bars anymore. The other gentleman's suggestion in generating cryptic code to determine the version is not practical and user friendly for clients.

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How do I find my Salesforce instance?

In Windows Hold the Windows key and press R. At the run dialog, type in cmd and press enter. After a command prompt appears, type in nslookup example.my.salesforce.com (replace example with your My Domain). A few lines down you will see a line that starts with "Name:" The naXX afterwards will be your instance name.

What is an Sfdc instance?

Your Salesforce instance refers to the server that your Salesforce organization lives on. Many Salesforce orgs (also referred to as an “instance”) live together on the same server, a method of server management called “multi-tenancy”. As opposed to one system living on one server, many instances live on one server.

How do I find my apex instance URL Salesforce?

ApexPages.currentPage().getUrl() = Gives page name.ApexPages.currentPage().getHeaders().get('Host') => gives Host Id.Site.getCurrentSiteUrl() => Site URL.

How do I find my sandbox instance?

To determine which instance your Sandbox is on, log into your production org and navigate to your Sandbox List page (Search "Sandbox" in the Quick Find bar on the Setup Home Page). Your sandbox instance is listed in the Location column above.

How many instances can I have in Salesforce?

Salesforce Instance or POD As of July 2014, there are currently 21 Instances in North America, 2 in Asia Pacific, 4 in EMEA and 25 Sandbox Instances. A Sandbox instance is non production environment.

How do I create an instance in Salesforce?

1:421:20:32How to Create Salesforce Instance - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipWe are creating the instance. So we will come to this URL. Not salesforce.com is the URL. And we'llMoreWe are creating the instance. So we will come to this URL. Not salesforce.com is the URL. And we'll come to you here click on the sign up. Button.

What is an instance URL?

Specifies a server instance of organization. User can view their instance URL when they open their Salesforce Org screen. This is a mandatory property. The corresponding adapter command is -IURL (or -INSTANCEURL).

How do I find my Salesforce sandbox?

In Setup, enter Sandboxes in the Quick Find box, then select Sandboxes. Sandboxes displays the available sandboxes that you purchased and a list of your sandboxes in use.

How do I know if I have Salesforce sandbox?

Look at your URL, if you log in at test.salesforce.com it's sandbox - and will bring you to csX.salesforce.com (x replaced with a number). While your production will log in at login.salesforce.com and bring you to naX.salesforce.com.

How do you know which sandbox we are using in Salesforce?

Login to the production environment and follow the below stated steps:Click on Setup.Scroll down to Administration Setup.Select the Sandbox to see the Sandbox List.

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