How To Set Up CICD On Bitbucket Pipelines With Salesforce DX And Delta Deployment

Learn how to setup set up CICD delta deployment with Salesforce DX. Tips and tricks for authorisation , setting up node and the basic git commands. I’m revamping our CICD process with Salesforce DX and Bitbucket Pipeline with the following initial setup which will only a delta deployment Authentication method – authorize an org and… Read More How To Set Up CICD On Bitbucket Pipelines With Salesforce DX And Delta Deployment

June 29, 2020June 14, 2021 lopau2 Comments

How to Validate forms built with Lightning Components

Learn how to validate lightning components forms easily. I recently had a requirement to create a basic lightning component to capture form inputs. I previously had a not so good experience with building custom validation with Lightning components back in Summer17 when lightning was pretty new. I was using force:inputField and also used lightning:inputField. Past… Read More How to Validate forms built with Lightning Components

October 17, 2019June 22, 2021 lopau1 Comment

Passed the Mulesoft Certified Developer(Mule4) Level 1 Exam

The MuleSoft Certified Developer Mule4 Level is a very tough exam to prepare for. Even with having taken the online 5 day Fundamentals course. Below are my key takeaways how I passed the exam. I failed my first attempt of the exam last week. I booked another schedule the week after and really focused on… Read More Passed the Mulesoft Certified Developer(Mule4) Level 1 Exam

October 15, 2018June 29, 2021 lopau25 Comments

How to use a Fritz! Box 7490 as a WIFI Extender

Learn how to configure a Fritz!Box as a WIFI Extender. Since fibre just recently became available in our neighbourhood I just got it installed about a month ago and has been enjoying it. The location in the house where I had the fibre box set up was in the living room as I wanted to… Read More How to use a Fritz! Box 7490 as a WIFI Extender

September 22, 2018June 22, 2021 lopau6 Comments

Demystifying JSON Parsing In Apex

Learn and demystify JSON parsing in Apex. You got back a JSON string either as a response from a REST service, passed through from your visual force page via remote action, or passed from your lighting component to your apex controller, now how do you parse this information? For simple JSON structures Salesforce can automatically… Read More Demystifying JSON Parsing In Apex

March 9, 2018June 22, 2021 lopau7 Comments

OmniStudio Calculation Procedures

Calculation Procedures allow complex math to be configured within OmniStudio. To handle many factors, values and calculations, a Calculation Procedure can call up one more more Calculation Matrices. Basically, these are simple lookup tables that takes an input and returns output. A Calculation Matrix adds more functionality to OmniScripts and Integration Procedures. Types of Calculation… Read More OmniStudio Calculation Procedures

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OmniScripts Action Elements

In this section we talk about the different Action elements available for our OmniScript. Action elements in general are used for the following requirements. Get or update data from one or more Salesforce objects (DataRaptor Extract/Post) Call a series of actions (Integration Procedures) Perform HTTP methods on an API (HTTP Action) Populate and send emails,… Read More OmniScripts Action Elements

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Swift – Solving Fatal error: Unresolved error Foundation._GenericObjCError.nilError, [:]

You are likely to get this error on CoreData when trying to update the manageObjectContext in the init() of your struct. I was trying calling a function that saves the context upon navigating to a new view from the initializer. A better approach instead is when the view has been rendered use the .onAppear(perform:) modifier… Read More Swift – Solving Fatal error: Unresolved error Foundation._GenericObjCError.nilError, [:]

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OmniScript Fundamentals

OmniScript allows a user to walk through a guided path for completing a business process where the underlying backend can be from retrieving or posting data to Salesforce or any third party systems. Some use cases: Multi-step signed up forms Self-service pages for customer to troubleshoot issues. Multi-step Insurance and product quoting Key Features OmniScript… Read More OmniScript Fundamentals

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Tips for the SwiftUI App Life Cycle

From Xcode 12 and higher when creating a new project either an App or Document App, the Life Cycle option now contains two options. SwiftUI App and UIKit App Delegate. So what is this new SwiftUI App Life Cycle? With a SwiftUI App it now conforms to a new App protocol, this protocol replaces the… Read More Tips for the SwiftUI App Life Cycle

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Adding Elements and Actions on FlexCard

After creating a FlexCard and hooking it up with a data source, now we can start building the UI components. The FlexCard designer has several elements and Actions. FlexCard Elements Action – you can add an action to FlexCard to do the following launch or update an OmniScript navigate to web page or application display… Read More Adding Elements and Actions on FlexCard

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Swift Basic Operators

On this lesson, we will break down operators. An operator is a special symbol or phrase that we can use to check, change or combine values. Terminology Operators are unary (single target), binary( two targets) or ternary(three targets). The values that operators affect are called operands. Assignment Operators We already used this when we were… Read More Swift Basic Operators

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How to Setup Apex Remote with OmniStudio FlexCards

Learn how to use Apex Remote from FlexCard and OmniScripts and what is required for the Apex class. Sample code for the Apex Remote class can be found on github here. To use Apex Remote, you need to define the class then you can select this as a Data Source type when creating a FlexCard… Read More How to Setup Apex Remote with OmniStudio FlexCards

June 25, 2021 lopau1 Comment

Swift Constants Basics

Last time we talked about variables. A place to store or assign data . Another way to assign or store data is using constants. Constants acts the same as variables with only key difference is that values can only be assigned once. It cannot be assigned another value again. Constant Declaration Using the the keyword… Read More Swift Constants Basics

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OmniStudio FlexCard Data Source Wizard

When you create a new FlexCard, it would launch a Wizard or an interactive guide (feels like the same thing that powers the OmniScript). New FlexCard On the first screen define the FlexCard Name, Theme (Lightning/NewPort), Title, Author(no space), Is Child FlexCard and Description. Select Data Source Type There are several options for data source… Read More OmniStudio FlexCard Data Source Wizard

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