What are changesets in Salesforce?

Use change sets to send customizations from one Salesforce org to another. For example, you can create and test a new object in a sandbox org, then send it to your production org using a change set. Change sets can contain only modifications you can make through the Setup menu.

What are 3 characteristics of change set deployment?

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• They require a deployment connection.
• They can be used only between related organisation.
• They use an all or non deployment model.
• They can be used to transfer contact records.
• They can be used to deploy custom settings data.

What are some change set best practices?

Make sure each outbound change set contains all interdependent components that don’t exist in the target org. If you try to deploy a component that refers to another component missing from the target org and from the change set, the deployment fails. Change sets give you fine-grained control over what you deploy.

What is Salesforce DX in Salesforce?

Salesforce DX is a Salesforce product in the App cloud that allows users to develop and manage Salesforce apps throughout the entire platform in a more direct and efficient way. Salesforce DX, used primarily by developers, allows users to have true Version control.

How do you deploy using changesets?

Deploy a Change Set

1. From Setup, enter Inbound Change Sets in the Quick Find box, then select Inbound Change Sets.
2. Click Deploy next to the change set you want to deploy. If you prefer to review the change set before deploying it, first click the name of the change set to view its detail page. When ready, click Deploy.

What is inbound and outbound changesets in Salesforce?

An inbound change set is a change set that has been sent from another Salesforce org to the org you are logged in to. A change set must be deployed for the changes to take effect. An outbound change set is a change set created in the Salesforce org in which you are logged in and that you want to send to another org.

What is sandbox in Salesforce?

A sandbox is simply a copy of your database you can use to test new ideas. Oftentimes, when you work with a consultant on new functionality for your database they will build and demonstrate it for you in a sandbox before it becomes part of your actual database.

What is deployment in Salesforce?

Salesforce Deployment is nothing but copying/transferring Salesforce metadata from one Salesforce organization to another. There are various methods to achieve Salesforce metadata deployment. Different Deployment Methods. Change Sets. Eclipse with Force.com IDE ( Deprecated)

What is GitHub in Salesforce?

You can enhance the features of Salesforce by setting up Salesforce GitHub Integration. GitHub is a Collaborative Platform that holds repositories of codes in Cloud-based storage. It makes it easy for multiple developers to work on a single project and track the changes in real-time.

What does 75% code coverage mean?

Forcing 75% coverage requires the developer to think about their code a second time, double-checking their work. If you can’t write the unit test, then that means you don’t understand the logic, or the code is flawed.

How do I enable inbound change sets?

1. Create Deployment Connections

1. Log in to the target organization.
2. Navigate to Setup and enter Deployment Settings into the Quick Find box.
3. Click Edit next to the source organization name.
4. Select Allow Inbound Changes and click Save to authorize inbound changes from the source organization.

What is inbound and outbound in Salesforce?

Inbound web service is when Salesforce exposes SOAP/REST web service, and any external/third party application consume it to get data from your Salesforce org. It is an Inbound call to Salesforce, but outbound call to the external system.