In this session and post we will talk about why you need to know Administration to become a CTA? More than 60 to 70% of requirements can be solved with Click. You should be chosen click over code if possible. Salesforce Administrators are in an excellent position to transition into an Architecture. The trick is not creating totally new areas of skills but rather deepening and scaling the skills they already have. Let join us to learn about how Admin knowledge matters for the CTA.
CTA misconceptions
Before getting started lets understand some CTA misconceptions.
- It would help if you had a Master’s in IT.
- In enterprise, everything is done with code
- Only amazing programmers can become CTAs
- I’m a developer, I don’t need Admin stuff
Learn how to become a Salesforce Technical Architect.
Benefits of Developer
Before talking about Code vs. click, let understand the understand the benefits of being Salesforce Developer.
- Think in complex flows
- Development, Deployment, and branching strategies
- Software development lifecycle
- Salesforce integration Patterns
- Solving requirements related to code development or refactoring
- Theoretical learning of Admin stuff is more accessible than theoretical learning
- Developer stuff
Click vs. Code
Click should be chosen over code if possible. In that case no need to hire a specialist coder or software developer, and Declarative programming provides a much quicker turnaround. It is simple and easy to customize your project.
Here in the CTA case study we found you can resolve 72% requirement by click.
Let’s see some examples which we can resolve with code and click.
Example I – Customize by region
A standardized process is established for account managers to receive, negotiate, and close orders. This process must be customizable by geographical region.
Code answer
Implement a trigger framework that makes it easy to implement distinct logic base on a region field.
Click answer (Our recommendation)
Use record types to clearly indicate each customer by region. Create region specific picklists, page layouts and logic based on these record types.
Example II – Approval process requirement
Send the assessment [record] to management for approval. This assessment [record] should automatically include the account status.
Code answer
Create a button which sends an email to the manager. The email contains a link to an approval LWC page where the management can approve or disapprove the assessment [record].
Click answer (Our recommendation)
Implement standard approval process for the assessment record. Include a formula field on the assessment record to display the account status.
Example III – Backend integrationRequirent
Visualize three values indicating the financial health of the distributor, which are stored in the accounting application [External system].
Code answer (Our recommendation)
Create a LWC on Account Page. Via APEX Call-out (Remote Process Invocation, Request & Reply Pattern) to Accounting System. Get three values as response and display.
Click answer
Create a flow which makes a call-out to accounting application via External Service to get the current financial health of the distributor.
What did I do?
- Consider declarative features in your daily job
- Find Admin as study-partner
- Do (beginner) Admin trails and projects
- Volunteer as an Admin for non-profits
- Get Admin and Functional certifications (and take them seriously!)
- Admin
- Sales-Cloud,
- Service-Cloud
- Advanced Admin
- App Builder
- Dev I
