Top Ideas for Salesforce Lightning
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we are all feeling that warm and fuzzy giving spirit. Salesforce Lightning has been built upon for the last few releases but still finds itself needing a little more work. It’s time to give a little love to some of the ideas that are out there waiting for our votes on the Salesforce IdeaExchange. Here are some of the ideas that stood out to me:
Lightning Speed
The name says it all here. If you have used Lightning Experience before, this will be an all too familiar issue. Unfortunately, in Lightning’s current state, the performance can lag at times. With a name like ‘Lightning’, Salesforce users expect the performance to be seamless and fast. This is a must vote.
Lightning Record Pages and Record Types
Customization is one of my favorite things to do. Lightning Experience provides us with such a flexible and pretty user interface and it’s time to add to that. Every one of my clients use record types for at least one object in their instance of Salesforce. Sure, it is nice to have the ability to assign a custom record page to Lightning apps, or make it the default for all, but record types add a greater amount of flexibility. The ability to customize and segment objects to best meet your company’s requirements is key. In my opinion, this is a must have in Lightning.
Allow More Than 4 Related List Fields
Related lists are great. They are incredibly useful in helping scan through related records on a page and see the most vital information without actually having to click into them. In Salesforce Classic, you have the ability to add up to 10 fields to a related list. At the moment, Lightning Experience only allows you to add up to 4 fields. In a lot of cases, this just isn’t going to be enough to display all of the information that needs to be seen on the related list. This is a step back in functionality, seems like kind of a no-brainer, right? Let’s get this one voted up.
The IdeaExchange is an awesome space that allows all Salesforce users to come together in one place, post ideas about how to make Salesforce better, and vote on other people’s suggestions that they see as potentially useful. As a member of the Salesforce Community, it’s your civic duty to get out there and vote! We the people are the ones who know what we need to be more successful using Salesforce!
What do you think of Lightning? Have any ideas for features you think should be implemented? Share them with me on the Arkus Facebook page, in the comments below, in the Success Community, or to me directly via Twitter at @RyanOwensRPO.
