Salesforce Admin Glossary
Short definitions written for working admins: what the term means, what it affects in practice, and the mistake it most often causes.
Each entry links to the queries and guides where the concept actually comes up.
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Platform concepts
- What Is Governor Limits in Salesforce?Governor limits are per-transaction caps Salesforce enforces on shared resources - SOQL queries, DML rows, CPU time, heap size - so that no single tenant can
- What Is a Sandbox in Salesforce?A sandbox is a copy of your Salesforce org used for development, testing, and training, isolated from production data and users.
Permissions and access
- What Is a Permission Set in Salesforce?A permission set is a collection of settings and permissions that extends a user's access without changing their profile. Permission sets are additive: they g
- What Is Field-Level Security in Salesforce?Field-level security (FLS) controls which fields a user can read or edit on records they already have access to. It is enforced in the UI, in reports, and in
Data model
- What Is a Record Type in Salesforce?A record type lets one object behave differently for different business processes - different page layouts, different picklist values, and different default v
- What Is a Salesforce ID in Salesforce?A Salesforce ID is the unique identifier of a record. It comes in a 15-character case-sensitive form and an 18-character case-insensitive form that is safe fo
Querying
APIs
Change sets
Deduplication
AI SOQL
Other resources
- SOQL Query Library for Salesforce AdminsA growing library of copy-paste SOQL queries for Salesforce admins: counts, date filters, duplicates, aggregates, relationship queries, and ownership audits.
- Salesforce Admin How-To GuidesStep-by-step guides for the Salesforce admin tasks that come back every week: profile comparison, data export, permissions, org limits, metadata, and safe mass updates.
- Salesforce Admin Tool ComparisonsHonest comparisons of the tools Salesforce admins use every day - Salesforce Inspector, Workbench, Data Loader, and the CLI - and where each one fits.