Decoding Salesforce Buzzwords
Ever felt like Salesforce speak is its own language? You’re not alone.
Whether you’re new to the platform or just tired of nodding along in meetings (we see you), here’s a quick decoder for some of the most common Salesforce terms:
- Object = Just a fancy word for a table (like Leads, Accounts, or that custom one your admin built at 2am).
- Record = A single row in that table. Like one customer, or one sales deal.
- Field = A column. First name, email, budget, etc.
- Flow = Point-and-click automation that does things so you don’t have to.
- Lightning = No, not weather. It’s the modern UI (user interface, what you see and click on when you use a digital tool) – think fast, sleek, more clicks.
- Apex = Salesforce’s programming language. (Basically, what devs do when Flows can’t handle it.)
- Sandbox = Your practice playground. Where you (hopefully don’t) break things before they go live.
- Trigger = A bit of code that fires when something changes. Like “if X happens, do Y.”
- AppExchange = The App Store, but for Salesforce tools and add-ons.
- Admin = The superhero who makes Salesforce work for everyone else.