Customizing the Salesforce Console with the Integration Toolkit Add a little pow-wow to your Console Andy Mahood, Tquila, Technical Architect @andymahood__c
Safe Harbor Safe harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of any litigation, risks associated with completed and any possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter. These documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of our Web site. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
Andy Mahood Technical Architect at Tquila @andymahood__c Gautam Vasudev Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com
Who are Tquila? Platinum partner in Europe 4 200 +311% 18 KEY GEOGRAPHIES: UK, GERMANY, INDIA & JAPAN REVENUE GROWTH 2011/2012 241 SALESFORCE CERTIFICATIONS ©Tquila | Client Name | Date 35 SERVICE CLOUD CERTIFIED 34 EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY NATIVE LANGUAGES SALES CLOUD CERTIFIED 82 DEVELOPER CERTIFIED
Why We are different OUR COMPANY TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP 10% SALESFORCE OWNED 230+ MAN-YEARS OF SALESFORCE EXPERIENCE UX ONLY PURE-PLAY SALESFORCE COMPANY WITH A DEDICATED USER EXPERIENCE TEAM TQUILA LABS 2 of 7 CERTIFIED TAs IN EMEA WE’VE DEVELOPED LOW-RISK, LOW-COST ACCELERATORS ONLY SALESFORCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PARTNER IN EMEA SALESFORCE PLATINUM PARTNER SINCE THE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED HEROKU PLATINUM PARTNER ©Tquila | Client Name | Date 1 of 3 MVPs IN THE UK MARKETING CLOUD CERTIFIED
Andy Mahood Technical Architect at Tquila @andymahood__c Gautam Vasudev Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com
Agenda Explore the Salesforce Console and how to extend the UI. ▪ Review the Console ▪ Introduce Console Toolkit ▪ Console Roadmap, past and future ▪ Demos ▪ Q&A
WHAT IS THE SALESFORCE CONSOLE?
What is the Salesforce Console?
Next Generation Multi Channel Console
Split Screen for multi-tasking
Split Screen for multi-tasking
Records open as tabs and sub-tabs
Where are the hooks?
Custom Console Components in the footer
Footer Components can pop out
Same-origin policy
Even better with Integration Toolkit
Even better with Integration Toolkit
Even better with Integration Toolkit
Even better with Integration Toolkit
LETS DIG INTO THE SALESFORCE CONSOLE INTEGRATION TOOLKIT
Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit The Toolkit is a Javascript API. <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/20.0/integration.js"/>
Toolkits is Asynchronous The Toolkits API is asynchronous. Important when you start building.
Types of Methods available to the Toolkit ▪ Interacting with Primary Tabs and Sub tabs • • ▪ Open/Close/Focus Tabs Get ID of record within Tab for Context Interacting with the Console UI • Controlling behavior of component buttons • • ▪ Events, for instance when Primary Tab changes Methods for CTI and Live Agent • ▪ Change Text, Icon, Scroll Text etc. Build custom interfaces for Telephony and Live Agent Push Notifications • Allow List Views and Page Layouts within Console to update dynamically when changes are made in other sessions
THE SALESFORCE CONSOLE ROADMAP
Review of recent features [spring13] Service Cloud Console Integration Toolkit: Console Buttons [summer13] Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit: New Methods [summer13] Updated UI [winter14] Service Cloud for Sales [winter14] Salesforce Console Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 [winter14] Lookup Components for the Salesforce Console [winter14] Force.com Canvas for the Salesforce Console [winter14] Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit: New Methods
Roadmap for the next few releases •Touch •Other stuff...
DEMO TIME
Props to the Tquila team ▪ Ivan Almeida ▪ Piotr Czechumski ▪ Liza Romanenko ▪ David Darkins
Find People • Problem • Call center handles switchboard, require fast employee lookup • Solution • Console widget to let users search for colleagues • Display their Phone number as ‘Click to call’
Similar Contacts and Open Cases ▪ Problem • Lots of Duplicate Contacts in the System • Struggle to see Contacts Case History ▪ Solution • Custom Sidebar that finds similar contacts • Lists all their Open and Recent Cases • Allows the Case to be reallocated or new cases created
Reminders ▪ Problem • Activities can be assigned to users • Users should live in the Console • Users need to have visibility of their Task list ▪ Solution • List activities with reminders due • Button will highlight when reminders are due as Call to Action • Button will identify the number of reminders due
Andy Mahood Gautam Vasudev Technical Architect at Tquila Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com @andymahood__c
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    Customizing the SalesforceConsole with the Integration Toolkit Add a little pow-wow to your Console Andy Mahood, Tquila, Technical Architect @andymahood__c
  • 2.
    Safe Harbor Safe harborstatement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of any litigation, risks associated with completed and any possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter. These documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of our Web site. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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    Andy Mahood Technical Architectat Tquila @andymahood__c Gautam Vasudev Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com
  • 4.
    Who are Tquila? Platinumpartner in Europe 4 200 +311% 18 KEY GEOGRAPHIES: UK, GERMANY, INDIA & JAPAN REVENUE GROWTH 2011/2012 241 SALESFORCE CERTIFICATIONS ©Tquila | Client Name | Date 35 SERVICE CLOUD CERTIFIED 34 EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY NATIVE LANGUAGES SALES CLOUD CERTIFIED 82 DEVELOPER CERTIFIED
  • 5.
    Why We aredifferent OUR COMPANY TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP 10% SALESFORCE OWNED 230+ MAN-YEARS OF SALESFORCE EXPERIENCE UX ONLY PURE-PLAY SALESFORCE COMPANY WITH A DEDICATED USER EXPERIENCE TEAM TQUILA LABS 2 of 7 CERTIFIED TAs IN EMEA WE’VE DEVELOPED LOW-RISK, LOW-COST ACCELERATORS ONLY SALESFORCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PARTNER IN EMEA SALESFORCE PLATINUM PARTNER SINCE THE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED HEROKU PLATINUM PARTNER ©Tquila | Client Name | Date 1 of 3 MVPs IN THE UK MARKETING CLOUD CERTIFIED
  • 6.
    Andy Mahood Technical Architectat Tquila @andymahood__c Gautam Vasudev Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com
  • 7.
    Agenda Explore the SalesforceConsole and how to extend the UI. ▪ Review the Console ▪ Introduce Console Toolkit ▪ Console Roadmap, past and future ▪ Demos ▪ Q&A
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    WHAT IS THESALESFORCE CONSOLE?
  • 9.
    What is theSalesforce Console?
  • 10.
    Next Generation MultiChannel Console
  • 11.
    Split Screen formulti-tasking
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    Split Screen formulti-tasking
  • 13.
    Records open astabs and sub-tabs
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    Even better withIntegration Toolkit
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    Even better withIntegration Toolkit
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    Even better withIntegration Toolkit
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    Even better withIntegration Toolkit
  • 22.
    LETS DIG INTOTHE SALESFORCE CONSOLE INTEGRATION TOOLKIT
  • 23.
    Salesforce Console IntegrationToolkit The Toolkit is a Javascript API. <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/20.0/integration.js"/>
  • 24.
    Toolkits is Asynchronous TheToolkits API is asynchronous. Important when you start building.
  • 25.
    Types of Methodsavailable to the Toolkit ▪ Interacting with Primary Tabs and Sub tabs • • ▪ Open/Close/Focus Tabs Get ID of record within Tab for Context Interacting with the Console UI • Controlling behavior of component buttons • • ▪ Events, for instance when Primary Tab changes Methods for CTI and Live Agent • ▪ Change Text, Icon, Scroll Text etc. Build custom interfaces for Telephony and Live Agent Push Notifications • Allow List Views and Page Layouts within Console to update dynamically when changes are made in other sessions
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    Review of recentfeatures [spring13] Service Cloud Console Integration Toolkit: Console Buttons [summer13] Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit: New Methods [summer13] Updated UI [winter14] Service Cloud for Sales [winter14] Salesforce Console Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 [winter14] Lookup Components for the Salesforce Console [winter14] Force.com Canvas for the Salesforce Console [winter14] Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit: New Methods
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    Roadmap for thenext few releases •Touch •Other stuff...
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    Props to theTquila team ▪ Ivan Almeida ▪ Piotr Czechumski ▪ Liza Romanenko ▪ David Darkins
  • 31.
    Find People • Problem • Callcenter handles switchboard, require fast employee lookup • Solution • Console widget to let users search for colleagues • Display their Phone number as ‘Click to call’
  • 32.
    Similar Contacts andOpen Cases ▪ Problem • Lots of Duplicate Contacts in the System • Struggle to see Contacts Case History ▪ Solution • Custom Sidebar that finds similar contacts • Lists all their Open and Recent Cases • Allows the Case to be reallocated or new cases created
  • 33.
    Reminders ▪ Problem • Activities canbe assigned to users • Users should live in the Console • Users need to have visibility of their Task list ▪ Solution • List activities with reminders due • Button will highlight when reminders are due as Call to Action • Button will identify the number of reminders due
  • 34.
    Andy Mahood Gautam Vasudev TechnicalArchitect at Tquila Senior Product Manager for Service Cloud at Salesforce.com @andymahood__c
  • 35.
    We want tohear from YOU! Please take a moment to complete our session survey Surveys can be found in the “My Agenda” portion of the Dreamforce app