What Is Salesforce Data Loader?
What is Data Loading? Data loading is the process of transferring data from one system to another in an automated way. Instead of manually entering records, businesses use data loading to import and export large volumes of data quickly and accurately. This helps prevent errors, duplicate records, and inefficiencies that…
How is Aggregate Code Coverage Calculated in Salesforce?
Question: Imagine a Salesforce org with two classes and their respective test coverage statistics: How is aggregate test coverage calculated for the org? Does Salesforce determine the coverage by averaging the percentages for each class (e.g., Class 1: 50%, Class 2: 100%, average = 75%), or does it calculate the…
Why do Enums and Properties behave differently in test coverage?
Question: Consider the following examples: In this case, the muENUMS class does not appear in the test coverage report. Even if the enum values are used in tests, Salesforce indicates that there are 0 lines to cover. When instantiating coverageExample in a test, the class appears in the coverage report…
Retrieving Salesforce Metadata for CI/CD with CLI Tools
Question: I am new to setting up CI/CD for Salesforce and am trying to sync metadata from a Dev Hub org to my local project. Here’s how I created my project repository: This command generated the following project structure: The manifest/package.xml file looks like this: I created metadata like custom…
Can sObjects Be Used as Keys in Maps?
Question: Are sObjects supported as keys in Apex Maps? While using sObjects as Map keys, any subsequent changes to the key sObject seem to break the mapping between the key and the corresponding value. Is this the expected behavior, and if so, how can it be handled? Here’s an example…
Updating Subscriber-Editable Custom Metadata Fields via Apex
Question: I have created a managed package in a Developer org containing custom objects, Apex classes, and custom metadata types (CMT). The custom metadata type records are set as public, and the fields I need to modify are marked as “Subscriber Editable.” After installing the package in a subscriber sandbox,…
How to Effectively Write Apex Unit Tests?
Question: I am new to writing Apex unit tests in Salesforce and want to understand how to create effective tests. Could you explain the process of writing an Apex unit test, including how to create test data, execute the code to be tested, and validate the results? Additionally, I would…
Improving Code Coverage and Understanding Uncovered Lines
Question: Code coverage measures how many lines of your code are executed during unit tests. While I write unit tests, some lines of code remain uncovered, such as parts of control structures, loops, exception handlers, or other logic blocks. How can I improve my code coverage, and why might certain…