Activate Features

Activate Features

The list of features you need to Activate from Salesforce is getting longer and longer. This is annoying. 

So here is a list of them. Also see https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000ZWd9AAG 

Name

Link

Should I get it

Reason

Name

Link

Should I get it

Reason

increase Archive Days

http://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewSolution?id=000175889&language=en_US

If you need to clean out old tasks.

Tasks are archived after 365 days by default.

Organization administrators can login as any user

https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewSolution?id=000089838&language=en_US

Standard now

YES - if you are a small company/NFP

You need to help users and this is the easiest way to do it.

Multi Currency

https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewSolution?id=000003638&language=en_US

If you need multi currency.

 

Advanced Currency Management

https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewSolution?urlname=What-should-I-know-before-enabling-Advanced-Currency-Management-with-Historical-Currency-Exchange-Rates-1327108315173&language=en_US

If you need to keep a history of currency.

 

Create Audit Fields

https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/system_fields.htm

Also see http://blog.jeffdouglas.com/2009/04/27/modifying-salesforcecom-system-fields/

Standard now!!! - see User Interface settings

Any time you import old data into Salesforce.

Request it for at least 2 weeks.

You need to be able to set the Date Created on standard objects on import

Middle Name and Suffix Fields

https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000BqVVAA0

Standard now!!! - see User Interface settings

YES - you can always turn it off if you don't need it

You deal with people from the USA, or medical professionals, or military personnel.

Case Age Duration in Business Hours

 

 

 

Follow more than 500 chatter records

 

 

 

Person Accounts

https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=90630000000gyQjAAI (note the extra steps)

Yes, unless you are an NFP (use NPSP)

You deal with individuals regularly.

Headless Flows (Pilot)

Standard Now

 

Note:

More links

http://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewSolution?id=000176104&language=en_US

https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000BprkAAC

http://blog.jeffdouglas.com/2009/10/12/favorite-salesforce-black-tab-features/