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 |
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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/