Comments on: Salesforce.com as free, bolt-on analytics engine for any database app

By: Cheap Salesforce.com Licenses and how to use them « nickhbailey

Cheap Salesforce.com Licenses and how to use them « nickhbailey — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:45:18 +0000

[...] So, what can you do with this? The best thing I’ve seen so far is a brewery app that tracks the brewing process from ingredients in the door through bottling, and even generates the regulatory documents in a VF page. Right now, I’m building an app based on Coherence to track whether what an organization thinks they are is in line with what they say they are or what people are saying about them. The app can track data from many sources and then generates a score to show how Coherent an organization is. You also get Chatter with these licenses so even if you don’t want to build an app, you could import and Chatter about some of your existing data as well as use Salesforce.com analytics. [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:20:15 +0000

Great John! I used OmniGraffle for the images: http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle/

It’s Mac only, and I love it!

By: John Coppedge

John Coppedge — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:18:04 +0000

I performed something similar recently with a client. We used an automated SQL export and scheduled task to fire the data loader, but similar concept and very effective. Very narrow reporting to robust with mobile support in a short time with zero development.

What tool did you use to create the graphics above? Looks great.

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Noted in brief – 6/13/2010 | Jon Stahl's Journal — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:28:58 +0000

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By: Michael McMahon

Michael McMahon — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:08:19 +0000

This is VERY cool. I’ve been intrigued by the idea of using salesforce for tasks like this and am really psyched to find a step-by-step guide! Thank you.