October 2023 Sneak Peek

In October we have some new blogs in store for you about topics like diagrams and journey maps We also have some great video content planned where we’ll be covering topics such as Data Cloud and Flow Orchestrator.

Our Call for Content will be closed while we review all the amazing submissions we received over the last few months. But now is a great time to review our submission guidelines because our Call for Content reopens next month.

Let’s take a quick look at some of what you can expect in October.

On the Blog:

• Architecting for Scale with Customer Journey Maps — Learn to balance practical and abstract concepts to tell a story that aligns an organizational vision to a course of action.
• Use Calculated Insights with Hierarchical Data — Hierarchical data, with its tree-like structure and parent-child relationships has a variety of use cases. Learn how to ingest hierarchical data into Data Cloud and use it to create Calculated Insights.
• What Architects Should Know About the Einstein 1 Platform — As companies race to adopt generative AI, architects need to get up to speed fast. Articulating what the Einstein 1 Platform is, and the unique advantages it provides will be crucial. This blog discusses five key concepts that architects need to know about Einstein 1 now.
• Questions to ask when Determining a Salesforce Org Strategy — Architects are often tasked with determining whether a single or multi-org strategy is right for their organization. This post will contain a list of questions you can ask to determine the best approach.

On architect.salesforce.com:

• Share a Pre-Filtered View of the Template Gallery — You can now share a filtered view of the template gallery. See it in action here with the new Generative AI templates from the Architect Keynote. You can share to social or copy the URL to share somewhere else.
• Clean Energy Programs Data Model — This new data model includes Individual Application, Program, Action Plan, Usage Impact Group and Benefit Assignment entities in Energy & Utilities Cloud. Here’s a pre-filtered view of Energy & Utilities Cloud to easily check back for this diagram.
• 4 New Roadmap Templates — Updated Business and Technology Roadmap diagrams including templates for Capability, Feature, System, and Component Roadmaps to help you plan with intention.
• Elements.cloud Template Links — You’ll start seeing template links to open diagrams directly in Elements.cloud this month. Check it out first on this Sales Cloud data model with more on the way.
• There are also a number of additional updates coming this month to the website, including links to all our RSS feeds in the Connect menu, filter & search functionality in the Design Pattern Gallery, as well as new AI-related patterns across Well-Architected.

On YouTube:

• Under the Hood: Flow Orchestrator: Step through the capabilities of Flow Orchestrator and learn how to use them to orchestrate complex sets of automations.
• Under the Hood:Data Cloud & The Event Bus Runtime: Did you know that Data Cloud leverages the Event Bus Runtime? Learn how they can work together to deliver near real time data updates.

On LinkedIn and Twitter/X:

• What Not to Do on Salesforce (#WNTDOS) rolls on with more quick takes on what to avoid when designing solutions on the Salesforce Platform and what to do instead.

What You Can Do Now:

• Check out the Architect Content from Dreamforce on Salesforce+
• Find tools and resources for every project phase in our AI Project Resource Gallery
• Follow us on LinkedIn and X to make sure you don’t miss our quick takes.
• Catch up on our September blog posts, including our Dreamforce ’23 Architect Track Recap and Unlock the Power of Data Cloud Across Multiple Salesforce Orgs