The document summarizes the key features and enhancements in the Winter 15 release of Salesforce. Some of the major enhancements include improved Visualforce and Apex functionality, new capabilities for Salesforce1 mobile app development like adding charts from reports to flexible pages, and enhancements to Salesforce1 mobile app features such as viewing events in a weekly view and cloning contact records. It also provides details on new capabilities for administrators, developers and users across areas like user interface, app logic, integration, tools and more.

1. Winter 15

2. Content :
1)User Interface
1.1)Visualforce Enhancements
1.2)Visualforce Remote Objects Generally Available
1.3)Add Data Access to Visualforce Pages w/ Remote Objects
2)App Logic
2.1)New Apex Enhancements
2.2)Submit and Monitor Jobs for Asynchronous Execution with the Queueable Interface
2.3)Automate Time-Based Processes
3)Mobile
3.1)Salesforce1 Mobile App Development

3. 4)Tools
4.1)Critical Updates
4.2)Change Sets and Deployment Tools
5)Integration
5.1)Force.com Canvas Updates
https://developer.salesforce.com/releases/release/Winter15

4. ● September - October 2014
★ Customer/User’s Point of view :
● Ability to convert leads from Salesforce1 app (Beta)
Sales representatives can convert, qualified leads ---> contacts and create opportunities
Helps sales representatives to grow their revenue pipeline.
Available in all versions of Salesforce1.
Follow the path Setup | Build | Customize | Leads | Settings and select “Enable Conversions on
the Salesforce1 App”
● Set Up Salesforce1 with the Salesforce1 Wizard :-
Simple way to complete the necessary setup tasks for the Salesforce1 mobile app.
The wizard is ideal for you if you are new to Salesforce1.
Salesforce 1 setup

5. ● Duplicate Management (Beta) : –
To maintain clean and accurate data in your organization.
Salesforce introduced Duplicate Alerts and Blocking with Data.com.
Control whether and when you want to allow users to create duplicate records inside Salesforce,
Customize the logic that’s used to identify duplicates, and create reports on the duplicates you do
allow users to save.
Can see duplicates on edit / new.
Can accept the warning or ignore it.
● Community Designer (Beta) :-
Community Designer allows you to create, brand, and publish a custom community site that looks
great on any mobile device!
Choose from four templates to quickly start your site, and then easily style the pages to match your
company’s branding.
● Access and Share External Files with Files Connect :-
Once you are done with set up Files Connect, you can access files from external data sources like
SharePoint, or share them via the Files tab and feed.

6. ● Unlisted Chatter Groups : -
Now you can give your users a more private option for collaboration in Chatter.
Unlisted groups offer more privacy compared to private groups, because only members and users with
the “Manage Unlisted Groups” permission can access unlisted groups in list views, feeds, and
search results.
To enable t: Setup | Build | Customize | Chatter | Settings navigate to Groups section and select
“Enable Unlisted Groups”
● Allow Attachments via Email : -
Now you can allow your user to add attachments while post to groups using email.
To enable this feature follow the path Setup | Build | Customize | Chatter | Email Settings and
select “Allow Attachments via Email” check-box.
● Delegated Administrators Can Assign Permission Sets : –
After Winter’15 release you can specify permission sets that delegated administrators can assign to
users in specified roles and all subordinate roles.

7. ● Supported Languages Changed and Added : –
Norwegian (no) is now a fully supported language,.
Portuguese (Portugal) (pt_PT) and Slovak (sk) are now end user languages.
● Process Changed for Enabling Multiple Currencies : –
New confirmation step.
Organizations that are growing and need to track monetary values in multiple countries should find it
easier to activate multiple currencies.
Improvement on activation process, with the goal of reducing multi-currency activation time.
Setup | Administer | Company Profile | Company Information and select check-box “Allow
Support to Activate Multiple Currencies” .
● Security Tokens Required for API Logins from Callouts : –
API version 32.0 and later.
In API version 31.0 and earlier, security tokens are not required by default.
● File Upload and Download Behavior : –
When Don’t allow HTML uploads as attachments or document records ( from File Upload and
Download Security) is enabled in your organization.
Users can’t upload .swf and .xhtml file types, in addition to .html, .htt, .mht, and .svg file types

8. ★ Developer Point of view:-
● Improvements to Setup Search (Beta) : –
Search for even more individual items, like workflow rules, email alerts, field updates and email
templates etc. by name.
Advanced Setup Search is automatically enabled in new and existing organizations.
● Set Session Timeout and Password Policies for Individual Profiles :-
Now you can customize the session timeout and password requirements on every profile.
The settings for session duration and password policies at the profile level override the settings at the
organization level.
● Run More Future Methods and Callouts :-
50 methods .
100 callouts.
Can do more with Apex without having to be restricted by the previous limits.

9. ● Run More Tests in Sandbox and Developer Organizations :-
Twice as many tests in large sandbox or Developer Edition organizations.
It applies to sandbox organizations in all supported editions and Developer Edition organizations.
This limit is unchanged for production organizations in all other editions.
● Deploy with Active Jobs :-
Can deploy components referenced by active Apex jobs.
With this option, you don’t have to cancel Apex jobs to be able to have a successful deployment.
Previously, deployments failed if they contained components that were referenced by Apex jobs that
were pending or in progress.

10. ● Visual Flow Enhancement :-
A) Automate Time-Based Processes :-
For example, you can create a flow that activates a contract, waits until one day after the contract is
activated, and then emails the customer with a feedback form.
B) Store Multiple Values Together in a Flow :-
Collection variables allows you to store multiple values together of similar data type.
So that you can operate on them by using the new collection variable flow resource.
Help you conserve limits by not querying the Salesforce database for that information.
C) Submit Records for Approval from a Flow (Generally Available) :-
New Submit for Approval element
Can configure a flow to submit a record for approval without any code.
Previously, need Apex class and expose it in the Cloud Flow Designer as an Apex Plug-in or Apex
trigger.
In the ‘Summer’14 release, the Submit for Approval element was available only through a pilot
program and you could only specify the record to submit.

11. D) Post to Chatter from a Flow :-
With the new Post to Chatter element, you can easily configure a flow to post the feed of a record,
user, or Chatter group.
These posts can include mentions and topics.
Previously to create a post from a flow, you had to use an Apex Plug-in or create a FeedItem record.
E) Receive Email for Each Unhandled Fault :-
Previously, when multiple interviews resulted in unhandled faults whose messages were similar, the
flow creator received an email for only the first unhandled fault.
When the “Flow Creators Receive Email for Each Unhandled Fault” critical update is activated.
Flow creators receive one email for each unhandled fault that occurs.

12. ● Visualforce Enhancement :-
A) Add Data Access to Your Visualforce Pages with Remote Objects :-
Remote Objects is generally available.
This exciting feature for adding data access to your JavaScript-based Visualforce pages is now supported for
production use.
There are two new query operators that you can use in your Remote i.e in and nin
B) Preserve sObject Field Encryption in Visualforce Expressions :-
For API version 32.0 or later, expressions that reference encrypted sObject fields return the encrypted values
instead of the decrypted (plain) values
This behavior more closely matches your expectations and reduces the risk of inadvertent exposure of
sensitive data due to programmer error.
C) Serve Static Resources from the Visualforce Domain :-
When activated, this update changes the way that your static resources, such as images, JavaScript, and CSS
files, are served from Salesforce. Prior to the Winter’15 release, some static resources, such as images and
CSS files, were loaded from the Salesforce Domain.
It’s a best practice to reference static resources by using the $Resource global variable and the URLFOR()
function instead of static strings. For example:
● <apex:includeScript value="{!$Resource.MyJavascriptFile}"/>
● <apex:image url="{!URLFOR($Resource.TestZip, 'images/Bluehills.jpg')}" width="50" height="50"/>

13. ● Refresh Licenses Using the LMA :-
Now Salesforce ISV Partners can refresh all customer licenses directly from the License
Management App (LMA).
This makes it easier for ISV partners to ensure that licenses are up-to-date without having to contact
salesforce.com.
A license refresh updates the current license information for every installation of a managed package
across all Salesforce instances.
● View More Subscriber Information in the LMA :-
LMA displays additional information such as the status, instance, and expiration date of customer
organizations.
Partners can view all relevant license details in one place, making it easier to support customers.
● Now you can include Person Account components and attributes in managed and unmanaged
packages.

14. ★ Salesforce1 Enhancement:-
1. Do Most Actions from the Salesforce1 Action Bar :-
Mobile users now have a one-stop place to find actions in Salesforce1.
2. View All Pending Approval Requests in One Location :-
Like we have “Items to Approve” feature on Salesforce home page.
This feature is available in the Salesforce1 mobile browser app only.
3. Share a Dashboard Snapshot in Chatter :-
Salesforce1 mobile browser app allow users to post a snapshot of a dashboard component to Chatter by
mentioning a group or a user.
When viewed from the mobile browser app, the feed shows a thumbnail preview of the component, along
with the comment.
Other users reading the feed in the mobile browser app can tap the thumbnail to open the full dashboard.
4. Drill Down from a Dashboard to a Matrix Report:-
Users can tap a dashboard component to see the report that’s delivering the data to the dashboard.
Available for matrix reports as well as tabular and summary reports.
Users can see a maximum of 2,000 records.

15. 5. Floating Report Headers :-
When users scroll down to read a report, the header rows at the top stay visible, This is similar feature
like we have for Salesforce browser version.
6. Filter List Views:-
Salesforce1 mobile browser app users can filter existing list views to see just the records they need.
7. Attach Files to Comments on Feed Posts :-
After Winter’15 user can attach files directly to comment on feed posts using the Salesforce1 mobile
browser app, as well as the Salesforce1 downloadable apps.
Users can attach files from Salesforce or files stored on a mobile device.
8. Log Calls Faster :-
Your sales reps no longer need to fiddle with all the fields in a task record when they’re simply trying to
log a call.
The Log a Call action available on leads, contacts, and accounts now displays only key fields.
This will save your Sales reps time.

16. 9. Events in a Weekly View:-
This is one major enhancement in Salesforce1.
Events are now available in a weekly view, allowing users to see an event list for a specific day,
including previous days instead of having to scroll through a single list of all events.
And for Salesforce1 mobile browser app users, it’s now possible to create new events directly from
the Events page.
10. Clone Contact Records :-
For all versions of Salesforce1, the Clone action is now available on contacts.
This action isn’t available for other objects like accounts, however.

17. ★ Salesforce1 Mobile App Development:
1) flexipage:reportChart—Enables you to include a single chart from a report in your Flexible Page.
● label: If you leave this property blank, the component label is taken from the label of the report
instead.
● reportName:The API name of the report
2) flexipage:richText
The Rich Text component gives you the ability to add text, simple HTML markup, and images to
your Flexible Page.
● richTextValue: the HTML or text to display
3) flexipage:visualforcePage
● label, pageName, Height
Reference :-
https://developer.salesforce.com/releases/release/Winter15