Commons Project: Data Generation

Heads up: the Trailblazer Community goes Read-Only on Oct 30!

 In case you missed the initial announcement on Sept 16, or Lizzy's post in Nonprofit Announcements this week, the Trailblazer Community is moving to Slack! This and all other Groups are set to go read-only on October 30, with the new Trailblazer Community in Slack planned for November (exact launch date TBD). 

Your place to learn about this project and ask questions will soon be in Slack! The group's historical conversations are migrating into an Open Source Commons dedicated channel in the new Slack workspace, and it's where you'll connect with fellow Commons volunteers and explore all of our community-built projects in one spot. The past posts and answers in this group stay available to reference after October 30. Posting pauses while the migration happens, and community-led conversations will resume in Slack once the new workspace goes live. 

What to do if you have questions during the time period between read-only (October 30th) and the new workspace launch:

• As a first go, please search this group for an existing post to resolve the issue.
• For very urgent support questions that you cannot find an existing answer to, email sfdo-opensource@salesforce.com and we'll do our best to connect you with the project's volunteers.
• For anything else, including non-urgent support questions that you cannot find an existing answer to, please hold onto your question and post it in the new Slack channel once launched later in November. 

Check out the full announcement and FAQ. To follow along on future updates, join the Nonprofit Announcements group if you aren't already! See you in Slack!

Hi everyone! Long time, no see... I hope you're all doing well. :) 

I just got back into Snowfakery after a long hiatus and wanted to check if a certain fictitious scenario was possible. 

Let's say I have an object called SalesforceRoles__c which has a bunch of different fields relating to different Salesforce roles (let's say Solution Architect, Technical Architect, Business Analyst, and Developer). I have all sorts of formulas and random_choice elements set up to randomize these fields/choices dynamically and Snowfakery is generating these perfectly. I then want to create between 1-4 friend records based on which types of fields were filled in on the SalesforceRoles__c record. So, if the Business Analyst fields were filled in, I want to create a friend record of type SalesforceRoleInterest__c with Business Analyst-specific fields filled in. If the Solution Architect info was filled in, I want to create another friend record where the Solution Architect-specific fields are filled in, etc. So, each time the recipe runs for that SalesforceRoles__c object, it can generate 1-4 friend records.

I've tried using macros for each combination of fields and then trying various types of "if" criteria to include different macros or the whole friend -> object -> macro with fields combination if certain fields are set to true on the first object.

I was hoping I could do something like this. Or maybe there's some special Python I can include?:

- friends
if ${{SFRole.BusinessAnalyst__c == 'true'}}
    - object: SalesforceRoleInterest__c
      fields:
        # fields for BA filled in 
if ${{SFRole.SolutionArchitect__ == 'true'}}
    - object: SalesforceRoleInterest__c
      fields:
        # fields for Solution Architect filled in 
Fuller Example:
- object: SalesforceRoles__c
  nickname: SFRole
  fields: 
    BusinessAnalyst__c:
      random_choice:
        True
        False
    BusinessAnalystInterests__c:
      if:
        - choice:
          when: ${{BusinessAnalyst__c=='True'}}
          pick:
            ${{fake.CatchPhrase}}
    SolutionArchitect__c:
      random_choice:
        True
        False
    SolutionArchitectInterests__c:
      if:
        - choice:
          when: ${{SolutionArchitect__c=='True'}}
          pick:
            ${{fake.CatchPhrase}}
  friends:
    - object: SalesforceRoleInterest__c
      fields:
        # fields for BA filled in 
    - object: SalesforceRoleInterest__c
      fields:
        # fields for Solution Architect filled in 

Virtual Community Innovation: Wrapping up the first virtual sprint of the year!

"Can I just say, this has sparked a passion in me and I’m going to attend EVERY sprint going forward" - Virtual Sprinter

WOW, what a MASSIVE start to 2024! We were thrilled to gather our Nonprofit and Education community virtually for two days of brainstorming, creating impactful solutions, and fun networking to build community solutions for common challenges affecting Nonprofits and Schools.

120+ attendees from 15 countries came together virtually, bringing their skills and passion to the table. From Japan to Australia, to India, the global dedication to this event was truly remarkable! Thank you to all who stayed up late, woke up early, and spent time away from your day job and family to spend time sharing your skills.

Ready to dive in? Read the full recap here: https://sfdo-community-sprints.github.io/docs/sprints/2024-02-0607-Sprint

Projects included in the recap:

@Commons Project: Data Generation

@CumulusCI (CCI)

@Commons Project: DLRS

@Commons Project: Grassroots Mobile

@Commons Project: Memberships

@Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series

@Commons Project: Salesforce Indicators

@Commons: Sprinty's Community Resources

@Commons Project: Sticky Selectron

@Commons Project: Summit Events App

@Commons Project: Transfer Equivalency

WOO! @Cori O'Brien @Kristiane Kindle

FYI @Nonprofit and Education MindShare @Salesforce.org MVPs

#SFDOsprint

We’re kicking off a new year with the annual Commons contributor survey.

This anonymous survey is intended to give you space to share your feedback and experience in the Salesforce.org Commons program over the past year (2022). This community is yours — your feedback is critical to ensure the spaces we create work for you. Your responses help us understand the impact the Commons has on you and the community, what’s working well and what needs improvement, and how we can continue to support and engage with contributors like you.

If you’ve participated in the Commons by attending a Community Sprint, attending a Mini-Sprint, or volunteering your time on a project team in the past year in the past year (2022), please take 5-10 minutes to complete the survey by Friday, January 21st.

Thank you for the time, energy, and skills you’ve contributed to the Commons and community-led projects whether this was your first year or your 10th. You continue to inspire me every day, and I’m looking forward to engaging in 2023.

Are you an action leader looking for new ways to apply your Salesforce skills? Would you benefit from an innovative space catered to solving common challenges for Nonprofits and the Education community? Here’s your chance... 

Registration is NOW LIVE for the November 2022 Community Sprint Event!   

We are calling all Salesforce.org Customers, Partners, and employees to gather IN-PERSON in San Francisco for two days of brainstorming, community activation, and thought leadership! At the event, you’ll contribute your Salesforce User, Admin, Developer, and other professional skills to community-led projects looking to make using Salesforce easier for others. 

You do not need to be a developer or highly technical to attend. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate!

Register today!   

@Nonprofit Hub

@Nonprofit and Education MindShare

@Salesforce.org System Administrators

@Salesforce Administrators & Developers

@Salesforce.org MVPs