Release 12 of 68 · February 2008 · API 12.0
Salesforce Spring ’08 release notes
Google Apps, Content and Ideas go live
- Documented changes
- 106
- 24 fewer than Winter ’08
- AI-related
- 0
- 0% of the release
- In beta or pilot
- 2
- Retirements
- 1
What it brought
Salesforce for Google Apps was the new arrival in Spring '08, with Google docs attached to records, a Google Docs tab, and Gmail buttons and links. Much of the rest moved existing work to general availability: Salesforce Content and Salesforce Ideas left limited release, the Partner Portal became generally available in Enterprise and Unlimited Editions, and Apex became generally available in Enterprise Edition, its inbound email services GA alongside. The Metadata API shipped, so administrators could treat setup configuration as XML files and migrate it between organizations, and the Force.com IDE replaced the Apex Toolkit for Eclipse as a developer preview. Apex scripts using the commit, rollback or package keywords had to be rewritten, because those keywords are gone.
- New integration
- Salesforce for Google Apps and Google Docs
- Out of limited release
- Salesforce Content now generally available
- Config as files
- Metadata API for migrating setup
- New dev tooling
- Force.com IDE replaces the Eclipse toolkit
- Code must change
- commit, rollback and package keywords gone
By capability
By product
Capabilities and change types are Jev’s categories; products come from Salesforce’s own headings. How the notes were categorized
Retirements and deprecations
Every note in Spring ’08
By product, in the order of the PDF. Each title links to its page in Salesforce’s release notes.
Sales Cloud21
- Account Team and Sales Team Sharing Access Displayp. 49
- Spell Checker for Activitiesp. 49
- Home Page Hover Links for Eventsp. 49
- Default Email Notifications on Tasksp. 49
- Campaign Association for Opportunities Created from Contactsp. 49
- Person Accounts for the Customer Portalp. 49
- Redesigned Calendar View Headersp. 49
- Drag-and-Drop Editing on Calendar Viewsp. 49
- Customizable Forecast Category Valuesp. 49
- Forecast Actions in the Setup Audit Trailp. 49
- All Option for Forecast Summary Default Viewp. 49
- Forecast Totals on Forecast Detail Pagesp. 49
- Lead Conversion with Validation Rules and Triggersp. 49
- 21-Digit Report Summariesp. 49
- Outer Joins in Custom Report Typesp. 49
- Custom Report Types for Salesforce to Salesforce Connectionsp. 49
- Opportunity Roll-Up Summary Fields on Accountsp. 49
- Salesforce Call Center Call Log Objectsp. 49
- Email to Salesforcep. 71
- Email to Salesforce Limitsp. 71
- Advanced Email Security Settings for Email to Salesforcep. 71
Experience Cloud6
Chatter & Collaboration13
- Salesforce Content Storage Managementp. 17
- General Availability of Salesforce Contentp. 17
- Featured Contentp. 17
- Salesforce Content Search Enhancementsp. 17
- Workspace Tagging Rulesp. 17
- Moving and Deleting Contentp. 17
- Top All-Time Subtab for Ideasp. 30
- Idea, IdeaComment, and Vote Objects in the APIp. 30
- General Availability of Salesforce Ideasp. 30
- Voter List on Idea Detail Pagep. 30
- Multiple Content Typesp. 17
- Ideas Comments Subtabp. 30
- Ideas My Inboxp. 30
Mobile1
- Mobile Custom Viewsp. 74
Analytics1
Platform49
- Visualforce Custom Componentsp. 54
- <apex:flash> Componentp. 54
- <apex:actionFunction> Componentp. 54
- <apex:pageBlockList> Componentp. 54
- Links on Visualforce Output Fieldsp. 54
- Help Links in Page Blocksp. 54
- Apex Controller Class Securityp. 54
- Custom Columns on Visualforce Related Listsp. 54
- Custom Help for Visualforce Fieldsp. 54
- <apex:alias> Renamed to <apex:variable>p. 54
- Apex in AppExchange Packagesp. 59
- StandardController getSubject Renamed to getRecordp. 59
- Apex Generally Available in Enterprise Editionp. 59
- Apex Debug Log Categories and Levelsp. 59
- Deprecated commit, rollback, and package Keywordsp. 59
- Implicit Decimal to Double Conversion Removedp. 59
- New Apex Arguments and Math Methodsp. 59
- Enhanced Apex Script Editorp. 59
- Custom Header, Footer, and Body Text on Table Columnsp. 54
- Show Dependencies for Apex Classes and Triggersp. 59
- SOSL Query Support in Apexp. 59
- Business Accounts and Person Accounts in Apexp. 59
- Metadata APIp. 61
- Apex Sandbox for Enterprise and Unlimited Editionsp. 61
- General Availability of Apex Email Servicesp. 63
- Force.com IDEp. 61
- Email Services Daily Message Limitp. 63
- Email Service Failure Response Settingsp. 63
- Sender Authentication and Authorization for Email Servicesp. 63
- InboundEmail Objectp. 63
- Mass Action Buttons for Tag and Search Resultsp. 76
- Custom List Buttons Checkbox Optionp. 76
- AppExchange Package Upload and Install Dependency Checksp. 76
- Automatic Permanent Deletion of Deleted Custom Fieldsp. 76
- Custom List View Usability Improvementsp. 76
- Email Deliverability Testingp. 76
- Dynamic Approval Routingp. 76
- Inline Editing Supported for the Consolep. 76
- Increased Formula Size Limitp. 76
- Force.com Connect Offline Enhancementsp. 76
- New Formula Functions ISNUMBER, REGEX, and VLOOKUPp. 76
- Salesforce Mobile Support for Person Accountsp. 76
- Salesforce Mobile Enhanced Data Filteringp. 76
- Search Enhancements for Accented Charactersp. 76
- Export Security for Reports and User List Viewsp. 76
- Special Date Values for All English Localesp. 76
- Email-to-Case Workflow Rulesp. 76
- Workflow Rule Criteria for Converted Leadsp. 76
- Setup Menu Restructuringp. 76
Integration & APIs14
- Google Talk Sidebar Componentp. 11
- Salesforce for Google Appsp. 11
- Gmail to Salesforcep. 11
- Gmail Buttons and Linksp. 11
- Add Google Docs to Salesforcep. 11
- Google Docs Tabp. 11
- Test.setFixedSearchResults System Methodp. 61
- transient Keyword in Apexp. 61
- Force.com Web Services API 12.0p. 61
- SOSL Governor Limits in Apexp. 61
- Owner Change No Longer Revokes Team Sharing Accessp. 61
- XmlStreamWriter Classp. 61
- Documented API Status Codesp. 61
- Session Expiration Based on Inactivityp. 61