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Release 8 of 68 · October 2006 · API 8.0

Salesforce Winter ’07 release notes

Approvals, validation rules and the Salesforce console

Open Winter ’07 in 3DSalesforce’s release notes (PDF)
Winter ’04: 74 notesSpring ’04: 91 notesSummer ’04: 75 notesWinter ’05: 117 notesSummer ’05: 138 notesWinter ’06: 170 notesSummer ’06: 76 notesWinter ’07: 276 notesSpring ’07: 105 notesSummer ’07: 217 notesWinter ’08: 130 notesSpring ’08: 106 notesSummer ’08: 159 notesWinter ’09: 162 notesSpring ’09: 57 notesSummer ’09: 55 notesWinter ’10: 107 notesSpring ’10: 135 notesSummer ’10: 90 notesWinter ’11: 112 notesSpring ’11: 59 notesSummer ’11: 44 notesWinter ’12: 101 notesSpring ’12: 145 notesSummer ’12: 91 notesWinter ’13: 220 notesSpring ’13: 136 notesSummer ’13: 278 notesWinter ’14: 353 notesSpring ’14: 339 notesSummer ’14: 288 notesWinter ’15: 276 notesSpring ’15: 325 notesSummer ’15: 341 notesWinter ’16: 470 notesSpring ’16: 512 notesSummer ’16: 510 notesWinter ’17: 561 notesSpring ’17: 559 notesSummer ’17: 630 notesWinter ’18: 582 notesSpring ’18: 566 notesSummer ’18: 600 notesWinter ’19: 551 notesSpring ’19: 539 notesSummer ’19: 607 notesWinter ’20: 649 notesSpring ’20: 619 notesSummer ’20: 632 notesWinter ’21: 643 notesSpring ’21: 621 notesSummer ’21: 633 notesWinter ’22: 696 notesSpring ’22: 677 notesSummer ’22: 743 notesWinter ’23: 840 notesSpring ’23: 806 notesSummer ’23: 902 notesWinter ’24: 868 notesSpring ’24: 969 notesSummer ’24: 1,070 notesWinter ’25: 1,107 notesSpring ’25: 1,191 notesSummer ’25: 1,230 notesWinter ’26: 1,456 notesSpring ’26: 1,498 notesSummer ’26: 1,879 notesWinter ’27: 1,277 notes
Documented changes
276
200 more than Summer ’06
AI-related
0
0% of the release
In beta or pilot
22
Retirements
0

What it brought

Approval processes and validation rules both appeared in Winter '07. Administrators could build simple or multistep approval chains on standard and custom objects, with entry criteria and actions at each step, and write validation rules that block a bad save with a formula and an error message, enforced in Salesforce and through the Apex API. The Salesforce console put a list view, a detail view and a mini view on one AJAX screen. Developers got upgradeable managed packages with namespaces, custom buttons and s-control overrides, and outbound messaging to replace API polling. At 276 notes it is a big release, weighted toward the platform and customization. Call Center Edition and person accounts shipped as limited releases.

Biggest new capability
Multistep approval processes
Data quality arrives
Validation rules block bad saves
New screen for agents
Salesforce console on one AJAX page
Limited release
Call Center Edition with a CTI SoftPhone
ISV milestone
Managed packages gain upgrades and namespaces

By capability

  • Customization55
  • Service44
  • Automation31
  • Sales28
  • Developer23
  • UX & Mobile20
  • Collaboration15
  • Analytics15
  • Security & Identity14
  • Data13
  • APIs & Integration12
  • Infrastructure & Ops6

By product

  • Platform109
  • Sales Cloud82
  • Service Cloud36
  • Integration & APIs17
  • Experience Cloud10
  • Data Cloud / Data 3609
  • Mobile7
  • Analytics4
  • Security & Identity2

Capabilities and change types are Jev’s categories; products come from Salesforce’s own headings. How the notes were categorized

Every note in Winter ’07

By product, in the order of the PDF. Each title links to its page in Salesforce’s release notes.

Sales Cloud82
Service Cloud36
Experience Cloud10
Mobile7
Analytics4
Data Cloud / Data 3609
Platform109
Integration & APIs17
Security & Identity2