Salesforce terms starting with G

Generate Orders is a CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) and Billing feature that automatically creates Order records from contracted quotes. It converts accepted quotes into orders for fulfillment and billing, streamlining the quote-to-cash process. Visual Workflow templates for generating orders are also available on the AppExchange for customization.

A GET Request is an HTTP method used to retrieve data from a server or API endpoint without modifying it. In Salesforce, GET requests are used when calling the Salesforce REST API to read records, query data, or retrieve metadata. Developers also use GET requests in Apex HTTP callouts (via the HttpRequest class with setMethod('GET')) to fetch data from external services. It is one of the standard HTTP verbs alongside POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.

Getter Methods in Apex are methods that return the value of a class property or variable. They use the get accessor keyword and are commonly used in Visualforce controllers to make data available to Visualforce pages for display. For example, a getter method like public String getName() { return 'Hello'; } allows a Visualforce page to reference {!name} and display the returned value. Getter methods work alongside setter methods to control read and write access to controller properties.

A Global Action (also called a Global Quick Action) in Salesforce is a quick action that is not tied to a specific object. Global actions are accessible from anywhere in Salesforce, including the global actions menu in the Lightning Experience header bar, Chatter publishers, and the Salesforce mobile app. They allow users to create records, log calls, send emails, or launch custom Lightning components and Flows without first navigating to a specific record page. Administrators define global actions in Setup under Global Actions and add them to the Global Publisher Layout.

Global Search is a search feature in Salesforce Lightning Experience and Classic that allows users to search across multiple objects and record types from a unified search box at the top of every page. Results are ranked by relevance and respect object-level permissions, sharing rules, and field-level security. Users can filter results by object type, date range, and other criteria to quickly find the records they need.

In Salesforce formulas, Visualforce, and Lightning components, a system-provided variable (prefixed with $) that gives access to contextual information like $User.Id, $Profile.Name, $Organization.Id, or $Label values.

In Salesforce context, Gmail Integration connects Gmail with Salesforce, allowing users to view Salesforce records, log emails to Salesforce, and create new records directly from the Gmail interface.

Gmail Integration and Sync is a Setup page where administrators configure the integration between Salesforce and Gmail. This includes enabling Lightning for Gmail (which adds a Salesforce sidebar in Gmail), configuring email and calendar synchronization, and managing settings for how emails and events flow between the two platforms.

Salesforce Government Cloud (also known as Government Cloud Plus) is a dedicated Salesforce instance that meets FedRAMP High, DoD IL2/IL4, and other government compliance requirements for U.S. federal, state, and local agencies.

Governor Limits are runtime limits enforced by the Salesforce platform that prevent any single transaction from monopolizing shared resources in the multitenant environment. They restrict the number of SOQL queries (100 per synchronous transaction), DML statements (150), callouts, heap size, CPU time, and other operations to ensure fair resource allocation across all tenants.

In Salesforce fiscal year settings, the standard calendar year (January 1 through December 31) option, as opposed to a custom fiscal year configuration with non-standard periods or start dates.

In Salesforce's AI context (Einstein), the technique of anchoring generative AI responses in your actual CRM data and trusted knowledge sources rather than relying solely on the language model's general training data.

A Salesforce collaboration feature that creates shared spaces in Chatter where members can post updates, share files, and collaborate on topics, available as public, private, or unlisted groups.

A Group Member in Salesforce (GroupMember in the API) is a standard junction object that records a single membership relationship between a Group and either a User or another Group. Each Group Member record holds a GroupId (the parent Group - Public Group, Queue, Chatter Group, or any other system-managed group), a UserOrGroupId (the polymorphic member reference, pointing to either a User or another Group), and standard system fields. Groups in Salesforce are nestable - a Public Group can contain other Public Groups as members, and Group Member captures each level of that nesting one row at a time. Group Member is the underlying data structure behind nearly every group-based Salesforce feature: Public Group sharing rules iterate over Group Members to determine record visibility; Queue assignment routes records to Group Members; Chatter Group membership controls who can post and read; folder-access lists evaluate against Group Members. Every "who is in this Group?" question in Salesforce ultimately resolves to a Group Member SOQL query.

A Salesforce task that is assigned to multiple users simultaneously, creating individual task instances for each assignee so that a team of people can each track their completion of the same activity.

A Salesforce user profile associated with unauthenticated visitors to Experience Cloud sites or Sites.com pages, with highly restricted permissions that control what data and features anonymous visitors can access.

Guest User Sharing Rule Access Report is a Setup feature that generates a security report showing which records are accessible to unauthenticated guest users through sharing rules on Experience Cloud sites. This report helps administrators identify and remediate potential overexposure of sensitive data to anonymous visitors.

Guided Slack Setup is a Setup wizard that walks administrators through the process of connecting their Salesforce org to a Slack workspace. The guided setup covers authorization, channel configuration, notification settings, and enabling Slack-first workflows that allow users to interact with Salesforce data from within Slack.