Category: Related records

Salesforce Labs published a new Lightning Web Component named “Timeline”. It will display the related records in a totally different way i.e. in a timeline fashion.Nice to check out: Salesforce Spring 21 Release FeatureSalesforce Certification NotesSalesforce Release Video TutorialsSalesforce Lightning Flow Video TutorialsI installed this in my developer org and this post is about how to configure this component.Pre-requisite: Enhanced Email should be enabled in the org.Here are the steps:Permission Set Assign the permission set “Timeline User” to the users.Update Timeline Configurations Page LayoutOpen the Timeline Configuration Page Layout and in the related list – Timeline Child Objects, include the New button.Create Timeline Configuration recordLet’s say we want to include this component in Account record page. So we will first create the Time Configuration record like below -Create Timeline Child recordsLet’s say we want to display Contact and Opportunities in Activity Timeline. So we will create two Timeline Child records like below -Note – Here is the quip document explaining the field details. LinkInclude the component – Activity Timeline in Account record page Here comes the new view of the related recordObservation(as of today): Fields are not getting displayed properly while expanding the individual items in the Activity Timeline. I informed Salesforce Labs Team about the issue. Will update this post based on the response.Overall this is a very cool component published by Salesforce Labs and I am quite sure this will...