Force.com Platform Fundamentals

Preface
Introducing the Force.com Platform
About the Sample Recruiting App
Reviewing Database Concepts
Building a Simple App
Enhancing the Simple App with Advanced Fields, Data Validation, and Page Layouts
Expanding the Simple App Using Relationships
Securing and Sharing Data
Collaborating with Chatter
Introducing Chatter
Tracking Fields on Your Objects
Try It Out: Enable Feed Tracking on Positions and Job Applications
Look At What We’ve Done
Following Records
Starting a Group or Two
Introducing Notifications
Introducing Actions
Summing Up
Using Custom Workflow and Approval Processes
Analyzing Data with Reports and Dashboards
Moving Beyond Point-and-Click App Development
Learning More
Glossary
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Look At What We’ve Done

We chose to track updates to the Status and Location fields on the Position object. If people want to see field updates for a position, they can view the feed on that record's detail page. For example, when the recruiter helping to staff the Technical Publications department looks at the Documentation Writer record, she'll see that the location has changed to San Francisco, CA.
Location Field Update in a Position Record Feed in the Full Site Location field update for a position

Launch Salesforce1 to see how field updates look on position records in a mobile device. From the navigation menu, tap Show More | Positions, and then tap Documentation Writer.

There are now three views, rather than the two we have seen in previous chapters. The new view, which appears first when you open a record, is the record feed. Record feeds appear only if feeds are enabled for the record’s object type. The record feed displays any Chatter field updates for this record—for the fields that we selected when we enabled feeds on the Position object.

Location Field Update in a Position Record Feed in Salesforce1 Location Field Update in a Position Record Feed in Salesforce1

Feed tracking is great, but who wants to keep going to the record detail page to see updates? Next, we'll show how easy it is to follow records, which brings the updates to you.