DemandTools 5.34 Release overview, Community Celebration announcement, new Certification badges and more in this month's DemandTools Newsletter
New Features & Product Updates
DemandTools 5.34 Feature Release
Scenario Management
Manage Scenario Access and Usage with Scenario Tags. Help your DemandTools users focus by only showing them the Scenarios they can access. Using the Tag Management Dashboard in DemandTools, My.Validity Administrators can now employ Scenarios Tags to restrict Scenario visibility based on a user's My.Validity role.
Dedupe
Clearly see Duplicate Groups. The duplicate group divider is back! Based on customer feedback, the Dedupe module now displays a thick separator line between duplicate groups for even faster duplicate clean up and management.
Import
Improved Field Mapping user experience. Retain your field mapping settings when changing the source file or sheet even when you’re not using a saved Scenario. You will be alerted if fields from the input file cannot be mapped based on the existing scenario or if a field in Salesforce no longer exists. Fields can also be viewed by their mapped status - Mapped Fields, Unmapped Fields, and Mapping Error.
Modify
Formula results testing during formula setup.Test your formulas against test data prior to running it on the queried records in your scenario for faster formula setup and acceptance of results.
General Enhancements
Access even more information through DemandTools. DemandTools will now provide access to fields within five levels of the relational hierarchy (pre 5.34 versions only give access to two levels).
And much more!
Read the full DemandTools V 5.34 Release Notes
Attend the DemandTools Release Overview Session: 5.34 on Thursday, February 1st, @ 11am ET.
Community Updates
1 Year Celebration!!!
Can you believe it, the Validity Community is almost 1 year old – we launched it on March 7th 2023. To celebrate this date, we are planning to award all of our members who have registered before 3/7/24, with a commemorative Birthday badge.
If you have not already registered, make sure to do so before 3/7/24 to receive the badge.
Top 5 Accepted Solutions in the DemandTools Forum:
- Modify (aka Mass Impact) Formulas and RegEx Examples
- Upsert – I thought child record would use the mappings from 2nd object
- License Purchase
- DemandTools Job Builder VS DemandTools V Schedule
- Hot to Prioritize “Prospect” Status in Winning Records in SFDC
Or you can View all Accepted Solutions in the DemandTools forum by clicking here!
* Accepted Solutions are answers to questions asked on the Community forums.
Customer Knowledge & Training Updates
Get Certified on DemandTools V
As you may already know, we have launched a DemandTools Certification program which includes specialty badges for each of the corresponding modules:
- Fundamentals
- Dedupe
- Import
- Modify
- Tune (most recently released)
5 more modules are coming soon, including Delete, Reassign, Match, Export and Convert.
DemandTools Training
Join us for one of our upcoming DemandTools Live Training Sessions! Full Training Calendar
- Improve Record Matching with Comparison Types - Tuesday, 1/23 11am ET
- Intro to DupeBlocker - Tuesday, 1/30 11am ET
- DemandTools Release Overview Session: 5.34 - Thursday, 2/01 11am ET
- Import - Tuesday, 2/6 11 am ET
- Modify Basics - Tuesday, 2/13 11am ET
- Modify: Using Advanced Formulas - Tuesday, 2/20 11am ET
*Some DemandTools versions such as DemandTools Elements only include access to the Import, Export, Delete, Dedupe, and Verify modules. If interested in learning more about other modules that are available in the DemandTools V platform, feel free to register for any of the trainings above to learn more!
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Customer Success Updates
Check out this brand-new DemandTools V Assess Module Webinar lead by one of our very own CSMs. This webinar discusses how to start 2024 off on the right track by running an assessment report to obtain a clear picture of your CRM data quality along with steps you can take to remediate the issues found.
CSM Spotlight of the Quarter
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Howdy Doody! My name is Forrest Tarsa (@TarsaF_Validity on the Community) and I’m a Senior CSM on the Data CSM team here at Validity. The team and I have made some exciting changes in the past few months, and we are looking forward to bringing you increased assistance, new and improved resources, and more readily available support for all your Validity data tools. Now, for any assistance with use cases and product functionality questions you can simply email demandtoolstcoe@validity.com and one of our experienced CSMs (including me) will get back to you! |
And now that the formal information is out of the way, I figured I’d share a little more about myself, so you can get to know the CSM team members that are here to help you better!
Although I’ve been at Validity for almost three years, I’ve also worked in the Health and Fitness industry as well as the Financial Services industry and even spent some time installing and refinishing custom hardwood floors. Growing up in Northern Michigan gave me a love for the outdoors that has only been amplified by my move to Colorado where I can enjoy the great outdoors all year round! In addition to the 9-5 at Validity, I also stay young by teaching several small group training classes each week at a locally owned gym. Between the two I stay busy, but I also get to build relationships with people, which is something I value in everything I do.
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