Database Services Preview Winter 08
Personal tagging
User can add their own tags to individual records. Tags can be used for searching records. A tag can be applied to records of more than one object type, enhancing the ability to group records together across objects. All tags are personal – they can be used by the tagger, but are not visible to others. Tags can be managed, which allows correction of tag text or merging of similar tags.
Use case
A user could tag all leads and opportunities which were interested in a particular product enhancement, making it easy to locate and contact them when the enhancement is delivered.
Availability
General availability for Personal Edition, Group Edition, Professional Edition, Enterprise Edition, Unlimited Edition, Developer Edition.
Encrypted custom fields
Custom fields can be designated as encrypted. Encrypted custom fields are stored as encrypted in the Force.com database, are shown with encryption masks, and are only shown unmasked to users with the permission to see the values unmasked.
Use case
Data must sometimes be encrypted to comply with regulatory requirements. A financial institution could store account information about clients as encrypted data, but still show the data to the client’s Financial Advisor.
Availability
General availability for Enterprise Edition, Unlimited Edition, Developer Edition.
Enhanced Rollup Summary Fields
This feature, initially introduced in the Summer ’07 release, is being extended to allow a frequently requested rollup between standard objects – Opportunity Line Items to Opportunity.
Use case
A user would like to know the total amount of discounted and non-discounted products for a particular opportunity.
Availability
General availability for Professional Edition (if Products has been purchased), Enterprise Edition, Unlimited Edition, Developer Edition.