Objects and Applications19% of the exam
Lightning apps and console apps in App Manager
How to create, clone, brand and assign Lightning apps in App Manager, what controls the landing page and navigation personalisation, and how Lightning console apps are licensed, configured with navigation rules, tuned for tab performance and compared with Classic console apps.
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate solution to enhance or extend the UI/UX with applications (App Manager, Lightning App Builder, Dynamic Forms, standard Lightning page components, Console, and Lightning page analyze button).
~7 min read · 8 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Create a Lightning app from scratch or by cloning, and know which apps can be cloned.
- Set an app's landing page, navigation items, branding override, utility bar and profile assignments.
- Grant console access by licence and profile, and configure navigation rules.
- Tune console performance with deferred loading and a loaded tab limit.
- Plan a move from a Classic console app to Lightning, including person accounts and Classic apps in Lightning Experience.
Key terms:
- App Manager: the Setup page that lists apps and opens the New Lightning App wizard and app editing.
- Navigation items: the objects and pages in an app's navigation bar; the top one is the landing page.
- Lightning console app: an app with console navigation, workspace tabs, subtabs, split view and a utility bar.
- Navigation rule: a console setting deciding whether an object's records open as workspace tabs or subtabs.
- Lightning Console User: the permission every console user needs.
Key facts
Clone in App Manager
- Detail
- Custom Lightning apps only
Landing page
- Detail
- Top navigation item, desktop and mobile
Personalisation limit
- Detail
- More than 50 default items blocks it
Branding
- Detail
- App can override the org theme's brand image and nav bar color
Classic app Home pages
- Detail
- Upgrade to a Lightning app before app and profile assignment
Console access
- Detail
- Lightning Console User plus the profile on the app
Platform licence users
- Detail
- Need a Lightning Console permission set licence
Deferred loading
- Detail
- On by default
Classic console app
- Detail
- Can't be upgraded to Lightning
Sources for this section (6)
- Create Lightning Appshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Customize Lightning Appshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Activate Pageshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Console Accesshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Salesforce Consolehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Console Parityhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why can't a store team open a console app even though its profile is on the app?
- When does a navigation rule matter?
- Why upgrade a Classic app before assigning it a custom Home page?
- Which layout step do person accounts need in a console app?
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