Field-Service-Consultant Salesforce Certified Field Service Consultant (WI24) Questions and Answers

Pinned statuses prevent service appointments from being rescheduled or unscheduled by scheduling and optimization services3. Status transitions define the valid status changes for service appointments based on business rules. References: 3 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_pinned_statuses.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_status_transitions.htm &type=5

Lightning Components are reusable units of user interface that can be customized and embedded in different pages or apps[180]. Work Order Line Items are records that track specific tasks or products related to a work order[181]. Creating a custom Lightning Component that displays Work Order progress and deploying it to Technicians through the Salesforce Field Service mobile app would allow Universal Containers’ Technicians to view work progress through the Work Order Line Item card in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app by creating a component that shows the status or completion percentage of work order line items and adding it to the work order line item card layout in the mobile app settings[182]. Creating a custom Visualforce page and adding an external link in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app to view the page in the mobile browser would not allow Technicians to view work progress through the Work Order Line Item card in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app. Visualforce pages are web pages that can display custom user interface using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Apex[183]. Creating a Report Chart that summarizes Work Order Line Items and adding a link to the Service Appointment layout would not allow Technicians to view work progress through the Work Order Line Item card in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app. Report Charts are visual representations of report data that can be added to different pages or layouts[184]. Adding the Work Order Line Items related list to the Work Order page layout and assigning the layout to the Technician’s profile would not allow Technicians to view work progress through the Work Order Line Item card in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app. Related lists are lists of records that are directly related to another record and can be added to different page layouts[185]. References: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/overview/components https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_mobile_custom_cards_overview.htm &type=5 https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_intro_what_is_it.htm https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.reports_charts_adding_to_layouts.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_related_lists.htm &type=5

This option ensures that the service territory member’s operating hours are aligned with the service territory’s time zone, and avoids scheduling conflicts or gaps. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_operating_hours.htm &type=5

Inventory is used to track product quantities in different locations such as warehouses or vans. Products Consumed are used to report when parts are used by technicians during service appointments and adjust inventory levels accordingly. Mobile Locations are used to track inventory in technicians’ vans or trucks using geolocation data from their mobile devices. Warehouse Locations are used to track inventory in fixed locations such as warehouses or depots using address data from their records. Products Required are used to request products from inventory for a service appointment, but do not ensure that technicians report when parts are used. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_inventory_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_products_consumed.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_mobile_locations_overview.htm &type=5

This option allows viewing the asset relationships on the Asset object, where the primary asset is the parent asset and the related assets are the child assets. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_asset_relationships.htm &type=5

This scheduling policy prioritizes customer service preferences over other factors, such as travel time or resource availability. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_scheduling_policies.htm &type=5

Custom gantt filters are filters that allow dispatchers to view service appointments based on specific criteria such as status, priority, or custom fields[67]. Creating a custom gantt filter would allow providing a view of emergency work that is only visible to dispatchers by setting up criteria such as status equals emergency and sharing the filter with dispatchers only[68]. Custom lightning component is a component that allows developers to create custom user interfaces using Lightning Web Components or Aura Components[69]. Creating a custom lightning component would require coding and would not leverage the existing gantt chart functionality. Custom report in a private report folder is a report that allows users to view data based on specific criteria such as objects, fields, filters, or charts[70]. Creating a custom report in a private report folder would not provide a view of emergency work on the gantt chart and would not allow dispatchers to schedule or reschedule service appointments. Custom list view is a list view that allows users to view records based on specific criteria such as filters, fields, or sorting[71]. Creating a custom list view would not provide a view of emergency work on the gantt chart and would not allow dispatchers to schedule or reschedule service appointments. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_gantt_filters.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_gantt_filters_create.htm &type=5 https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/en/lwc https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.reports_builder_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_listviews.htm &type=5

To perform multi-staged jobs, where the second job can only begin after completion of the first job, two service appointments can be created and linked by setting the Related Service Appointment field on the second service appointment to point to the first one, and setting the Time Dependency field to After Previous. Creating one service appointment with the total duration of the two jobs and assigning two resources would not ensure that the second job starts after the first one. Creating two service appointments and scheduling them to the same resource or creating one service appointment and scheduling it to two different resources would not create a dependency between the jobs. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointments.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointment_dependencies.htm &type=5

These two ways should be recommended to track these inventory requirements in Salesforce, as they allow specifying which products are needed for work orders or work order line items and updating the inventory accordingly. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_products_required.htm &type=5

This option allows automatically associating certain products to Work Orders based on the work type selected, and generating Work Order Line Items for those products. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_types.htm &type=5

This option allows generating a report in the customer’s language by selecting the language from a picklist field on the work order record. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports_language.htm &type=5

A Product Request record can be added to a Work Order to request a product from inventory for a service appointment. A Work Type is a template that defines the duration, skills, and products required for a work order or work order line item. A Service Appointment is a record that represents a scheduled visit by a service resource to a customer location. A Service Report is a document that summarizes the details and outcomes of a service appointment. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_product_requests.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_types.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointments.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports.htm &type=5

User Territories are records that associate users with service territories for sharing purposes[90]. Creating a new user territory associated with the Service Territory and dispatcher would allow giving access to all relevant Midwest records by linking them with their corresponding service territory[91]. Configuring and running the User Territory Sharing Job in Field Service Settings would allow updating sharing rules based on user territories automatically at regular intervals such as daily or weekly[92]. Assigning a new user territory and adding each of the assigned service resources would not give access to all relevant Midwest records

The Products Consumed section on the Work Order allows the technician to record the products used and adjust the inventory levels of their van stock. The Product Item Transactions Related List on the Product Item shows the history of product movements, but does not allow recording new transactions. The Work Order Line Item associated with the completed Work Order shows the products required, but not the products used. The Product Request Line Item associated with the Product shows the products requested, but not the products consumed. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_products_consumed.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_product_item_transactions.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_product_request_line_items.htm &type=5

This scheduling policy prioritizes customer service preferences over other factors, such as travel time or resource availability. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_scheduling_policies.htm &type=5

Service Territory Location is a junction object that links Service Territory and Location objects[236]. Related Lists are components on page layouts that show records that are related to a record through a lookup or master-detail relationship[237]. Adding the Service Territory Location Related List on the Service Territory page layout and adding the Service Territory Location Related List on the Location page layout would allow Universal Containers to show how Locations are associated to Territories by displaying a list of Service Territory Locations on each record[238]. Creating the Service Territory Location as a Service Territory lookup field or creating the Service Territory Location as a Location lookup field would not work because they are not valid fields on either object. References: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_serviceterritorylocation.htm https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.customize_related_lists.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_territory_locations_overview.htm &type=5

Capacity-Based Service Resources are service resources that have a limited number of hours available for work per day or week[150]. Setting the Contractor Manager as a Capacity-Based Service Resource would allow Universal Containers to outsource 100 hours of weekly maintenance to an external Contractor by setting up criteria such as capacity hours per week equals 100 and capacity type equals weekly[151]. Creating the individual Technicians as Service Crew Members would not work because Service Crew Members are service resources that belong to a crew and share the same service appointments[152]. Setting the individual Technicians as Capacity-Based Service Resources would not work because Universal Containers does not have visibility into the individual external technicians. Creating the Contractor Manager as a Crew Service Resource would not work because Crew Service Resources are service resources that act as leaders or managers of a crew and can assign crew members to service appointments[153]. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_resources_capacity_based.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_resources_capacity_based_create_edit.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_crews_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_crews_create_edit_delete.htm &type=5

Work Orders are records that track customer requests for service such as repairs or maintenance[47]. Work Order Line Items are records that track specific tasks or products related to a work order[48]. Service Appointments are records that track the date, time, duration, and assigned resource for a work order or work order line item[49]. Adding each Asset to a separate Work Order Line Item or a separate Work Order would allow handling the service associated with each container independently by creating different records for different containers. Creating a Service Appointment for each Line Item or each Work Order would allow scheduling and dispatching the service associated with each container independently by assigning different resources and time slots for different containers. Adding each Asset to a separate child Work Order would create an unnecessary hierarchy of Work Orders that could complicate reporting and scheduling. Creating a Service Appointment for the parent Work Order would not allow handling the service associated with each container independently by assigning one resource and time slot for all containers. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_orders.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointments.htm &type=5