Welcome to a new location and in-person meeting.  We have MVP Pat McClellan who will be giving a presentation on Custom Meta Data.  He wrote this blurb on the presentation:

“Brace yourself for the tech-sexiest and best kept secret tool in Salesforce: Custom Metadata Types. Yeah, (I’m a little sweaty now, too.) Did you ever need to save and access some important data (sales tax rates for each state, commission rates for each job title, etc.), but it just doesn’t make sense to create a custom object? Maybe nobody else needs to access it, or you only need to access it for formulas, or there are only 10 records total, or you need to make sure it always gets included in your Sandboxes. Custom Metadata Types are the answer! Versatile, easy to access from Apex, formulas, and Flows, and so easy to set up. Whether you’re a dev, admin, or occupationally-fluid, you’ll discover the power and allure of Custom MDTs.”

There will also be a 'How I Solved This' where Xappex's XL Connector will be highlighted.  Ever need to take data from SF and other systems and hand over an Excel Chart?  Ever need to manipulate data in SF and say, "OMG, this would be much easier if I could just do it in a spreadsheet."  This is some of what we will show Xappex's tools doing as it saved about 12 hours of work.

Then we will have our typical informal Q&A

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This will be held at 27 E. Cota Street.  This has a weird entrance.  DIRECTLY BEHIND Cost Plus is the old Lyons building.  DIRECTLY BEHIND Cost Plus will be an open door on the first floor.  This is NOT the main entrance to the building on Cota.  This entrance is in the alley between Cost Plus and the Lyons building.  It is right next to Ortega Public Parking.  The best way to get here is to drive down Anacapa, turn into the Ortega parking lot, get your ticket, and then park.  Exit the parking lot not towards State Street, but towards Cota/Cost Plus.  About 50' past the parking lot will be the door to the conference room we are using.  If you feel like rolling the dice, there is free public parking on Cota, but it will probably be full.