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Dealing with Files


It’s Not a Bug — "It’s a Design Flaw With Significant Financial Consequences"
Email Messages + Einstein Activity Capture = A Surprise Storage Bill Email Message - [Insert My Standard Statement Here] I drone on (relentlessly, unapologetically) about how EmailMessage is one of the very few objects in Salesforce where storage is calculated based on actual bytes consumed, not record count. It's what makes me fun at parties. EmailMessage records can quietly eat 30... 50... 80% of your entire data storage allocation without anyone noticing until it's too lat

Sean Fielding
Apr 132 min read


Let's Stop Treating Email Forwarding (into Salesforce) Like a Simple Task — It’s Architecture
Incorrect Email Forwarding can cause data storage issues

Sean Fielding
Apr 103 min read
Dealing with Files - Storage
In this post, we will discuss the concept of File Storage. What is File Storage? Well, as the name implies, file storage is the space...

Sean Fielding
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Dealing With Files - Content Versions
In this post, we will discuss the concept of Content Versions (and its potential impact on file storage ). Before we get started,...

Sean Fielding
Jun 30, 20223 min read


Dealing with Files - Orphaned Files
In this post, we will discuss the concept of orphaned files. Before we get started, however, let's touch on the difference between...

Sean Fielding
Jun 24, 20223 min read
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