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Q : Write a query to format the columns of a table to rows? A : Lets say there is a table  DECLARE @t TABLE (     SquadID INT,      Date DATETIME,      Q01 VARCHAR(10),      Q02 VARCHAR(10),      Q03 VARCHAR(10),      A01 VARCHAR(10),      A02 VARCHAR(10),          A03 VARCHAR(10)) INSERT INTO @t(SquadID, Date,  Q01, Q02, Q03, A01, A02, A03) SELECT 123,'2008-09-19','5.1','2.1','3.0','DEG','ABC','CDE' I want a query to display results as below Q1 A1 Q2 A2 Q3 A3 This is not straight forward we can use UNPIVOT to achieve this to some extend.  And, where clause does the trick. I found this on Internet.  select ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Question_ID), Question, Answer FROM  (SELECT Q01,Q02,Q03,A01,A02,A03 FROM @t) p UNPIVOT    (Question FOR Question_ID IN        (Q01,Q02,Q03)...

Extracting a single workflow out of force.com can be a little tricky. I am using ANT/JAVA migration tool to extract force.com metadata. From the documentation it is clear that 'Workflow' tag should be used to extract workflow. <types><members>*</members><name>Workflow</name></types> The above component in project manifest - package.xml will fetch all the workflows related to Opportunity. How to fetch a specific workflow? dot operator will not work in this case. One way to get around this limitation is specifying the following components related to a workflow as appropriate. WorkflowAlert WorkflowFieldUpdate WorkflowOutboundMessage WorkflowRule WorkflowTask For example, a workflow sends an email and does a field update upon meeting a certain criterion. In package.xml, the following components should be included.  <types> <members>Opportunity.Set_Date</members><name>WorkflowFieldUpdate</name>...

At present accessing cross object merge fields in email templates is not possible. You need to create a formula field pointing to the related object's custom field. Also if the related object's field's type is of "Long Text", it won't show up in advanced formula editor while creating the field. We should choose alternative type Text Area.  Reference:  http://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000Brk7AAC

I was going through the following link about time based workflows. My aim was to avoid governor limits encountered for a class implementing Apex Schedulable interface. For a while time based workflow seems to be an alternative.  Time based workflow queues its tasks. If the tasks are above the limit, it executes the left over tasks in the current run in the next hourly run. But, the following limitation may make the time based workflow unpredictable. https://login.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/workflow_time_action_considerations.htm Time-dependent actions aren't executed independently. They're processed several times every hour, where they're grouped together and executed as a single batch. Therefore, any triggers that fire as a result of those grouped actions are also executed in a single batch. This behavior can cause you to exceed your   Apex   governor limits if you design your time-based workflow in conjunction with   Apex   triggers. ...