Announcing the Conga Blog
Over the years our customers, partners and business analysts have created some pretty slick solutions and shortcuts that we’ve filed away as tech notes and general tribal knowledge. Rather than...
View ArticleLaunch Conga Composer from an Image on Page Layout
Welcome to the first Tips & Tricks post for the new Conga Blog! Finally – a chance to share some of the amazing solutions, creative workarounds and different ways to approach a variety of...
View ArticleEtiquette of a Conga Composer Button URL
Today's post on button (or link) URL etiquette is by the lovely Shelley Hoolihan, a senior business analyst who has worked with Conga since 2009. She was introduced to Salesforce in 2005, and it was...
View ArticleHow to Create Auto-Incrementing Version Numbers
Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope y’all are getting excited for Dreamforce - the whole Conga team has been furiously signing up for sessions with the Agenda Builder this morning. We have a veritable...
View ArticleRingLead Saves $29K+ Creating Contracts & Renewals
Many of you are probably familiar with RingLead, a salesforce.com ISV partner that provides data quality applications (with an emphasis on duplicate removal and prevention) to users of Salesforce. Not...
View ArticleParameter Deep Dive: Background Mode using DS7
Another Thursday, another helping of Tips & Tricks from yours truly. I’m excited to introduce the first post in a recurring series of “Parameter Deep Dives” where we focus on a specific Conga...
View ArticleConga Alliance Partner Program
We're delighted to have Chris Koch as our guest blogger today. As part of the Federal Witness Protection Program, Chris joined Conga in 2008 as one of the original "Conganeers." He is currently...
View ArticleIntroducing Rowburner
Today, I’m excited to share one of the true “dark arts” tricks that we have up our sleeves over here at Conga. One of the most common requirements we see, particularly with Word templates, is the...
View ArticleMeet Us at Dreamforce '13
We’re excited to be heading back to Dreamforce for the 7th year next month. This year promises to be bigger than ever, and we’ve got a lot planned so here’s a quick rundown of where you can meet our...
View ArticleManage Your Salesforce Report Recipients without Lifting a Finger
I thought I’d shake it up and post a tip & trick on Conga Courier today. Although Courier is kind of thought as the kid brother to Conga Composer around here – the Harry to Composer’s Prince...
View ArticleCreating a Home Page Link for Conga Composer
Happy Thursday everyone, I hope you all had fantastic Halloweens. We bore witness to a few awesome costumes around the office, including: A pair of error messages Peter (right) dressed as Mark...
View ArticleSalesforce Denver User Group Recap Q4 2013
Last Wednesday we had the opportunity to host the Salesforce Denver User Group. The Salesforce community of admins, users and partners and their commitment to helping each other learn and do more with...
View ArticleI've Installed Conga Composer, What's Next?
Today we're joined by Teresa Bauerle, learning & development coordinator. Teresa has been with Conga for three years and is responsible for delivering our live webinars. When she's not helping...
View ArticleDreamforce '13 Recap & Video Replay
As a first-time attendee at Dreamforce I was overwhelmed by the sheer size of the event - from the number of attendees to having two cloud expos and all of the sessions, it was a huge event. I've got...
View ArticleWrangling Data with QVars: 3 Helpful Methods
Happy Thursday everyone! Today, we return to our regularly scheduled programming of Tips & Tricks with a topic that’s one of my absolute favorites in the realm of Conga features and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Accessing Conga Solutions from Inside Gmail
Jason Hubbard, vice president of marketing at Cirrus Insight joins us today to talk about how customers using both Conga Composer and Cirrus Insight can work more efficiently. Earlier this year Cirrus...
View ArticleFormatting Dates & Numbers in Word Templates
Happy Thursday, everyone! Tips & Tricks have been getting a bit technical lately, so today we’re bringing it back to basics and discussing a simple but incredibly useful feature that’s available...
View ArticleConga Stocking Stuffers – Powerful, Free Add-ons that Should be on Every...
One of my favorite parts of my family’s Christmas celebration is receiving our stockings. Presents are passed out and opened one person at a time, but since my mom buys stocking stuffers in...
View ArticleThank You Letters: Leveraging Donation Split & Conga Composer
Our friends at Cloud for Good have published an awesome article about how to use their free application, Donation Split, with Conga Composer. Donation Split is a fundraising solution designed...
View ArticleMeet the Team - Max Schelble
When I joined Conga, I was surprised to learn we've become known for answering the phone as much as for our powerful merging capabilities. It's true; our business analysts spend most of their day on...
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