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Console Configurable Features in Salesforce Classic

Console Configurable Features in Salesforce Classic

An administrator must enable and configure most console features to determine how console users view and work with data.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic
Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
Configure a Salesforce Console for Service: Customize Application
Configure a Salesforce Console for Sales:

Customize Application

AND

Sales Console User

To edit a Salesforce Classic console app, you must be in Salesforce Classic. From Setup, enter Apps in the Quick Find box, then select Apps and click Edit next to your console app.

You can’t upgrade a Salesforce Classic console app to Lightning Experience. You can choose to display or hide the app in the Lightning Experience App Launcher, but you can’t edit the app from the App Manager page in Lightning Experience Setup. To get started in Lightning Experience, customize these Salesforce-provided Lightning console apps: Service Console and Sales Console. You can also recreate your Salesforce Classic console app in Lightning Experience, but using the Salesforce out-of-the-box app is faster and easier.

Feature Automatically Enabled? Available in a Console for Sales Available in a Console for Service
Brand a Console   yes yes
Highlights Panel   yes yes
Pinned Lists yes yes yes
Push Notifications   yes yes
Responsive Lists   yes yes
Keyboard Shortcuts yes yes yes
Save User Sessions yes yes yes yes
Allow Domains   yes yes
Console Components   yes yes
History Component yes yes yes
Multi-Monitor Components yes yes yes
Interaction Logs   yes yes
Knowledge Sidebar   yes yes
Knowledge One Footer   yes yes
Softphone Integration   yes yes
Chat     yes
Macros     yes
 
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