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Advanced Billing Specialist Superbadge - 1 & 2


What could possibly go wrong?

After (finally) fishing in the Billing Specialist superbadge, Trailhead Baby decided to jump right back in with the Advanced Billing Specialist superbadge! This time, I decided that it would be fun to try to trigger every possible error message.  Why?  Why not!  

Sometimes, the simplest approach to a superbadge is to start each step with a button click:
Why? Usually this approach will help you get started in the step, even before you have completed any of the needed actions!  If you run into a new error message that I did not post, please let me know. Trailhead Baby is trying to trigger all of the error messages for this superbadge- just for fun. 







Solution: Check the custom setting's "default" value.  It should be 18 digits starting with "a1p" that you copied/pasted from somewhere else.  Hint: Every record has a 18 digit value that makes the individual record unique. 


Hint: There are two places with "legal entity" in Salesforce after you create the custom setting.... They are easy to mix up! One is referenced by the other. 


If you need to delete a custom setting, ensure that it is fully deleted! This might me deacitvating/reactivating the process builder...especially if you see something like this: 


The record type was not correct! Remember- There are several options for legal entity. (Thank you Trailhead for making it a little confusing!) 

Still holding on? Ready for step 2?



When you read the instructions and have no idea what a 'finance book' could be, the simplest way to get help is to click "check challenge."  Ahhh apparently there is an object called 'finance book' and I need a finance book record, a period of some sort, and an active record.  Helpful!


Trailhead Baby only has one hint for step 2.  If you see this message (below), STOP!  Reevaluate and read this article before you do anything else:

"When you create a finance book, Salesforce Billing lets you automate the creation of monthly finance periods for each month within the finance book’s date range. You can also manually create individual finance periods. However, manually created finance periods must still run from the first to the last of a month."


Comments

  1. CamilaNovember 22, 2021 at 12:34 PM

    I am getting an error that you didn't record for the first challenge. Not sure why though, since I do have the custom setting created

    Challenge Not yet complete... here's what's wrong:
    We couldn’t find a Custom Setting named LegalEntity (LegalEntity__c). Please ensure that the custom setting was created according to the requirements.

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2023 at 5:45 PM

    Dear Trailhead Baby. Please help me before I pull out every hair on my head. I am working on this advanced badge and I keep getting the null error in challenge 2. I have the correct custom setting and I am pretty sure I have the correct ID in there. But my flow is kaput. At least that is where I believe the error is coming from. Here is my flow update element:
    All conditions met using the order product record that triggered the flow.
    blng__LegalEntity__c is null value of true
    blng__legalentity__c is $Setup.LegalEntity__c.LegalEntityID__c

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