Quick summary
This demo walks you through how to query the Salesforce database using SOQL inside the Developer Console, from opening the console to executing a query and retrieving results.
Steps
- Click the gear icon at the top right menu of the Salesforce dashboard to open settings.
- Select Developer Console from the dropdown menu.
- In the new window, navigate to the lower part of the interface and click Query Editor.
- In the Query text box, type a basic SOQL query using the template: SELECT Id, Name FROM <your object name> LIMIT <input number>.
- For example, query the Id from the Account object for up to 200 records; SOQL will display the matching data results. Repeat with different objects to extract additional data.
- For every query, click Execute at the bottom left corner of the interface to run it.
- Salesforce will process the request and retrieve all available data related to your query.
