Learn All About Objects and Fields in Salesforce | Salesforce Developer Guide : Sejal Agrawal

Learn All About Objects and Fields in Salesforce | Salesforce Developer Guide
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Objects 

• Objects are database tables that allow us to store data and information specific to the organization in Salesforce. 
• We can store data and information unique to the organization in Salesforce by using objects, which are database tables. 
• Users can interact with data by using objects. 
• The concept of objects is similar to database table.  
• Object fields are similar in concept to a database column. 
• Records in objects are similar in concept to a database row. 

Types of Objects 

• There are two types of objects in Salesforce: 
  •  Standard Objects 
  • Custom Objects 

Standard Objects 

• Standard objects are the kind of objects that are provided by salesforce.com. 
• Standard Objects are the objects which already exist in the Salesforce platform to manage the configurations and settings of the environment. 
• Account, Contact, and User are some of the various standard objects provided by the salesforce. 
• We can customize the standard objects with the help of custom fields. 

Custom Objects 

• Custom Objects are those objects that are created by users to store information that’s specific to the company or industry. 
• User can add all the fields required in the custom objects. 

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 Fields 

• Fields in Salesforce represent what the columns represent in relational databases. 
• Field can store data values which are required for a particular object in a record. 
• Every standard and custom object has fields attached to it. 

 Types Of Fields 

• There are two types of fields in the Salesforce: 
  • Standard Fields 
  • Custom Fields  

Standard Fields 

• Standard fields are predefined fields that are included as standard within the Salesforce application.  
• Standard fields cannot be deleted, but non-required standard fields can be removed from page layouts whenever needed. 
• Both standard and custom objects contain a few common standard fields. 
• For example -  Name, CreateDate, LastModifiedDate, and Owner fields. 

Custom Fields 

• Custom Fields are the fields that are created by the user on standard or custom objects according to their requirements. 
• Every field has a data type.  
• A data type indicates what kind of information the field stores. 
• Salesforce supports a bunch of different data types. 

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 The custom fields provided by Salesforce are: 

• Auto Number – Auto Number is used to assign a unique number to every record automatically. 
• Checkbox – Checkbox allows a user to check a box, indicating a true or false attribute of a record. 
• Currency – Currency helps the user to enter a currency amount. 
• Date – Date allows users to enter a date or pick a date from popup calendar. 
• Date/Time - Date/Time allows users to enter a date or pick a date from popup calendar. They can also add the current date and time by clicking the date and time link next to the field. 
• Email – Email allows users to enter an email address of up to 80 characters, which is validated to ensure proper format. 
• Geolocation – Geolocation allows users to specify a location by its latitude and longitude. 
• Number – Number allows users to enter any number. The number is treated as real number and any leading zeroes are removed. Percent – Percent allows users to enter a percentage number as a decimal. 
• Phone – Phone allows users to enter any phone number. Character limit is 40. 
• Picklist – Picklist allows users to select a single value from a list that you defined. 
• Picklist(Multi-select) - Picklist(Multi-select) allows users to select more than one value from a list that you defined. 
• Text – Text allows users to enter any combination of letters, numbers or symbols. 
• Text(Encrypted) - Text(Encrypted) allows users to enter any combination of letters, numbers or symbols. 
• Text Area - Text Area allows users to enter characters that display on separate lines similar to a Description field. 
• Text Area(Long) - Text Area(Long) allows users to enter up to 131,072 characters that display on separate lines similar to a Description field. You can set the length of this field type to a lower limit, if desired. Any length from 256 to 131,072 characters is allowed. The default is 32,768 characters. 
• Text Area(Rich) - With the use of a toolbar, users can format the field content and add images and hyperlinks. The toolbar allows the user to undo, redo, bold, italicize, underline, strike-out, add a hyperlink, upload or link to an image, modify alignment, add a numbered or non-numbered list, indent and outdent. 
• Url - Url allows users to enter to enter up to 255 characters of any valid website address. 

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