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What is a Field in Salesforce?

What is a Field in Salesforce?
In Salesforce, various types of Fields are available that allow you to store, manage, and structure data. Here is a description of the main Field Types used in Salesforce.

Types of Fields In Salesforce:
Text Fields:
  • Text: For general text data.
  • Text Area: To store long text data.
  • Text (Encrypted): To keep sensitive text data secure.
Number Fields:
  • Number: For numerical data.
  • Currency: To store monetary values.
  • Auto Number: A unique number automatically generated by Salesforce.

What is Field Help in Salesforce?

Field Help is a feature in Salesforce that helps users understand what information should be entered in a particular field.

What is Field History Tracking in Salesforce?

Field History Tracking is a feature in Salesforce that allows you to track what changes have been made to specific fields of a record.

Field Dependency in Salesforce

Field Dependency is a feature in Salesforce that allows you to determine how the available options of one field (Dependent Field) will change based on the selection of another field (Controlling Field).

What is a Summary Field in Salesforce?

A Summary Field in Salesforce is a type of field that allows you to display summary data (aggregated data) from related records.

In this Chapter

What is a Field in Salesforce?
What is Salesforce? - Components of Salesforce
What is Cloud Computing?
What is IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS?
Cloud Computing and Salesforce
Difference between ERP and CRM
Web Services in Cloud Computing
What is AppExchange?
Salesforce and Mobile Support
Introduction to Force.com
Salesforce Setup Page
Create an Application in Salesforce
Create an Object in Salesforce
Lookup Relationship in Salesforce
Create Tabs in Salesforce
ERP In Salesforce
CRM In Salesforce
Link Creation & Custom Buttons
Manage Security
Governor Limits
How to Create a Profile
How to Create a User
OWD in Salesforce
What are Sharing Rules & Roles?
Record-Based Sharing
Password Policies
User Session
Trusted IP Range
Public Group
Sales Cloud
Contract & Service Object
Component of Service
Create Approval Process
Create Email Template
Create Custom Profile
Create New User
Approval Process Test
Workflow
Workflow Rules & Workflow Actions
Email Task & Updates
Queue & Time-Dependent Workflow Action
Immediate Action
Workflow Immediate Action & Time-Dependent Workflow Action
Process Builder
Create Process Builder
Difference between Process Builder & Workflow
Create Records & Tools
What are Reports & Their Types
How to Create a Report
Creating & Editing Dashboards
Adding Dashboard Snapshots to Home Page
Creating Additional Reports
Creating Custom Report Types
Designing the Home Page
Salesforce All Important Questions and Answers in English (MDSU)
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BCA | Salesforce 2023 Paper | MDSU Exam Paper
BCA || Salesforce Supplementary 2023 Paper | MDSU Exam Paper