Data Modeling
Give your data structure with objects, fields, and relationships.
Topic-1
Understand Custom & Standard Objects
Salesforce consists of different types of objects like standard objects, custom objects, etc.
Account, Contact, Lead, and Opportunity are all standard objects.
Custom objects are objects that we create to store information that’s specific to our company or industry.
Create a Custom Object
- First, create a new trailhead playground.
- After
creating the playground, click Launch.
- Click
the gear icon at
the top right corner of the page and launch setup.
- Click
the Object Manager tab.
- Click
Create | Custom Object in the top-right corner.
- For
Label, enter Offer. Notice that the Object Name and Record Name fields
auto-fill.
- For
Plural Label, enter Offers.
- Data
Type: Auto Number
- Display
Format: OF-{0000}
- Starting
Number: 1
- Click
Save.
- Create a custom currency field on the Offer object
- Click Fields & Relationships
- Data Type: Currency
- Field Label: Offer Amount
- Field Name: Offer_Amount
- Click Next, Next, and Save.
- Create a custom date field on the Offer object
- Data Type: Date
- Field
Label: Target Close Date
- Field Name: Target_Close_Date
- Click Next, Next, and Save.
- Check
Challenge in Trailhead webpage to earn 500 points.