Data Model in Salesforce

Presented by:
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Deviyani Bajpai

Srikant Joshi

Object In Salesforce

Object
Equal to Database Table

Standar
d

Custom
Defined by
Developer

Predefined/CRM Related

Fields
Equal to Database Table
column

Standar
d

Automatically Created

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Custom
Defined by
Developer

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Standard Data Model

Standard Objects
Accounts
Contact
Lead
Opportunity
Case

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Standard Fields
Id
Name
CreatedBy/Date
LastModifiedBy/Date
OwnerId
IsDeleted

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Object Fields In Salesforce

Standard Fields
System Assigned but can be initialized
during record creation

Indexed
System
Assigned/N
ot
Updatable

Required

Referred to User/ User

Group

Name

Created
By

ID

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User
Assigned
Modifiable

System
Generated
Not
Modifiable
Unique

Text

Auto
Number

Owner

Last
Modified
By

Date Time
Created
Date

Last
Modified
Date

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Custom Fields in Salesforce

Numeric

Calendar

Number
Date

Limited
Required
Option

Formatte
d

Check
Box

Email

Text

Text

Calculati
on

Auto
number

Text Area
(Long)
Currency

Pick List

Phone

Formula
Text Area
(Rich)

Date time
Percent

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Pick
List(Multi
select)

URL

Encrypte
d

Roll-up
Summary

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Field Dependencies

Field
Dependency
Can be made dependent
among two fields

Controlling Field
Pick List/Check Box

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Dependent Field
Custom Pick List

Maximum
number of
values allowed
in controlling
field is 300
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Object Relationships

Relationship
s

Parent-to-Child
Relationship

Lookup
Loosely Coupled
No Cascade
Independent
ownership and
sharing

Self
lookup relationship
to itself
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MasterDetail
Tightly coupled
Cascade
Inherited ownership and
sharing

Many-ToMany

Using Junction
Object+2 MasterDetail

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Lookup Relationships

Hiring
Managers(Users)

No cascade. Deletion of parent does not

delete child

No impact on security

Roll up summary fields cannot be

established

Position

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Master Detail Relationships

Job Application

Master=Parent | Detail=Child

Standard objects can't be on the detail

side

Don't exceed 10,000 child records for a

master-detail relationship

Undeleting the master record also

undeletes detail and sub detail records

Roll-Up Summary fields on parent object

Feedback Review

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Many-to-Many relationship

Two Master-Detail Relationships

Required 3rd object called junction object

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Quick Revision
What is a custom object?
User Defined objects
List example of custom field types.
Text, Number, email, URL, pick list, checkbox, phone, currency,
percent. Auto number
List the 4 types of custom relationships that can be built on force.com
platform. Describe the differences of them.
Lookup
Master-Detail
Self
Many-to-many

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