In Salesforce.com, FieldSet is defined as a grouping field. Where this FieldSet is used in Visualforce pages to display the group of fields in that VF page. Adding fields, removing and reorder fields can be possible only with FieldSets only.
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How to create a custom field in Salesforce?
- Field Label: Type
- Field Name: Type
- Values: Select Enter values, with each value separated by a new line
- Enter the following values: Website Blog Event Podcast Group Job Other
- At Required, select Always require a value in this field in order to save a record.
How to add fields in Salesforce?
- Navigate to the fields area of the appropriate object. …
- In Custom Fields & Relationships, click New. …
- Choose the type of field and click Next. …
- For relationship fields, associate an object with the field and click Next.
- Enter a field label. …
Which fields are automatically indexed in Salesforce?
Fields that are automatically indexed in Salesforce are: RecordTypeId. Division. CreatedDate. Systemmodstamp ( LastModifiedDate) Name. Email (for contacts and leads) Foreign key relationships (lookups and master-detail) The unique Salesforce record ID, which is the primary key for each object.
How to create object and fields in Salesforce?
- Helps Admins & Developers to create multiple fields, Delete Multiple Fields & Assign FLS for multiple profiles for multiple fields in single click
- Drag Drop a csv or xls files which contains list of new fields to be created
- App will restrict user to create fields which already exists in system.
Overview of the New WhereUsed Button
Winter ’20 delivered a WhereUsed button on custom fields in Setup (beta in Sandboxes). Click it, and it will open a new panel with a list of the core metadata types where a field is used.
Is this the end of some AppExchange Apps?
Not necessarily! Any app that provides where used type analysis may be able to use the DependencyAPI to do some of the heavy lifting:
Creating your Impact Assessment Approach
Where used is part of your impact assessment approach, which should be a key step in your implementation methodology. Impact analysis should start with the requirements and business change, and then the scope of the different metadata items impacted – where a field is used is critical.
Summary
When it comes to WhereUsed and the Dependency API, the Winter’20 release was a huge leap forward. The WhereUsed button on custom fields in Setup will open a new panel with a list of the core metadata types where a field is used – plus, they have added reports which were a big ask by Admins.
About Elements.cloud Catalyst
What Admins and Consultants have been searching for is a simple, easily implemented and repeatable approach for clean up, analysis and documentation. It also needs to work for any size or complexity of Org structure. And it must be broader than Salesforce.
The many uses of Where is this field used?
How would you use Where is this field used? “The very broad use case would be, ‘I’m about to change something about this field,’ let’s say it used to be a text field and I want to convert it to a number. I want to understand what parts of the customizations that I made would be impacted,” Vlad says.
The future is bright
As far as what’s coming down the pipe for Vlad and his team, they’re currently working on adding reports to the functionality for Where is this field used? before it goes into the general release. Beyond that, they’re spending a lot of energy on Dependency API.
What is a field trip in Salesforce?
Field Trip can be installed from the Salesforce AppExchange and allows you (an Administrator or Developer) to measure the usage of fields and determine whether to keep the field or not.
Is Field Footprint discontinued?
Field Footprint was created and maintained by Salesforce Labs it looks like it’s on it’s way to being discontinued as it’s now only available via links. It’s faster than Field Trip but doesn’t necessarily provide as much information.
What does “fields” mean in Java?
FIELDS (ALL) —to select all the fields of an object. FIELDS (CUSTOM) —to select all the custom fields of an object. FIELDS (STANDARD) —to select all the standard fields of an object. In each case, FIELDS () respects field-level security so it only shows the fields that you have permission to access.
How to use field list in SOQL?
Using a field list in a SOQL SELECT statement (for example, SELECT Id, Name FROM Account) can be complicated if you need to retrieve many fields. And if you don’t know what fields an object has, you must first get a description of the object. Typically, you use a call to first get a description of the object, then parse the description to identify the fields. Then you construct a SOQL query that specifies the fields, and then make another call to submit the query.
How to get better performance when you already know which fields you want to retrieve?
If you already know which fields you want to retrieve, you’ll get better performance by specifying them explicitly rather than using FIELDS () and retrieving more fields than you need.
Overview of The New Whereused Button
The Future of Whereused and The Dependency API
Is This The End of Some AppExchange Apps?
Creating Your Impact Assessment Approach
Summary
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When it comes to WhereUsed and the Dependency API, the Winter’20 release was a huge leap forward. The WhereUsed button on custom fields in Setup will open a new panel with a list of the core metadata types where a field is used – plus, they have added reports which were a big ask by Admins. This is just the start for the Dependency API, and organis…
About Elements.cloud Catalyst
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The Many Uses of Where Is This Field used?
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How would you use Where is this field used? “The very broad use case would be, ‘I’m about to change something about this field,’ let’s say it used to be a text field and I want to convert it to a number. I want to understand what parts of the customizations that I made would be impacted,” Vlad says. And that might be something in Apex or Visualforc…
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