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K. KapitanovSalesforce Developer I CertificationCertification Study Companion Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0300-0_2

2. Objects and Data Management

Konstantin Kapitanov1  
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Borås, Sweden
 

2.1 Standard and Customer Objects

Salesforce objects and fields are analogous to database tables and the table columns. Objects are tables that store specific data in Salesforce. The Salesforce platform has standard objects and custom objects. Standard objects are objects that are included with Salesforce, while custom objects are objects that are created by users to store information unique to their organization. Object fields are the individual data points that ...

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