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Salesforce Lightning Reporting and Dashboards
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Salesforce Lightning Reporting and Dashboards

by Johan Yu
August 2017
Beginner to intermediate
402 pages
8h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
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Custom objects

Custom objects are objects created within an organization to store data specific to that organization's business, and which cannot be stored using standard objects. Only users with admin access can create a custom object. Most AppExchange packages create and use custom objects, since they provide specific business processes. Just like standard objects, custom objects are used to store specific data in Salesforce.

Do not create custom objects to replace the functionality offered by standard objects. For example, if you create a custom Lead object, you will waste all the functionalities offered by Lead object, such as Lead Conversion.

A limited number of custom objects can be created depending on the Salesforce edition you subscribe ...

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ISBN: 9781788297387