The Roll-up Summary field

The Roll-up Summary field in Salesforce is a special type of field that is created on the master object so that we can show rolled-up data from child records to master records. Roll-up Summary fields in Salesforce can only be created on a master object when there is a master-detail relationship between two objects.

The Roll-up Summary field is only capable of calculating the following:

  • SUM: This shows the sum of all the child records specific to the field on the master record
  • COUNT: This shows the number of child records present on the master record
  • MIN: This shows the minimum value of the child records on the master record
  • MAX: This shows the maximum value of the child records on the master record

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