How to Create a Geolocation Field
The geolocation field in salesforce is an extremely unique field. It uses longitude and latitude to display a location anywhere in the world. In practice, I have seen this used...
How to Create a Percent Field
The percent field is a great field to use when the number field is not sufficient and you need to show some type of percentage. This field is easily mistaken...
How to Create a Time Field in Salesforce
The Time field in salesforce is a great field to show when something is going to happen or by what time it needs to be completed. For example, you could...
How to Create an Encrypted Field in Salesforce
The encrypted field in salesforce is a great field for holding sensitive information and disallowing users to be able to see some or all of the information. This field is...
How to Create an Image Field in Salesforce
The image field in salesforce is not always called an image field. In the back end of salesforce, this is called a rich text field. This field can handle text...
How to Create a Rollup Summary Field
The rollup summary field in salesforce is a great field but has some very specific use cases. This field type can only be used on the parent object in a...
How to Create a Date/Time Field in Salesforce
The Date/Time field in salesforce is a great tool when you need to capture both date and time. In practice, this looks like a lot of next-meeting fields or last-meeting...
How to Create a Picklist Field
The picklist field in salesforce is a really awesome tool and should be used where possible. This field is used when you can have a set, standardized list of options...
How to Create a Phone Number FIeld in Salesforce
The phone field in salesforce is typically used whenever you need to store a phone number. This helps you and other users with the formatting of the phone number and...
How to Create a Checkbox Field
The checkbox field in salesforce is a great way to easily display a yes/no input. This is great for a way to check off if something has been completed with...