Salesforce - Objects, Records, and Fields

What are Objects, Records, and Fields?

Within Salesforce, all of the data is organized into Objects, Records, and Fields. Think of each of these as buckets that can hold a specific data point. Together, they hold pieces of data that combine to give us all of the information we need.

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Objects are the largest buckets you will work with. They are the type of thing you are looking at. Each object is comprised of its field definitions and records.

Records are individual examples of objects, such as a person, course, or asset. Each record is a row of field data within an object. Most records will have a record page that is customized to different use cases so that you can see the data organized for your use. You can also interact with a record in different ways to make notes about or edit the information that is there. Generally, anything that is a blue link is an individual record of some object.

Fields are specific data points. Each field is one data point within an object.

List View Example

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From a list view, you will see the object in the top left corner. Each line of the list will be a record of that object. The columns are fields of the records listed.

Record Page Example

From any record page, you will see the object in the top left corner. Below the object name, you will see the name of the record page of that object. The rest of the page will be field values of that specific record.

Any blue links on the page are still field values of that record, but they are linked to other related records.