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Difficulty: EasyStandard/Custom Report Types and Formats

A Salesforce administrator is configuring custom report types to support executive reporting. Which two statements correctly describe the capabilities of custom report types when defining object relationships? (Select two answers.)

  1. Object relationships can be specified as 'with' (each record must have at least one related record) or 'with or without' (records may or may not have related records).Answer
  2. A primary object can be linked to up to three levels of child objects, allowing a maximum of four objects in the report type hierarchy.Answer
  3. C
    Custom report types automatically evaluate summary formula calculations row-by-row for custom objects without requiring report formulas.
  4. D
    Custom report types grant viewing users access to underlying records that are otherwise hidden by organization-wide defaults.
  5. E
    Lookup relationships in custom report types automatically create roll-up summary fields across parent and child records.

Answer

The correct answers are the statements that object relationships can be specified using 'with' or 'with or without' constraints, and that a primary object can be linked down through up to three child levels (four objects total).
Custom report types provide the ability to specify object join rules ('with' or 'with or without') to control parent record visibility regardless of child record presence. Additionally, Salesforce allows building custom report types up to four object levels deep in a single hierarchy (e.g., Accounts > Contacts > Cases > Solutions).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze custom report type object relationship constraints
Confirm that custom report types support both inner joins ('with') and outer joins ('with or without').
This capability controls whether parent records without related child records appear in report results.
2
Determine maximum object hierarchy depth in custom report types
Confirm that up to 4 objects can be chained together (Primary object + 3 levels of child objects).
Salesforce platform limits restrict object relationship depth to 4 objects per custom report type.

Key Concept

Custom Report Type Object Relationships and Capabilities
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