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A Salesforce administrator at a subscription management company needs to update custom field settings on the custom object Subscription_Contract__c to align with updated accounting requirements. The administrator plans to convert an existing Text field used for storing promotional codes into a Percent field, and convert an Auto-Number contract identifier field into a Text field.

Which two statements accurately describe the consequences and considerations of these custom field data type conversions?

  1. Converting an Auto-Number field to a Text field preserves existing values in current records, but disables automatic sequential numbering for newly created records.Cevap
  2. Converting a Text field to a Percent field results in data loss for any records containing non-numeric characters or text strings.Cevap
  3. C
    Deleting a custom parent record linked through a Lookup relationship automatically deletes all associated child records on Subscription_Contract__c.
  4. D
    A Roll-Up Summary field can be configured on a parent object to calculate total contract values from child records connected only via a Lookup relationship.
  5. E
    Converting a custom Picklist field to a Multi-Select Picklist automatically grants picklist value access across all Record Types without requiring manual configuration.

Cevap

Converting an Auto-Number field to a Text field preserves existing data while stopping auto-numbering on future records, and converting a Text field to a Percent field leads to data loss on records containing non-numeric values.
Converting an Auto-Number field to a Text field retains all existing values on current records, but turns off automated sequential number generation for new records. Converting a Text field to a Percent field converts numeric values successfully, but causes data loss on any record containing non-numeric text characters.

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1
Analyze the impact of converting an Auto-Number field to a Text field.
Recognize that existing text values are retained on historic records, but future record creations will no longer generate automatic sequential numbers.
Salesforce allows Auto-Number to Text conversion while retaining data, but the auto-numbering logic is disabled.
2
Analyze the impact of converting a Text field to a Percent field.
Identify that non-numeric text strings cannot be converted into numbers, leading to data loss on affected records.
Data type conversions from broad types (Text) to restrictive numeric types (Percent/Number/Currency) lose non-convertible data.
3
Evaluate relationship and picklist field limitations presented in distractor options.
Confirm that cascading deletes and roll-up summaries depend on Master-Detail relationships, and picklists require explicit Record Type assignment.
Eliminates incorrect statements regarding Lookup relationship capabilities and Record Type picklist management.

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