Course

Data Modeling Deep Dive

Objects, relationships and the decisions you cannot cheaply undo.

Intermediate 2h 30m 2 lessons Free
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About this course

Objects, relationships and the decisions you cannot cheaply undo. This page is demo content generated for the theme — replace it with the real thing, keep the tags.

Lookup or master-detail

The one relationship choice that follows you forever.

Fields are cheap, objects are not

When a picklist beats a child object, and when it does not.

Try it yourself

  • Open your Developer Edition org and follow along
  • Change one thing at a time and note what happens
  • When something breaks, read the error before searching it

Curriculum

  1. Choosing the right relationship Lookup, master-detail, junction — decided with three questions. 20m
  2. Record types without regret What record types are for, and the three signs you have too many. 20m