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# 03 · Record types and when not to use them
- URL: https://www.namastesalesforce.com/training/data-model/record-types-when-not-to-use-them/
- Published: 2025-04-20T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-20T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: Record types shine for genuinely different processes on one object — and multiply your maintenance everywhere else.
- Author: Swarnil Singhai
- Tags: Data Model Basics, #training, #duration-10m, #Import 2026-09-03 19:13

Record types shine for genuinely different processes on one object — and multiply your maintenance everywhere else.

## The right reason

Different sales processes, different page layouts, different picklist values for the same object: that is what record types are for. One object, several shapes.

## The three warning signs

If record types differ only by one field, if users constantly pick the wrong one, or if you have more than five on an object — you probably wanted a field, a flow, or a separate object.

## Practice in your org

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