Salesforce Q&A Part 1:
Configurations Q) What is a record type and why we use record type? Ans . Record type can be considered as segments/slice of an object, all record types will have same fields that of the object but the data that is put into different record type depends on the business process. Record types allow you to offer different business processes, picklist values, and page layouts to different users. Note: Each record type has their own values available for a picklist on the object. Create a different page layout for different records within the same object. Q). Example where it’s used. Ans . A practical place where the above is used is via workflow field updates or approval process field updates. As a step in a workflow you can flip the record type of a record therefore making available different fields on a page layout and different picklist values in the same field that weren’t available before the workflow happened. Q). What ...