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Which fields can be indexed in Salesforce?
Salesforce maintains indexes on the following fields for most objects:RecordTypeId.Division.CreatedDate.Systemmodstamp (LastModifiedDate)Name.Email (for contacts and leads)Lookups and master-detail relationship.Salesforce record ID.
How do I change the indexed field in Salesforce?
To change the index, you must start over with a new big object. Design your index so that you assign the most frequently used field in a query filter to Index Position 1. The order in which you define the fields determines the order that they're listed in the index.
Can we index formula field in Salesforce?
Yes, you can request to have indexes created on custom formula fields provided that they are deterministic - generally speaking, that they don't have cross-object references, dependency on the current date, or references to fields that have some special built-in functionality.
What does indexed mean in Salesforce field?
When a field is indexed, its values are stored in a more efficient data structure. This takes up more space but improves performance when at least two filters with indexed fields are used in a query. Fields that are indexed by default include: Primary keys: Id, Name, Owner, Email (contacts, leads)
Which field type can be indexed?
The following fields are indexed by default: primary keys (Id, Name and Owner fields), foreign keys (lookup or master-detail relationship fields), audit dates (such as LastModifiedDate), and custom fields marked as External ID or Unique.
How do I make a field searchable in Salesforce?
Choose Use a formula to set the new value and then click Show Formula Editor and select the "Insert Field" button to locate and select the desired field that you would like to make searchable. See Calculate Field Values With Formulas and Considerations for Field Update Actions for additional details.
How do you check if a field is indexed or not Salesforce?
Identifying Salesforce fields that have an index When you're designing filters for a report, list view, or SOQL query, you can confirm that your filter condition fields have indexes by checking the field lists on an object's detail page. Notice that the Indexed column clearly indicates whether a field has an index.
Can Date field be indexed in Salesforce?
As per salesforce documentation, indexing will be supported only on Text, Email and Number fields. So you can raise a ticket with salesforce on this, whether they will provide index on datetime or not.
How is indexing done?
Indexing is a way of sorting a number of records on multiple fields. Creating an index on a field in a table creates another data structure which holds the field value, and a pointer to the record it relates to. This index structure is then sorted, allowing Binary Searches to be performed on it.
What is Salesforce multitenant architecture?
The Salesforce multitenant architecture makes the underlying data table for custom fields unsuitable for indexing. To overcome this limitation, the platform creates an index table that contains a copy of the data, along with information about the data types.
Can a two column index have nulls?
Two-column indexes can have nulls in the second column, whereas single-column indexes can’tunless Salesforce Customer Support explicitly enabled the option to include nulls. Previous. Next. Sorry, the document you are looking for doesn't exist or could not be retrieved.
Does the query optimizer use internal statistics?
All fields in the OR clause must be indexed for any index to be used. For LIKE, the query optimizer does not use its internal statistics table. Instead, it samples up to 100,000 records of actual data to decide whether to use the custom index. Custom indexes can be created on deterministic formula fields.
Standard Indexed Fields
I was recently doing some consulting for a company that works with Salesforce managed packages . They’d come across a problem that had turned into one heckuva knot they were having trouble unraveling. Turns out the issue had to do with some obscure details about Salesforce indexing of fields on its standard objects.
What happens if I need more indexed fields in Salesforce?
By default your primary keys, forgeign keys, custom fields marked as External Ids/Unique along with the system audit dates (like last modified) are indexed. If you have a specific field that you need indexed, you can reach out to Salesforce support.