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how to find my hierarchical fields in salesforce

by Prof. Jordane Heaney IV Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Go to: Setup —> Object Manager —> Campaigns (find Campaigns in the list, or by using the search box): In the left-hand sidebar, find ‘Hierarchy Columns’. You will see the current fields listed.

Select the node type as Hierarchy. Define the node, and save your work. Select the data source node that contains the field that you want to determine the hierarchy path for. In the Hierarchy Start Position field, select the field that you want to determine the hierarchy path for.

Full Answer

How do I view account hierarchy in Salesforce?

Using the Salesforce Account Hierarchy The Salesforce account hierarchy allow accounts to be related in a hierarchy by using a 'parent account' field to link them together. Once linked, the complete hierarchy structure can be viewed and links are provided to navigate directly to the accounts.

Where can I find campaign hierarchy in Salesforce?

(*as ‘Campaign Hierarchy’ is not an object in Salesforce, it doesn’t follow the traditional page layout format.) Go to: Setup —> Object Manager —> Campaigns (find Campaigns in the list, or by using the search box):

How to create a custom hierarchical relationship field?

For example, you can create a custom hierarchical relationship field to store each user's direct manager. Go to setup--- customize--- user -- fields--- create new custom field -- there you fill find hierarchy relationship instead --Master -detail and lookup.

How do I search for a specific field?

If you want to search for a specific field you can use the "Search Setup" from the Setup page. (Setup > Search box at top). This tool searches across all objects. If you want a list of all fields on specific objects you can view all fields from the object page. (Setup > Object Manager > Field and relationships)

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How do I find my account hierarchy in Salesforce?

From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Account Settings and then click Account Settings. Select Show View Hierarchy link on account pages in Salesforce Classic. Whenever an account is related to another account via the Parent Account field, the account detail page includes a View Hierarchy link.

How do I find my account hierarchy?

Account hierarchy is available in: Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions. On account record page, clicking on Actions dropdown menu will show you the View Account Hierarchy action.

What are hierarchy columns in salesforce?

The Salesforce Account Hierarchy feature shows how Account records relate to one another, to represent parent companies and their subsidiaries (each represented by an Account). Accounts can be organized in a layered way as they are grouped based on criteria (e.g. Country, State, or perhaps by division).

How do I edit contact hierarchy in Salesforce?

You can edit the hierarchy columns to show the information that's most useful to your sales reps.From Setup, at the top of the page, select Object Manager.In Contact, click Hierarchy Columns and then edit the columns. You can include up to 15 columns.

How do I change the campaign hierarchy in Salesforce?

In the left-hand sidebar, find 'Hierarchy Columns'. You will see the current fields listed. To open the edit screen, click on the dropdown arrow: The 'select columns' popup couldn't be clearer to use; select the fields you want and move them into the right-hand column using the arrows.

How do I query hierarchical data in SOQL?

SOQL does not support hierarchical retrieval, you have to retrieve level by level, for each level generate a list of id's and then retrieve next level using in where operator. Keep in mind though that governor limitations apply and if you have large trees you'll run into a limit quite easily.

How do I create a hierarchy report in Salesforce?

1. For creating an account hierarchy report we need to create a custom report type on Accounts object. 2. After saving the custom report type Click on Edit Layout of the custom report type and click on "Add fields related via lookup" below the Account fields dropdown on the right.

How do I enable case hierarchy in Salesforce?

To view the hierarchy for a case, click View Hierarchy next to the Case Number field on the case detail page. To specify that a case is associated with another case, edit the case and type the case number of the parent in the Parent Case field.

How does role hierarchy work in Salesforce?

A role hierarchy works together with sharing settings to determine the levels of access users have to your Salesforce data. Users can access the data of all the users directly below them in the hierarchy.

What is contact hierarchy in Salesforce?

Salesforce.com creates an organization chart based on the contacts selected in the Reports To field of each contact. To create a single chart for an account, make sure every contact but the one at the top of the hierarchy contains another contact in the Reports To field.

How do you set up the account hierarchy answer?

Account hierarchies display accounts related via the Parent Account field. To maintain a complete account hierarchy, enter an account in the Parent Account field for every account except the one at the top of the hierarchy. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Account Settings and then click Account Settings.

What is a parent and child account in Salesforce?

Salesforce provides a standard way of creating a parent – child relationship between Accounts. This relationship is created by using the Parent Account field on the Account Page. You can go as broad and as deep as you like to create an extensive organization hierarchy.

Sharing Model

Your Organization's sharing model sets the default access that users have to each other's data. The four sharing models are:

Private

Only the record owner, and users above that role in the Hierarchy, can view, edit, and report on those records.

Public Read Only

All users can view and report on records but not edit them. Only the owner, and users above that role in the hierarchy, can edit those records.

Profiles

A profile defines a User's permission to perform different functions within Salesforce. Profiles also control the following:

Roles (User Roles)

Every user must be assigned to a role, or their data will not display in Opportunity reports, Forecast rollups, and other displays based on roles.

Record Types

If your Organization uses Record Types, edit it to modify which picklist values are visible. You can also set default picklist values based upon the record type for various Business Units, or Record Uses.

Page layouts

This controls which fields appear in the layout, and their orientation on the page.

Why Use Campaign Hierarchies?

Why linking Salesforce campaigns together in a hierarchy is beneficial, is due to the nature of marketing campaigns.

How to Add Campaign Hierarchy Fields

This view could be considered a special layout*, and luckily, it’s easy to find in setup.

Add Campaign Influence Fields

There are fields that track the Campaign Influence, in other words, the pipeline that this campaign has helped source and close. If you have Salesforce Campaign Influence setup (and working accurately!), then add these fields (8 in total):

Add Engagement History Fields

If you have Connected Campaigns up and running, then you’re enjoying Pardot Asset Sync and all of the insights into email, landing page and form performance it’s bringing you.

Summary

Linking Salesforce campaigns together in a hierarchy is beneficial, to view how each of your individual marketing tactics all work together. In this post, I have shown you how to customise this ’special’ page layout, and add the fields you want to see as a snapshot.

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