The first 3 digits are a prefix that specifies the type of sObject, a big list can be found here: http://www.fishofprey.com/2011/09/obscure-salesforce-object-key-prefixes.html I believe the rest of the Id is reference to the record itself.
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What is a person account in Salesforce?
Salesforce Account. Person accounts are used store information about individual consumers. By default Salesforce accounts are business accounts which stores companies/organization information. Personal account are different compared to Business accounts in salesforce. Person accounts don’t have contacts. Person account acts contact.
What is the first 3 characters in Salesforce key prefix?
First 3 characters - Key Prefix As per Jon's answer, the first 3 characters are the key prefix that identify the object type. There are a few exceptions to this where multiple objects all share the same key prefix! There are a number of fixed key prefixes that are common across all of Salesforce.
What is the difference between contact and account in Salesforce?
An Account is just the actual business or company, and the Contact is the person – the same person from the Lead. Where Salesforce confuses a lot of people is in the name Account. So many sales people call their book of business their “accounts”.
What are account objects in Salesforce?
As part of standard functionality Salesforce.com provides Account objects in Salesforce which stores all account details related your business like Customers and Competitors.
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Accounts & Contact for Salesforce Classic
Define your sales process. Accounts are companies that we are doing business with. On the other hand, Contacts represent the individual, point of contact who work for those companies.
Relationship Between Accounts and Contacts
There are three specific types of account-contact relationships, each of which offers a different view depending on the complexities of business requirements.
