Record Identifier

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A Record Identifier (also known as a "record name") consists of one or more fields that are displayed when a record has been selected. (When multiple fields are specified, their values are separated by hyphens and displayed as the value of a Lookup field.)

About Record Identifiers

Ideally, a Record Identifier unique label that distinguishes one record from another (although it need not be). These labels can be seen in Views and Records.

When a new object is created, the first three fields defined in the object are used to form the default Record Identifier. The Record Identifier can be changed at any time.

Tip: To ensure that the record identifier is unique, use it to define a Unique Key Index.

Example

In this example, the Customer object specifies the customer_name field as the Record Identifier. When the customer has been selected in a Lookup, the customer_name field is displayed to indicate which record was chosen.

Eligible Record Identifier Fields

In general, fields that are available for use as record identifiers resolve to a single alphanumeric value of moderate size.

One Lookup field may be specified.

These fields cannot be used:

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