Record Identifier

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A Record Identifier consists of one or more fields that, together, uniquely identify a record in an Object. That combination of fields can then be used as a Record Locator.

About Record Identifiers

A Record Identifier is a unique label that distinguishes one record from another. 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.

Example

In this example, the Customer object specifies the customer_name field might as the Record Identifier:

Fields Available for Use as Record Identifiers

In general, fields that are available for use as record identifiers resolve to a single alphanumeric value of moderate size. With few exceptions, fields of these types are not available for use:

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