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description: Add the Topics component to record pages so that your users can assign topics to records. Topics allow your users to organize records by theme. On the topic detail page, users can see all the records with a topic and filter their record list views by topic.
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# Configure Topics for Records in Lightning Experience

Add the Topics component to record pages so that your users can assign topics to records. Topics allow your users to organize records by theme. On the topic detail page, users can see all the records with a topic and filter their record list views by topic.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d56647e83 ">To create and save Lightning pages in the Lightning App Builder:</td>

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By default, topics are enabled for most standard objects. To configure topics for objects, including custom objects, from Setup, enter Topics for Objects in the Quick Find box, then select **Topics for Objects**.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-collaboration-264-0-0-production-enus/1aab5b5e-c990-4b8c-840a-6fb18af49709/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can’t use encrypted fields for topic suggestions.

1. Create a record page for Lightning Experience.
    
    If you already have record pages for Lightning Experience, go to the next step.
2. In the Lightning App Builder, configure the Topics component and add it to the page’s layout.
    
    ![Topics component properties in Lightning App Builder](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-collaboration-264-0-0-production-enus/1aab5b5e-c990-4b8c-840a-6fb18af49709/collaboration/images/topics_component_editor.png)
3. Save your page. If your page is new, activate it.

![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-collaboration-264-0-0-production-enus/1aab5b5e-c990-4b8c-840a-6fb18af49709/images/icon_example.png)

Example

Users with permission can view, add, and remove topics from records.

![Topics component on a record page](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-collaboration-264-0-0-production-enus/1aab5b5e-c990-4b8c-840a-6fb18af49709/collaboration/images/topics_component_ui.png)

#### See Also

- [Enable and Configure Topics for Objects in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_topics_records_admin.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Enable topics for objects so that users can add topics to records and organize them by common themes. This powerful feature is available with or without Chatter.")