You can customize several aspects of standard fields, such as the values in picklists, the format for auto-number fields, tracking field history, lookup filters on relationship fields, and field-level help.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: All Editions except for Database.com. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To change standard fields: | Customize Application |
- Navigate to the fields page for your object.
- Click the field label.
- To add custom help text, click Edit.
- On the field’s information page, you can—depending on your edition—set field-level security, view accessibility settings, and configure validation rules.
You can also do more, depending on the field’s type. For example, if the field is a picklist, you can add, delete, and reorder its values, and set dependencies. You can’t increase the field length of a standard field. If you need a longer text area, consider creating a custom field.
If a field is indexed, you can use sidebar search or advanced search to find values in the field. Having a field indexed can also speed up other operations on the field, such as reporting. See this blog post to find out more: Know Thy Salesforce Field Indexes for Fast Reports, List Views, and SOQL.
- Capturing Gender-Related Data with Standard Fields
Represent the diversity of your customer base by recording gender-related data in Salesforce. Use standard, optional fields with vetted value sets to help you personalize your data, build trust, and close data gaps in your system of record.