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description: Schema Builder provides a dynamic environment for viewing and modifying all the objects and relationships in your app. This greatly simplifies the task of designing, implementing, and modifying your data model, or schema. Schema Builder is enabled by default.
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# Design Your Own Data Model With Schema Builder

Schema Builder provides a dynamic environment for viewing and modifying all the objects and relationships in your app. This greatly simplifies the task of designing, implementing, and modifying your data model, or schema. Schema Builder is enabled by default.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: All Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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You can view your existing schema and interactively add new custom objects, custom fields, and relationships, simply by dragging and dropping. Schema Builder automatically implements the changes and saves the layout of your schema any time you move an object. This eliminates the need to click from page to page to find the details of a relationship or to add a new custom field to an object in your schema.

Schema Builder provides details like the field values, required fields, and how objects are related by displaying lookup and master-detail relationships. You can view the fields and relationships for both standard and custom objects.

To access Schema Builder, from Setup, enter Schema Builder in the Quick Find box, then select **Schema Builder**.

Schema Builder lets you add the following to your schema:

- Custom objects
- Lookup relationships
- Master-detail relationships
- All custom fields except: Geolocation

#### See Also

- [Create Objects with Schema Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.schema_builder_elements_objects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Custom objects are objects that you create to store information that's specific to your company or industry. You can create them via Setup or in the Schema Builder.")
- [Custom Field Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.custom_field_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Salesforce supports various field types, allowing you to select the right one for your data. You can also convert an existing field to a different data type if needed.. When you have data that doesn’t match any of the standard fields, your admin can create a custom field for that data. For example, create a Middle Name field for contacts to capture additional information.")
- [Change Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets.htm&type=5&language=en_US)