How To Build Business Data Models In Salesforce

Quick summary

This tutorial walks you through how to build business data models in Salesforce by creating a custom object using the Object Manager. You will configure object labels, classification settings, and deployment status to structure your Salesforce org for business-specific data.

Steps

1. Go to Setup in the top right corner of Salesforce.
2. In the Quick Find box, type "Object Manager" and select it from the results.
3. Click the Create button in the top right corner of the Object Manager.
4. Select Custom Object from the dropdown menu.
5. Enter a Label to give your object a clear name (e.g., Project) and define the Plural Label (e.g., Projects).
6. Hit Save to create the custom object.
7. Configure additional settings such as Object Classification and Deployment Status.
8. Hit Save again to finalize your custom object configuration.