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Try It Out: Create the Review Object

To create the Review object, from Setup, click Create | Objects, click New Custom Object, and fill out the page according to the following table.

Table 1. Values for Defining the Review Object
Field Value
Label Review
Plural Label Reviews
Object Name Review
Description Represents an interviewer's assessment of a particular candidate
Context-Sensitive Help Setting Open the standard Salesforce Help & Training window
Record Name Review Number
Data Type Auto Number
Display Format R-{000000}
Starting Number 000001
Allow Reports Yes
Allow Activities Yes
Track Field History Yes
Deployment Status Deployed
Add Notes & Attachments related list to default page layout Yes
Launch New Custom Tab Wizard after saving this custom object No

Notice that we didn't launch the tab wizard this time. Reviews don't need a tab of their own because they can be accessed via a related list on the Job Application detail page. When you create an object with a tab, the platform provides access to that object's records in various places other than just the tab, such as in search results and the Recent Items list in the sidebar area of every page. Because most Recruiting app users won't need to see reviews unless it's in the context of a job application, we don't need to create a separate tab for them.

Now let's finish up the custom fields on the Review object.