Force.com Platform Fundamentals

Preface
Introducing the Force.com Platform
About the Sample Recruiting App
Reviewing Database Concepts
Building a Simple App
Enhancing the Simple App with Advanced Fields, Data Validation, and Page Layouts
Expanding the Simple App Using Relationships
Introducing Relationships
Introducing Relationship Custom Fields
Adding Candidates to the Mix
Bringing Candidates and Positions Together with Job Applications
Introducing Search Layouts
Managing Review Assessments
Creating a Many-to-Many Relationship
Try It Out: Create the Employment Website Object
Try It Out: Add the URL Field to the Employment Website Object
Try It Out: Create the Job Posting Object
Try It Out: Add Fields to the Job Posting Object
Customizing Related Lists in a Many-to-Many Relationship
Try It Out: Customize the Positions and Employment Websites Related Lists
Try It Out: Customize Record Highlights for Employment Websites and Job Postings
Look at What We've Done
Putting it All Together
Securing and Sharing Data
Collaborating with Chatter
Automating Business Processes
Analyzing Data with Reports and Dashboards
Moving Beyond Point-and-Click App Development
Learning More
Glossary
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Try It Out: Create the Employment Website Object

To create our Employment Website custom object, from Setup, enter Objects in the Quick Find box, then select Objects, click New Custom Object, and fill out the page according to the following table.

Table 1. Values for Defining the Employment Website Object
Field Value
Label Employment Website
Plural Label Employment Websites
Starts with Vowel Sound Checked
Object Name Employment_Website
Description Information about a particular employment website
Context-Sensitive Help Setting Open the standard Salesforce Help & Training window
Record Name Employment Website Name
Data Type Text
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 Yes

To create the Employment Website tab, select a Tab Style in the first step of the wizard, and then accept all the defaults until you get to the Add to Custom Apps page. On this page, select only the Recruiting App, and then click Save.

Let's wrap up the Employment Website object by adding a few custom fields.