Lightning Platform Fundamentals

Preface
Introducing the Lightning Platform
About the Sample Recruiting App
Reviewing Database Concepts
Building a Simple App
Get Familiar with the Setup Area
Introducing Apps
Introducing Objects
Introducing Tabs
Becoming Familiar with Setup Detail Pages and Related Lists
Introducing Fields
Try It Out: Add Text Fields
Try It Out: Add Currency Fields
Try It Out: Add Checkbox Fields
Try It Out: Add Date Fields
Look at What We've Done
Taking Our Simple App Mobile
Enhancing the Simple App with Advanced Fields, Data Validation, and Page Layouts
Expanding the Simple App Using Relationships
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: Add Date Fields

Finally, before we close out this chapter, let's add three date fields to our Recruiting app to track the date a position opens, the date it closes, and the date by which it should be filled. Date fields are great because they automatically include a popup calendar interface from which users can select a day without any typing—yet another built-in feature that we can leverage in our app without any extra work!

Once again we'll use the custom field wizard to define these three fields:

Table 1. Position Object Date Fields
Field Type Field Label Required Default Value
Date Open Date Unchecked Leave unspecified
Date Hire By Unchecked Leave unspecified
Date Close Date Unchecked Leave unspecified