Indirectly clone a Salesforce object #inSalesforce

Indirectly clone a Salesforce object #inSalesforce


Suppose you want to clone the Account Object. Then create an Account report with the fields you want to clone along with the object. Export the report, and remove unnecessary lines and columns like created by, and last modified by which are system fields or populated automatically (the same can be removed while creating the report itself).

Steps:

Object Manager | Create an Object from the Spreadsheet (Suppose the name of the object is Customer), upload the latest modified sheet, and complete the necessary mapping as per need, next and Follow the self-explanatory steps as per need like as in visual.

Verify the new Object under Object Manager


Visual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvB53r1BHA0

Additional Visual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1SUuhLbiw


Reference:

https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.dev_objectcreate_task_lex_from_spreadsheet.htm&type=5

https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/projects/quick-start-customize-an-app-with-lightning-object-creator/import-data-to-create-a-custom-object

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