Creating custom fields
Now that we have created our custom Certification object, the next step is to create the fields that will capture information on these objects. The first and most important field to create will be the relationship field so that we can connect Certifications to Contacts.
By going to the Setup | Object Manager tab, you can see how we begin the process of creating this field:
Figure 13.8: List of fields and an option to add a new field to the custom object
As shown in the preceding screenshot, there are four fields that were automatically created when the object was created (1). These are Certification Number, Created By, Last Modified By, and Owner. To create a new field, click on New (2).
The following screenshot shows the New Custom Field page. Notice the description of each field type as you create the necessary fields:
Figure 13.9: Selecting the data type when creating a custom field
As shown in the preceding screenshot, there...