Lab C.2: Explore the Application

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In this exercise, you'll explore an application, identify some of its major components, and see how they are related.

Discover the Objects Used in the Application

  1. Click GearIcon.png > Administration > Account Management > Packages > Order Processing
    A new pane appears with package information.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the pane, to the list of dependencies.
    • The entities this package depends on is displayed, under "Items".
    • Notice the Contacts, and Accounts items, which are designated as type "Object".
  3. Click GearIcon.png > Customization > Objects.
    The objects used in the application are shown, along with those used by other applications running in your instance of the platform.

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Tip: It's easy for applications to share information, because the objects they contain are living in the same cloud. For example, a customer record created in an order-entry application would be available for use in a shipping application.

Examine the Orders Object

An "object" in the platform is both a table in a database, and a record within it. When accessing a record, the singular form of the name is used, when referencing the table as a whole, the plural form is used. So the "Orders object" is a collection of records and the metadata that defines behaviors like validations and forms. An "Order object" on the other hand, is an individual record augmented by those behaviors.

  1. Click GearIcon.png > Customization > Objects > Orders.
    The Object Information pane appears.
  2. Here are the attributes you can modify: