Question 131 · 469 in bank
Select 2A Manager at Universal Containers has requested that a custom text field be converted to a picklist in order to promote better data hygiene. Which two actions should be considered before changing the field type? (Choose two.)
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Answer: CD
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Answer: C. Existing list views that reference the field **may** be deleted. "If data is lost, any list view based on the custom field is deleted, and assignment and escalation rules **can** be affected." D. All data should be backed up before converting a text field. While this is an obvious answer, it doesn't seem to align with the other answers that come directly from the help files. Almost every single answer I've seen has been almost verbatim from a Salesforce Help article, including untrue statements. Those are usually written in negated form. Without having read every word of the article myself, I probably would have picked A&C. https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.notes_on_changing_custom_field_types.htm&type=5 NOT: A. Changing a field type will remove existing field history. Not mentioned in the referenced help article. B. Field reference will be removed in Visualforce pages. "You can’t change the data type of a custom field referenced by other items in Setup such as Visualforce pages, Apex code, processes, or flows."
Source: Adapted from community discussion — Jason_R