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What are some of the benefits of extending an existing table such as the Task table when creating a new application?
  • All of the parent table records are copied to the new table.
  • You can repurpose existing fields by simply changing the label.
  • Use existing fields with no modifications.
  • Existing logic from the parent table will be automatically applied to the new table.
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Ankur Bawiskar
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@22311a1263 

Options 2,3,4

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why not option 1 ? all the parent will be copied to child

@22311a1263 

no, consider you have parent table as task and child is incident

when you open incident.LIST it won't show task records

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Hi @22311a1263 

 

Correct Answers:-

  • You can repurpose existing fields by simply changing the label.
  • Use existing fields with no modifications.
  • Existing logic from the parent table will be automatically applied to the new table.

Parent records will not be shown or copied to child records.

 

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