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Can we create master detail relationship for the case defined below, in Salesforce?
A custom object contains some records, now my requirement is to create field in this object with master detail relationship. Can we create master detail relationship in this case?
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Hi Suraj,
You cannot create a new Master-Detail relationship on an existing custom object if records already exist. You must first create a Lookup relationship, populate the lookup field with data in all records, and then change the relationship type to Master-Detail.
Thanks.
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