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    Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions ›  Is it necessary to Create Account and Contact both in Salesforce while Creating Leads?

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       Is it necessary to Create Account and Contact both in Salesforce while Creating Leads?

      Posted by Anuj on January 28, 2020 at 11:57 AM

      Is it necessary to Create Account and Contact both in Salesforce while Creating Leads?

      Deepak replied 6 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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    • Deepak

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      January 28, 2020 at 12:16 PM

      Hi Anuj,

      It is not  necessary to Create Account and Contact both in Salesforce while creating Lead,but it is considered as the best practice to add account and contact before creating a lead, so it is unnecessary for us to have leads convert to contact records.

      Hope it helps!

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