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When should you use lookup instead of a master-detail relationship in Salesforce?
When should you use lookup instead of a master-detail relationship in Salesforce?
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Hi Prachi,
It would totally depend on your requirement on what will help you achieve your target.
If you want the child to be deleted, go for master-detail.
If you want the child to inherit the sharing setting of the parent, go for master-detail.
If the child required to have a mandatory parent, go for master-detail (though this can be implemented using lookups as well) otherwise go for lookup.Thanks.
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The key difference is master-detail has a direct dependency between the objects:
You cannot have a detail record without a master.
The detail record inherits sharing rules from the master.
You cannot update the relationship to the master in a master-detail relationship.
The number of master-detail relationships you can use are limited.
You cannot set profile object permissions for a detail record
Master-detail relationships are automatically included in report record types
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