Salesforce Certified Administrator · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 12
You have been asked to convert an existing Multi-Select Picklist to a Picklist field.
What would be a negative consequence of fulfilling this request?
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A
This could produce errors in existing reports.
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B
This could result in data loss.
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C
There are no negative consequences in this request. Proceed.
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Converting from multi-select picklist to a picklist can result in data loss. For the inverse, you can change custom picklists into multi-select picklists without losing any data. Since your records only contain a single value of that picklist, that value is still selected but users can select more values.
Refer to https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=notes_on_changing_custom_field_types.htm&type=0&language=en_US&release=206.15 for more details.
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