Now that you understand Orgs, Objects, and Fields. It’s time to get hands-on and create your first Custom Object in Salesforce.
This is where you move from just learning theory to actually building something inside your Developer Org.
What is a Custom Object ?
A Custom Object is something you create in Salesforce to store information that’s unique to your business needs.
- Standard Objects (like Account, Contact, Opportunity) come with Salesforce.
- Custom Objects are built by you (or your admin) when the standard ones don’t fit the exact requirements.
Custom Objects always end with __c in their API Name.
Types of Orgs:
Production Org: The live system where real business happens.
Sandbox Org: A testing environment (a safe copy of production).
Developer Org: A free Org for learning and developing.
Step-by-Step: Creating a Custom Object
Follow these steps in your Developer Org:
- Go to Setup
- Click the ⚙️ gear icon (top-right) → Select Setup.
2. Open Object Manager
- Select Object Manager in the top navigation bar.
3. Create New Object
- Click Create → Custom Object.
- Fill in the details:
- Label: Blog
- Plural Label: Blogs
- Object Name: Blog
- Record Name: Blog Name (Text)
- Select “Launch New Custom Tab Wizard after saving” (so it shows up in your App).
4. Save the Object
- Once saved, Salesforce will also create a tab for your Object.
Creating Records
Now go to the Sales app from App Launcher.
This is the default place, where the tabs can be accessed. Now select the Blogs tab to access the tab that we created now.
Here we can add the records to our object.
We can create the data by clicking on New button.
Click on Save to save the data. Now we can see the data that got created.
Key Takeaways
- Each record in the Object = one entry in your database.
- A Custom Object lets you store unique data not covered by Standard Objects.
- Blog__c is an example Custom Object
In Next blog, we’ll explore Relationships in Salesforce Objects.
Umesh Chandra 
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