{"id":5816,"date":"2022-06-15T04:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2022-06-15T04:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:49:16","slug":"big-objects-in-salesforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/big-objects-in-salesforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Objects in Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big objects in salesforce are used to store massive amounts of data that we can not store using standard and custom objects so to store massive amounts of data in salesforce we can use <strong>\u201cBig Object\u201d<\/strong>. The data present in a big object can be used by force.com or by an external system. A big object provides consistent performance, whether you have 1 million records, 100 million, or even 1 billion. <\/p>\n<h2>Type of Big Objects in Salesforce:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Standard Big Objects<\/li>\n<li>Custom Big Objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Standard Big Objects:<\/strong><br \/>\nStandard big objects are provided by salesforce. <strong><em>\u201cFieldHistoryArchive\u201d<\/em><\/strong> is one of the standard big objects that is used to store the data as part of the field audit trail product and we can not customize the standard object <\/p>\n<p><strong>Custom Big Objects: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe custom big object is created by the user to store the data which is unique to the org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use Case: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We can store complete customer interaction into a big Object.<\/li>\n<li>We can create a data Archive using big objects.<\/li>\n<li>We can also track the big object.<\/li>\n<li>We can perform data Analytics using big Object because they store a massive amount of data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>How to create Custom Big object:<\/strong><br \/>\nWe can create a custom big object using Metadata API<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to access the Records in Big Objects: <\/strong><br \/>\nWe have two ways to access the records in Big Objects<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SOQL<\/li>\n<li>Async SOQL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>SOQL: <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In SOQL query we can fetch only a small amount of data because of Governor Limits in  Salesforce <\/li>\n<li>We have to use the SOQL query only when we don\u2019t want to wait for the results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Async SOQL:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Async SOQL query is created to help manage millions of records in big objects<\/li>\n<li>Async SOQL query works in the background to collect a large amount of data so we have to wait for the results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Things to remember about the  Big Objects: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can create only 100 big objects in one org in salesforce<\/li>\n<li>Big objects do not support triggers, flows, processes<\/li>\n<li>Big Objects can have a relationship with standard and custom objects<\/li>\n<li>We can create records in big objects using SOAP And Bulk API<\/li>\n<li>Big objects are read-only after creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small><em>People having good knowledge of Financial accounting can get an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/financial-accountant-advanced-diploma\">Accounting Certification Exams<\/a> from StudySection to increase their chances of getting a job in this field. 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