Question

An administrator at a manufacturing company must configure two picklist fields on the Product custom object. The 'Category' field should control which values appear in the 'Subcategory' field. When 'Electronics' is selected, only three specific subcategories should be available; when 'Furniture' is selected, a different set of five subcategories should appear. What is the correct way to accomplish this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Create a field dependency where 'Category' is the controlling field and 'Subcategory' is the dependent field, then map the valid subcategory values to each category.

Answer

Create a validation rule on 'Subcategory' that checks the value of 'Category' and blocks invalid combinations on save.

Answer

Create a field dependency where 'Subcategory' is the controlling field and 'Category' is the dependent field, then map the values.

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Create two separate record types, one for Electronics and one for Furniture, each with a different picklist value set for 'Subcategory'.