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Kim_Gandy1
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Oct 14, 2019 9:35 PM UTC
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Is a custom object dedupe field required?

I'm building a custom object for conference attendance. My link field is "email address," but I want each year the person attended the conference to be a new entry to the object. To my understanding, the dedupe field would override the value in an existing conference entry. 

Is a custom object dedupe field required?

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Kim_Gandy1
Kim_Gandy1Accepted solution
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Oct 22, 2019 8:49 PM UTC

At least one dedupe field is required, and cannot be datetime field. 

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Kim_Gandy1
Kim_Gandy1AuthorAccepted solution
Level 6
Oct 22, 2019 8:49 PM UTC

At least one dedupe field is required, and cannot be datetime field. 

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SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
Oct 22, 2019 8:56 PM UTC

Note that if the intent is to dedupe on a timestamp, like for timeseries data, you don't need an DateTime field. A microsecond timestamp (or even a nanosecond timestamp) can be stored in an Integer.

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SanfordWhiteman
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Oct 14, 2019 10:17 PM UTC

You wouldn't use a dedupe field that would violate the one-to-many relationship.

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