The administrator creates a validation rule that will require a custom text field called "Details" be updated based on the value of another picklist field called "Status." Which two actions should…

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Options

• AUpdate the field types to be compatible with validation rules.
• BAdd the validation rule to the user's profile.
• CAdd the fields to the page layout.
• DUpdate the user's profile to read/write access to both fields.

• A
  12% (5)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  84% (36)

Explanation

Before activating a validation rule, administrators must ensure users can actually see and edit the fields involved - otherwise users will encounter errors they have no way to resolve. Adding both fields to the page layout (C) ensures they are visible to users, and granting read/write profile access to both fields (D) ensures users have the field-level security needed to make the required edits; without either, the validation rule creates an unresolvable error for users.

Why A is wrong: Salesforce text and picklist fields are natively compatible with validation rules - no field type conversion is needed. This option describes a non-existent prerequisite.

Why B is wrong: Validation rules are configured at the object level and apply broadly; they are not added to individual user profiles. Profile settings control field access, not rule assignment.

Memory tip: Ask yourself "Can users SEE it, and can they CHANGE it?" before activating any validation rule - that maps directly to Layout (C) and Field-Level Security / Profile Access (D).

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