The administrator at Cloud kicks deleted a custom field but realized there is a business unit that still uses the field. What should an administrator take into consideration when undeleting the field?

Question

Options

• AThe field needs to be re-added to reports.
• BThe field history will remain deleted.
• CThe field needs to be restored from the recycle bin.
• DThe field needs to be re-added to page Layouts.

• A
  90% (28)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

When a custom field is undeleted in Salesforce, most of its previous configuration is automatically restored - including page layouts and field data - but reports are the exception: any report that previously used the field will not automatically include it again, requiring the admin to manually re-add it to each affected report.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is incorrect because field history data is preserved when a field is undeleted - it is not lost.
• C is incorrect because custom fields are not stored in the Recycle Bin (which holds deleted records); deleted fields are managed through Setup and undeleted directly from there within 15 days.
• D is incorrect because page layouts are automatically restored when a field is undeleted, so no manual re-addition is needed.

Memory tip: Think of it as "layouts love you back, but reports require re-invitation" - Salesforce auto-restores the field to its original page layouts, but reports treat the field as a new guest that must be explicitly added again.

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