A Platform Administrator has been asked to change the data type of an auto number to a text field. What should the administrator be aware of before changing the field?

Question

Options

• AExisting field values will remain unchanged.
• BChanging Auto Number field to Text is prevented.
• CExisting field values will be deleted.
• DExisting field values will be converted.

• A
  92% (35)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  3% (1)

Explanation

When a Salesforce Platform Administrator changes an Auto Number field to a Text field, the existing auto-generated values are preserved exactly as they are - Salesforce retains those values as text strings without modification. Option B is wrong because this conversion is permitted in Salesforce (Auto Number → Text is a supported field type change). Option C is wrong because no data is deleted; the values persist in the records. Option D is misleading - while the field type changes, the values themselves don't undergo any transformation since auto number values are already stored as formatted strings compatible with Text.

Memory tip: Think of it as a container swap - you're just relabeling the jar (field type), not touching what's inside (the data). Auto numbers look like text already, so nothing changes for existing records.

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