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Create custom fields on objects

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskWe need a new Annual Recurring Revenue field on the Account object for renewals reporting.…+
We need a new Annual Recurring Revenue field on the Account object for renewals reporting. Create an Annual Recurring Revenue currency field, set precision to two decimals, default to zero, add it to the Account layout above Company Type, and make it editable only for Finance and Sales Ops profiles. Confirm the field populates on Account exports and in the Account related list on Opportunities.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I introduce a new custom currency field on Account, make it easy for teams to trust and…+
Before I introduce a new custom currency field on Account, make it easy for teams to trust and use. Place the AR field where renewal managers will notice it, add a help text explaining calculation and owner, and ensure field-level security restricts edits to Finance and Sales Ops. Flag downstream reports and dashboards that will need updating and list any integrations that should be checked for mapping conflicts.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI just added Annual Recurring Revenue to Account and a data import shows zeros for many…+
I added a new currency field but imports show zeros.
I just added Annual Recurring Revenue to Account and a data import shows zeros for many records. The import template used had a column labeled ARR but the CSV values vanished. I’m worried I misconfigured the field type or mapping and will corrupt reporting. What are the likely causes, which three checks do I run in order, and how should I recover missing values while preventing the same mistake next import?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternOver the past year we’ve created multiple near-duplicate revenue fields across Account and…+
We keep creating similar custom fields with different names.
Over the past year we’ve created multiple near-duplicate revenue fields across Account and Opportunity that confuse reporting and sales reps. I need a habit to stop field sprawl. What naming convention, approval gate, and quarterly cleanup routine should I adopt to keep the schema tidy and avoid breaking existing reports?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Salesforce's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.