Monitoring object-specific limits

Let's have a deeper look at object limits regarding the Salesforce schema configuration (or metadata).

To access an object's limits, click on Setup | Object Manager | Object Limits to bring up the following page:

Object Limits page

As an administrator, you need to have the limits of the Salesforce Objects clear in your mind when customizing your organization, and this is a good place to see where implementations are going.

We can track whether administrators and developers are using too many custom fields or sharing rules, preventing process refactoring, and allowing more structured field usage.

It's common for old organizations to see different custom fields that refer to the same information because the person who created it didn't take care of internal knowledge or process documentation, leading to a useless proliferation of fields. Remember to document all field usage (the Description field that you see when you create a new custom field is your friend).