RDLA Field Definitions - Faculty Resource Use

Field-by-field reference for the RDLA Faculty Resource Use object (Faculty_Resource_Uses__c): labels, API names, data types, how each field is populated, and picklist values.

Field-by-field reference for the RDLA Faculty Resource Use object (Faculty_Resource_Uses__c). Junction recording a faculty member's use of a Research Database, used on the Intellectual Contribution side.

Part of the RDLA field definitions. For the step-by-step user guides, see Research Database Lifecycle - RDLA.

• Relationships: Lookup to Contact (faculty member) and two lookups to Faculty Resource (Research Database, Intellectual Contribution). Name is auto-number FRU-{000000}. RDLA_Admin also grants FLS on Class__c, which now has a field file in local source.

Fields

Field / API Name	Type	Entry	Description	Picklist Values
Class Class__c	Lookup(Class)		The class the faculty member used the database.
Faculty Member Faculty_Member__c	Lookup(Contact)
Faculty Resource Use Name Name	Auto Number	Automatic	System field
Intellectual Contribution Intellectual_Contribution__c	Lookup(Faculty Resource)
Research Database Research_Database__c	Lookup(Faculty Resource)

Reading the field table

• Entry – User: typed or picked by a person. Automatic: set by Salesforce (a formula, a flow, or the system) and not editable. Automatic, editable: set automatically but can be changed by hand. Not editable: cannot be changed once the record exists.
• Notes in italics describe how the field is used in the RDLA process.
• Picklist values are the ones available on the RDLA record type.
• The standard Salesforce fields Record ID (Id), Created By, Created Date, Last Modified By, Last Modified Date and Owner are on every object and are not listed.