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Custom Object Records Moved when Lead Converted to Contact

Many records of standard objects move when a lead is converted to a contact. These include activity history, campaigns, notes/attachments etc.

However when you create a custom object that relates both to Leads or Contacts there is a shortfall. When converting a lead to a contact, you lose all the records that were once related.

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01/05/08

Like m3elmo above, we had expected that all custom table data related to a Lead would be intact when that Lead became a Contact. So it was a surprise that in a relational model, relationships like these would be broken.

Our best workaround at the moment is to batch-process all Leads and repair broken relationships using the ConvertedContactId field from converted Leads, but this is a bit messy.

Could someone from SF please comment on whether the Lead-Contact conversion process is much harder for relationships to custom tables than for standard tables? Thanks :)

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