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Lead Conversion Field Mapping

Lead Conversion Field Mapping

Learn how lead fields convert to contact, account, person account, and opportunity fields when you convert a lead.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Starter, Essentials, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Pro Suite, and Developer Editions with Sales

When you convert lead records, standard lead fields map to contact, account, person account, and opportunity fields. If you use custom fields, your admin specifies the fields that they map to in your newly created records.

Lead Field Maps to this field
Address

Account: Billing Address

Person Account: Mailing Address and Billing Address

Contact: Mailing Address

Annual Revenue

Account: Annual Revenue

Person Account: Annual Revenue

Campaign

Opportunity: Primary Campaign Source

This field shows the campaign associated with a lead before conversion. The campaign provides 100% of the amount revenue credit to the specified campaign. For leads associated with multiple campaigns, Salesforce adds the most recently associated campaign to the opportunity, even if the sales rep can’t access that campaign.

City

Account: Billing City

Person Account: Mailing City and Billing City

Company

Account: Account Name

Contact: Account

Opportunity: Opportunity Name and Account Name

Company Name (Local) Account: Account Name (Local)
Country

Account: Billing Country

Person Account: Mailing Country and Billing Country

Country Code

Account: Billing Country Code

Person Account: Mailing Country Code and Billing Country Code

Description Contact: Description
Do Not Call

Contact: Do Not Call

This field isn’t updated for leads converted to existing contacts.

Person Account: Do Not Call

Email

Contact: Email

Person Account: Email

Email Opt Out

Contact: Email Opt Out

This field isn’t updated for leads converted to existing contacts.

Person Account: Email Opt Out

Fax

Account: Fax

Person Account: Fax

Contact: Fax

Fax Opt Out

Contact: Fax Opt Out

Person Account: Fax Opt Out

First Name

Contact: First Name

Person Account: First Name

First Name (Local)

Contact: First Name (Local)

Person Account: First Name (Local)

Industry

Account: Industry

Person Account: Industry

Informal Name Person Account: Informal Name
Last Name

Contact: Last Name

Person Account: Last Name

Last Name (Local)

Contact: Last Name (Local)

Person Account: Last Name (Local)

Latitude

Account: Billing Latitude

Person Account: Mailing Latitude and Billing Latitude

Lead Owner

Account: Owner

Contact: Owner

Opportunity: Owner

Lead Source

Account: Account Source

Contact: Lead Source

Opportunity: Lead Source

Person Account: Lead Source

Longitude

Account: Billing Longitude

Person Account: Mailing Longitude and Billing Longitude

Middle Name Person Account: Middle Name
Mobile

Contact: Mobile

Person Account: Mobile

No. of Employees

Account: Employees

Person Account: Employees

Partner Account

Opportunity: Partner Account

This field isn't updated for leads converted to existing opportunities. This field isn’t updated on new opportunities if Allow editing of the Partner Account field on opportunities and leads is turned on in Digital Experiences setup.

Phone

Account: Phone

Person Account: Phone

Contact: Phone

Postal Code

Account: Billing Postal Code

Person Account: Mailing Postal Code and Billing Postal Code

Rating

Account: Rating

Person Account: Rating

Salutation Person Account: Salutation
State

Account: Billing State

Person Account: Mailing State and Billing State

State Code

Account: Billing State Code

Person Account: Mailing State Code and Billing State Code

Street

Account: Billing Street

Person Account: Mailing Street

Suffix Person Account: Suffix
Title

Contact: Title

Person Account: Title

Website

Account: Website

Person Account: Website

Opportunity Close Dates

During the lead conversion process, Salesforce automatically assigns close dates for the opportunities you create depending on the fiscal year settings in Salesforce.

If the fiscal year in Salesforce is Salesforce assigns close dates for opportunities to
Standard The last day of the current fiscal quarter.
Custom The last day of the current fiscal period. If a fiscal year hasn’t been defined for the current date, the close date is the end of the current calendar quarter.
 
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