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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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