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We don't have any converted leads yet, what I need to know is, when a lead is converted to a contact, does their ID change? I ask because there are Contact IDs & Lead IDs. The Lead ID is assigned when the lead is entered into the system. Does the ID follow the lead when they're converted to a contact or, because they've been converted from a lead to a contact, does the ID change?
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  1. 23 sept 2021, 20:15

    The ID of a record literally never changes. 

    One way to put that Lead's ID into the Opportunity or the Contact is to have a formula field on the Lead with the formula: "id" (no quotes). But it will be a text field , a formula cannot evaluate to an ID datatype. Then Lead Conversion can map that text field to a text field in the Contact and/or Opportunity. Since it is text, displaying the Lead from a Contact or Opportunity page, or pulling data from the Lead, will require a bit of URL hacking or VF or Apex  

    Also note that the typical User cannot see converted Leads (no Read access to the records). There is a permission that enables a user to view and edit Leads; it's both, or neither. A Flow running as System should be able to see the record and do the heavy lifting.

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