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# Fields tab
The **Fields** tab shows the fields that are read from the Salesforce module selected on the **Settings** tab. You will need to go to the **Fields** tab and press the **Get Fields** button to populate the fields returned before you can preview the rows returned.
The following properties are shown in the **Fields** tab.
| Option | Description |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name** | The name of the input field. |
| **Field** | The name of the field that contains the record. |
| **IsIdLookup?** | Specify if the field will be used as a fieldname ID (links to an External ID) when accessing the database to perform other calls, such as delete, insert, update, and upsert. Select **Y** (Yes) or **N** (No). |
| **Type** | The data type of the field. |
| **Format** | An optional mask for converting the format of the original field. |
| **Length** | The length of the field depends on the following field types:- Number
Total number of significant figures in a number.
Total length of string.
Length of printed output of the string (for example, four is a length for a year).
|
| **Precision** | Number of floating-point digits for number-type fields. |
| **Currency** | Symbol used to represent currencies. For example: `$` or `€` |
| **Decimal** | A decimal point can be a `.` or `,` (`5,000.00` or `5.000,00` for example). |
| **Group** | A grouping can be a `,` or `.` (`5,000.00` or `5.000,00` for example). |
| **Trim type** | The trimming method to apply to a string. Trimming only works when no field length is specified. |
| **Repeat** | If the corresponding value in this row is empty, repeat the one from the last time it was not empty. Select **Y** (Yes) or **N** (No). |
See \[Understanding PDI data types and field metadata]\(../../../../Data%20Integration%20Perspective/Data%20Integration%20perspective%20in%20the%20PDI%20client/Advanced%20topics%20(PDI%20perspective)/Understanding%20PDI%20data%20types%20and%20field%20metadata.md) to maximize the efficiency of your transformation and job results.
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