As a Salesforce Admin or Developer, you’ve likely faced the challenge: you need to understand all the fields on a particular object. It seems straightforward, right? You go to Object Manager, click on “Fields & Relationships,” and there they are. But what about fields that aren’t immediately visible? What about fields you need to access programmatically?

The truth is, finding “all” fields can be a bit more nuanced than a quick glance. This post will be your definitive guide to unearthing every field on a Salesforce object, from the declarative UI to the power of the Metadata API and Apex.

Sample code:

Apex Class:

SObjectType objType = Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get( 'Account' );
Map < String, Schema.SObjectField > mapFields = objType.getDescribe().fields.getMap();

for ( 
    String strField : mapFields.keySet() 
) {
    
    SObjectField field = mapFields.get( strField );
    Schema.DescribeFieldResult fieldResult = field.getDescribe();
    System.debug( 
        fieldResult.getLabel() + ' - ' + 
        fieldResult.getName() 
    );
  
}