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Low Volume Custom Objects

Overview

Low Volume Objects are custom objects that can be created by Admins from the data management page. These objects are used to store low volume data which needs to be edited frequently. For example, Admins can create a custom object in Gainsight for Cases or Opportunities, Product management, etc. which is a low volume object and would require frequent updates. These updates can be made directly from the C360/R360 page by CSMs/AMs.

Low volume custom objects are not recommended for storing huge volumes of data like usage data.

Following are the major advantages of using Low Volume object over High Volume: 

  • Admins can edit records in the Low Volume custom objects from the Data Operation page. For more information on this, refer the Data Operation article.
  • CSMs/AMs can edit any record in this object, from a report added to the C360/R360 > Related List section, corresponding to the Company or Relationship. For more information on how CSMs/AMs can edit records stored in the Low Volume custom objects from the C360 page, refer Related List.
  • Data can be loaded into the Low Volume custom objects using Custom Object APIs. For more information on using these APIs, refer Custom Object API Documentation.

Note: Previously, Low volume objects were called Transactional custom objects, and Admins could only create them after consultation and approval from Gainsight Support.

Create Low Volume Custom Objects

To create a Low volume object:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Data Management.
  2. Click +OBJECT.

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  1. In the Create Object dialog box, enter the following details:
  • Object display name: The easily understandable object display name that you want to create.
  • Object name: System defined object name with a suffix of __gc (Auto-generated, based on the name entered in Object display name).
  • Object description: A description of the object being created.
  • Low Volume Object: Select this Checkbox to create the custom object of type Low Volume.
  1. Select either Manual or Data file upload (CSV) as required.
  2. Click NEXT to continue creating a Low Volume object. For more information, refer to the Gainsight Data Management article.

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Limitations on the Low Volume custom objects

Following are the limitations applied to the Low Volume custom objects:

  • A maximum of 100 Low Volume custom objects can be created per Org.
  • A maximum of 100 fields can be created in each Low Volume custom object.
  • A maximum of 1 million records can be stored in a Low Volume custom object.
  • All the fields in this object of type, Rich Text Area, can store values having up to 150k characters.

Note: If you do not select the Low Volume Object checkbox while creating a custom object as shown in the image above, the objects are considered High Volume Objects. None of the limitations shown above are applicable to High Volume custom objects.

Data Ingestion Channels

You can load data into Low Volume custom objects using any of the following data loading channels:

Manage Records in the Low Volume Custom Objects

Following are the two channels through which you can manage records in the Low Volume custom objects:

  • Gainsight Admins can create, view, edit, and delete existing records in a Low Volume custom object from the Data Operation page. For more information, refer Data Operation
  • CSMs/AMs can edit any record in the Low Volume custom object from a report added to the C360/R360 > Related List section corresponding to the Company or Relationship respectively. For more information on how to add, edit records from the Related List section, refer Overview of Customer 360 Details.
  • You can view and delete all or filtered records from the Data Management page. For more information, refer Gainsight Data Management.

Configuration of Inline Editing of Records in the Low Volume Objects

Gainsight Admins can configure enabling CSMs to edit records stored in the Low Volume custom objects from the C360/R360 page directly. Admins can perform the following steps for inline editing:

  1. Create a Low Volume custom object from the Data Management page.
  2. Create a field in this object having lookup to Company/Relationship object > Name or GSID. For more information on enabling lookup from any field, refer the Gainsight Data Management article.
  3. Create a Report on the Low Volume custom object from Report Builder. This report should have GSID field from the source object (Low Volume custom). For more information on this, refer Create New Report.
  4. Add this Report while configuring the Related List section for C360 or R360 page. For more information on this, refer Configure Related List.

If the required data is stored in the Low Volume custom object, CSMs can edit or add records from the C360/R360 > Related List section. For more information on this, refer to Overview of Customer 360 Details article

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