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title: "Select an Event Record Type in Event Builder"
slug: "select-an-event-record-type-in-event-builder"
updated: 2026-08-12T12:45:44Z
published: 2026-08-12T12:45:44Z
canonical: "docs.blackthorn.io/select-an-event-record-type-in-event-builder"
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# Select an Event Record Type in Event Builder

If your org uses Salesforce **Record Types** on the Event object — for example to separate Conferences, Galas, and Webinars, each with their own page layouts, picklist values, and defaults — you can now choose the record type right inside **Event Builder**, the same way you already can in the Event Wizard.

## How it works

On the first step of Event Builder's create/edit flow (**Create Event**), a **Record Type** dropdown appears. Pick the record type before you fill in the rest of the details:

1. Open **Event Builder** and start creating (or edit) an event.
2. On the **Create Event** step, choose a value from the **Record Type** dropdown.
3. Fill in the rest of the event details and save.

The record type you pick is saved to the event, and its record-type-specific **default field values** load for the new event as you build it — so the event starts out with the right defaults for that type.

## Good to know

- **The dropdown only appears when Event record types exist.** If your org hasn't defined any record types on the Event object (beyond the built-in Master), there's nothing to choose and the dropdown is hidden — that's expected.
- **All active record types are listed.** The dropdown shows every active, non-Master Event record type. It isn't filtered to the record types assigned to your profile, so you may see types your profile doesn't normally use; your org's record-type access still applies when the event is saved.
- **Same behavior as the Event Wizard.** Event Builder and the Event Wizard share the same underlying step, so the record-type experience is identical across both.

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## For Salesforce admins — technical reference

- **Where it writes:** the standard **`RecordTypeId`** field on the Event object (`conference360__Event__c`). No new custom field is involved.
- **Control:** a dropdown (Lightning combobox) labeled **Record Type**, on the **Create Event** step of Event Builder.
- **List source:** all active record types defined on the Event object except **Master**. The list is **not** filtered by the running user's profile assignments — profile-level record-type access is enforced when the record is saved, not in the picker.
- **Defaults:** selecting a record type loads that type's default field values for a new event.
- **Visibility:** the dropdown renders only when at least one non-Master record type exists on the Event object.
- **Parity:** it's the same shared Event Wizard component that Event Builder embeds, so behavior matches the standalone Event Wizard exactly.