Some HubSpot objects have a pipeline and some don't, and it's fair to ask why.
Jeff Vincent, who works on the data model at HubSpot, walked me through the weighing over the data model screen. Any custom object can have a pipeline.
But on a contact: "let's say we wanted to have a pipeline on a contact. That probably replaces lifecycle stage, right? Or at least confuses the concept even further." Consistency has a cost, and some past decisions, he said, "while they're not one-way doors, it's going to take somebody an awful lot of work to undo."
If you've wondered why the data model isn't tidier than it is, this is the answer from someone working on it.
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Let's Unbox A HubSpot Customer Data Model with Jeff VincentWatch the full conversation this clip was pulled from.
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