Assign Record For Free

From Setup, enter Profiles in the Quick Find box, then select Profiles. Select a profile. The record types available for that profile are listed in the Record Type Settings section. Click Edit next to the appropriate type of record.

To specify record types and page layout assignments:From Setup, enter Profiles in the Quick Find box, then select Profiles.Select a profile.In the Find Settings...Click Edit.In the Record Types and Page Layout Assignments section, make changes to the settings as needed.Click Save.

The use case is when a user goes Personal Setup > My Personal Information > Record Type selection and checks the box for the default to be selected automatically when a record is created.

From Setup, click Object Manger, and then select the object whose records you want to assign.Click Fields & Relationships New.Select the assignment rule object, then click Next.Set field-level security for the lookup field, then click Next.Select Add Field for the page layout, then click Next.Save your work.

From your personal settings, enter Record Type in the Quick Find box, then select Set Default Record Types or Record Type Selectionwhichever one appears.Select the data type to specify that you want to use the default record type whenever you create that type of record.Click Save.

To specify record types and page layout assignments:From Setup, enter Profiles in the Quick Find box, then select Profiles.Select a profile.In the Find Settings...Click Edit.In the Record Types and Page Layout Assignments section, make changes to the settings as needed.Click Save.

In NPSP specifically, the Account object comes with two record types: Household Account and Organization. Having these two types of accounts as different record types makes it possible for different fields to be tracked on each.