---
title: Eagerly Loaded Describe SObject Result
description: "**Impact area** Performance **Severity** Medium **Affected element** Apex Class ## Rule ID SF-EAGERLY-SOBJECT ## Impact When using SObjectType.getDescribe() or Schema.describeSObjects() without supplying a SObjectDescribeOptions, implicitly it will be using SObjectDescribeOptions.DEFAULT and then all child relationships will be loaded eagerly regardless…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/eagerly-loaded-describe-sobject-result/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: PMD Rules
---

# Eagerly Loaded Describe SObject Result

**Impact area**

Performance

**Severity**

Medium

**Affected element**

Apex Class

## Rule ID

SF-EAGERLY-SOBJECT

## Impact

When using SObjectType.getDescribe() or Schema.describeSObjects() without supplying a SObjectDescribeOptions, implicitly it will be using SObjectDescribeOptions.DEFAULT and then all child relationships will be loaded eagerly regardless whether this information is needed or not. This has a potential negative performance impact. 

Remediation

Instead SObjectType.getDescribe(options) or Schema.describeSObjects(SObjectTypes, options) should be used and a SObjectDescribeOptions should be supplied.

### Time to fix

30 min

## References

This rule is linked to [EagerlyLoadedDescribeSObjectResult](https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_rules_apex_performance.html#eagerlyloadeddescribesobjectresult)