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Why is KnowledgeArticleVersion not in Schema.getGlobalDescribe()?
It's a bit inconvenient that this returns null:
system.debug( Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get('KnowledgeArticleVersion') );
While this does not:
system.debug( ...
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Is there a Class.forName() equivalent for Apex
I'm looking to dynamically instantiate a class by its name. How can I do that in Apex? I thought about a factory method with a series of if-else statements, but am not satisfied with that as it isn't ...
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Does anybody have a good way of mapping a key prefix to an object type?
I want to be able to reliably take an ID and map it to the appropriate object type so I can query the object in question.
Before now I've tried using the global decsribe info, looping over the ...
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How to get fields in deeper object tree levels with reflection
I'm constructing a dynamic query to get some fields from the database. I use a root object for that purpose and branch out from it.
My_Custom_Object__c
-> Account__r.Id
So if I want to get an ...
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Salesforce API via the Python beatbox module
I am new to accessing Salesforce data via the API. I am using the beatbox library for Python.
My code:
import beatbox
sf = beatbox.PythonClient()
sf.login('my user name', 'my password + security ...
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How to find only those Schema.SObjectType types that are visible in the Schema Builder
I can find a map of all String -> Schema.SObjectType types by invoking Schema.getGlobalDescribe().
However, that includes a lot of object types I'm not interested in (like casecomment, ...
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Can't find ForecastingItem sObject in DescribeGlobalResult
We recently upgraded to salesforce API v27 (from 21). Documentation says that there are some new objects added between v21 and v27. ForecastingItem object is one such object. But when I get all the ...
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is it possible to do Describesobject for multiple sobjects via rest api?
Im trying to describe all the sobjects in my organization and fetch some information from each of them. When I use the partner wsdl, I can give something like this in c#
DescribeGlobalResult dgr = ...
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Access the Related List Label for a Lookup relationship
I've searched high and low, and I can't seem to figure out the Apex syntax I need to use to access the Related List Label for a Lookup relationship.
It shows up in the objectTranslation XML as ...
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How to get list of All Objects enabled with Activities?
Is there anyway we can find all Objects which have Activities enabled, in APEX?
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Field Sets & Dynamic DML & Describing Fields Included in Field Set
I am attempting to write generic code which will use a fieldset, allowing for dynamic creation of a query. This bit is documented well enough in dynamic DML examples from SFDC. In addition to the ...
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Can we describe all the page names in salesforce
We need to get all custom page names into the select box. Is there any way that we can describe all pages like objects
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Using describesObject to prevent null pointer exception whenever fields aren't populated in creating new Event
I'm writing a trigger to create a new Event on update of Opportunity. There are some required fields and others are optional in the form that the user submits. I'm trying to determine a good way to ...
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Can an Object Definition's ID be obtained programmatically?
I've noticed that SF related lists are anchored (#) by a concatenation of the current record's Id, an underscore, the Id of the related list's object definition, and then "_target" (e.g. ...
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Invalid sObject type 'DataDotComEntitySetting'
We have Data.com, namespace jigsaw_clean, v 2.16.2 installed and I am encountering an sObject type error when I try to do a simple DML statement in a unit test script. The test method instantiates a ...
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How to get Id of a object
Is there any way to find out the Id of an object,object may be custom or native like if I have a custom object i.e Test__c and when I write some query to get the Id then Id must be return in this ...
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Finding if which users have a record type available to them using SOQL
I would like to be able to execute a SOQL query that will allow me to see which users have access to a certain record type for a certain object.
For example, if I have a case record type called Phone ...
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Creating sobject using if i know object api name in string
I have an sObject which I know it's api name (without namespace prefix).
How can I create a reference to it?
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Setting Type of Event or Task via SOAP/REST API
I am looking at Object Reference for Event and Task sObjects and seeing that both have Type and Subject. I wanted to use Type as one of meeting, call, email and Subject as event/task title. But, if I ...
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What is an easy (and fast) way to find a object named based on a parentid?
I have an app which is fired from a trigger on FeedItem and FeedComment. I can easily grab the posting user, date, parentid and type. However I am finding it difficult to rapidly determine the object ...
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Getting LastModifiedDate of Admin changes
Let's say you have a details page of a Contact.
I would like to be able to track changes that were made to Contact, such as field name changes, field type changes, etc.
I assumed that there ...
