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I have an object with a required lookup field. I want to use Test.loadData() to load hundreds of records from a CSV for unit testing for this object, but I want the unit test to be portable, meaning I can't hardcode the lookup Id.

This seems like an extremely common scenario, but I've had little luck finding any solutions to this scenario. Do I have to generate different CSV files for different orgs, or is there something obvious I'm missing?

As an example, how could I load User records from a CSV, given that ProfileId is a required field?

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  • is this a managed package use case? or a multi-sandbox within one PROD org use case?
    – cropredy
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 4:39
  • @cropredy - I have many potential use cases, including a managed package and a multi-sandbox org.
    – JDB
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 5:20
  • Well, with pre-existing Profiles, in a multi-sandbox org, the ProfileIds will all be the same in each sandbox
    – cropredy
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 14:39
  • Thanks. Another example may have been better... I was asking in the general case.
    – JDB
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 14:40
  • the undocumented load behavior works well for many use cases, but won't on references to data not being loaded (i.e. ProfileId) -- sorry to focus on that.
    – cropredy
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 14:53

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Currently there is no such support in Test.loadData() to handle complex lookups and Master detail.

But there is one idea on idea exchange that you can vote for.

https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000kxHhAAI

Meanwhile a workaround will be create a replica of Test.loadData() in APEX. ie read from static resource in your test class and provide logic to replicate the records via your normal DML statements. I know its tedious and ugly. But when facing huge data crises during tests,this was the approach we finalized.

There is Also an Undocumented behavior of test.loadData that you can use to populate relationships. Yes it works miraculously but we don't know when salesforce will stop supporting it.

Test.loadData() - undocumented (but useful) behavior loading relationships

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  • Elaborate how this helps specific example of OP - loading User records with lookup to Profile across many orgs
    – cropredy
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 4:38
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    @cropredy - User was one example I ran into, but it's not the only case where I have a required field. I think this answer sums things up for me. It confirms my suspicions, at least.
    – JDB
    Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 5:17

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