ContentNote with related Object

Question

I am trying to do insertion with Salesforce Ligtning ContentNotes through Data Loader.

How can I insert a ContentNote with related object? For example, I have a note 1 with Title: "Note 1" and Content: "Hi, this is content1" and want to relate this record to Lead 1 record.

Answer 1

I found a solution here: Importing Notes to the ContentNote object using the Apex Data Loader.

Step 4. Relating the inserted Note to a Parent Record with the Apex Data Loader

Once the Note is inserted we need to relate it to the parent record. Since the note is stored in Content, we need to insert a record to the Content Document Link table in order to do this.

1. Create a new csv file with the following columns: ContentDocumentId, LinkedEntityId, ShareType, and Visibility
2. Locate the success log from the Note import (Step 3 above) and populate the ContentDocumentId column in the new file with Id value from the success files for the Notes that you want to relate to records.
3. Populate the LinkedEntityId column with the id of the record that you want to relate the Note to.
4. Set the ShareType and Visibility fields as desired. Documentation here describes the valid values for these fields and their function, there is also an example insert file attached to this article. Repeat as needed for further records then save your file.(Please note that you can only specify the values 'I' or 'V' for the standard objects since type 'C' is not supported)
5. Launch the Apex Data Loader.
6. Click "Insert".
7. Enter your login credentials.
8. Click "Next".
9. Check the box next to "Show all Salesforce objects"
10. Select "Content Document Link(ContentDocumentLink)" from the list of available objects.
11. Click "Browse..." and select the CSV file you created in the earlier steps.
12. Click "Next"
13. When the Data Selection initialization dialog appears, confirm the number of records is correct and click "OK".
14. Click "Create or Edit a Map" on the next screen.
15. Click "Auto-Match Fields to Columns" or manually match the fields to the corresponding columns of the CSV file.
16. Click "OK" to proceed.
17. Confirm the mapping is correct and click "Next"
18. Click "Browse..." and specify the location for the success and error files.
19. Click "Finish".
20. Review the Warning and if you're ready to proceed, click "Yes". At this point if you view the Notes related list under the Parent record the Note should now be visible.