Custom Button URL on Contact Layout

Question

I have a custom button on Contact page layout. When a user clicks on the button, it takes the user to Change record type page and sends some other parameters in the URL. They select the new user type and are redirected to the Contact record in Edit mode.

The URL looks like

/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?id={!Contact.Id}&con4={!Contact.Current_Employer__c}&CF00Ni0000001a5jC={!User.FirstName}+{!User.LastName}&CF00Ni0000001a5jC_lkid={!$User.Id}&retURL={!Contact.Id}

where &con4 is the ID for Account field. I am sending the value of Current_Employer__c on Contact to Accountfield.

The value is being copied to Account field, however once the user clicks save. On save I want the Contact to be linked to the account with name in Current_Employer__c.

However, it retains the previous account record.

If they click on the lookup button on Account, while still in edit mode and select Account, they are able to link to different account.

Answer 1

You have the answer right in your URL as you have CF00Ni0000001a5jC_lkid and CF00Ni0000001a5jC one for the userid and one for username, you need to do the same for con4 just populates the name but your con4 param is missing the ID.

try con4_lkid = {!Contact.Current_Employer__c} (If current_Employer__C is a lookup it will pick it as ID, if not provide current_employer__c.id).

con4={!Contact.Current_Employer__c}&con4_lkid ={!Contact.Current_Employer__c}&
CF00Ni0000001a5jC={!User.FirstName}+{!User.LastName}&CF00Ni0000001a5jC_lkid={!$User.Id}