Which object stores the files (not attachments)? I'm looking to access this via a trigger.
Is it possible to add a field to this document/file objects?
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- The actual "content" of the file is saved as a
ContentVersion ContentVersioncan have custom fieldsContentVersionis a child ofContentDocument- an object implicitly created by SFDC when the firstContentVersionis created for that file. Subsequent file versions are save as the 2nd, 3rd, ... children ofContentDocumentYou can think ofContentDocumentas a 'header' for all of the versions of that document.ContentDocument(and thus, the latestContentVersion) is connected to the target object from whence the original file was uploaded viaContentDocumentLink(e.g. a link betweenOpportunityandContentDocument)
answered Dec 19, 2016 at 23:11
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Where is the body blob of the file stored? This way I can upload it to an external site? Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 2:17
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Perfect! Thanks much! I may need to figure out how to turn this into a binary stream but that's a different question :) Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 23:21
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@tjcinnamon - glad this helped; as a service to the Community, you should mark the answer as accepted (check mark) so others upon searching know the question was, in fact, answered.– cropredyCommented Jun 3 at 21:16
ContentDocument is the object and ContentDocumentLink is the object that connects that file to a given record.
You cannot add custom fields to either of those two objects.
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dang! I was hoping to add a long text area to help index these documents. Is there a different object that indexes these? Commented Dec 19, 2016 at 19:56
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A better question would have been, "where does is the data of indexed documents stored"? Commented Dec 19, 2016 at 20:00
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1I'm not 100% sure but I believe it would be under ContentVersion Commented Dec 19, 2016 at 20:09
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I'm looking that ContentDocument in the workbench and doing a SOQL query on the id and it says there's none Commented Dec 19, 2016 at 20:34