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We have integrated salesforce with our internal portal. On opportunity we have a field names Tags and there are certain values in it. When i use select Tags__c from Opportunity, i am getting only api names. How do i get the list of all labels in the Tags field? Is there a way to access the master table of the custom fields.

How to get the api name and label name in a single query?

Thank you in advance for the help

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  • Tags__c is a picklist field? If so, do you want to get the labels of the picklist field instead of its API names? – derroman Aug 11 at 7:03
  • Yes i want the list of labels associated with the custom field tags – Nandy Aug 11 at 8:09
  • then take a look to @sfdcfox's answer below – derroman Aug 11 at 8:11
  • i need to retrieve both api name and label in the same query. – Nandy Aug 11 at 9:02
  • in the same query? Not possible. What's your purpose? What do you want to achieve? – derroman Aug 11 at 12:27
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If you need to be able to read and write the proper values, you need a describe object call (describeSObject). This is available in SOAP, REST, and the UI-API. For example, you could call /services/v48.0/sobjects/Opportunity/describe to get the describe information.

In any case, you'll get the field and all possible API values, and their respective labels to present to a user. If you just need a translated value directly from a query (read-only access), you can use SOQL's toLabel method:

SELECT toLabel(Tags__c) FROM Opportunity
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  • Thank you for the help. I have one more thing here. How do i get both api_name and labels in the same query? – Nandy Aug 11 at 8:10
  • @Nandy In a query, you cannot. You would need two queries. If you use the User Interface API, you can get both values at once with the Records resource, otherwise you need a describe call. – sfdcfox Aug 11 at 14:35

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