Questions tagged [canonical-qa]
Use this tag to indicate that it is an umbrella question intended to answer a number of essentially duplicate questions that vary only in implementation detail. The question should be generic enough to cover the various details, and the answer should aim to be universally applicable to all would-be duplicates. This tag should not be used for "normal" questions.
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Why are my flow's input/output parameters not working with my InvocableMethod?
This is a canonical question and answer developed by the community to help address common questions. If you've been directed here, or your question has been closed as a duplicate, please look through ...
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How do I bulkify queries for directly or indirectly related records?
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Why can't I see related data in my Apex, or why are related records showing up as `null`?
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How do I get started working with JSON in Apex?
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What is a good pattern for recursion blocking in generic trigger handlers?
Here I'm talking about a handler that covers all the TriggerOperations and that accepts SObjects of arbitrary type. And the recursion problem is where a change caused by a trigger results in that ...
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ApexMocks Troubleshooting Guide
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When using ApexMocks, I'm getting unexpected results. What could be the possible reasons?
Here are some of the symptoms I observe:
Null pointer exception in my service ...
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When should I use SeeAllData=true in my test methods?
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How do I unit test code that includes a callout?
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How do I increase my code coverage, or why can't I cover these lines?
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How do I test asynchronous Apex?
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How do I write an Apex unit test?
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How do I get lightning:datatable to do some undocumented thing X?
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I want to do <some really cool thing> with a lightning:datatable, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I checked the documentation, but I did not see a way to ...
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Working with SObjects instead of concrete custom objects (i.e., abstraction in apex)
We have a bunch of custom objects, some of which implement a specific set of custom fields of the same type. (e.g., UniqueID, ExternalID, etc.). I want to be able to write one method that takes and ...
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How do I find the child relationship name?
I'm using a SOQL to query the lookup relationships.
Primary Object: Opportunity
Secondary Object: Purchase__c.
From purchase__c we have a lookup to opportunity.
Field Name: Opportunity__c
Child ...
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Where To start Learning With Salesforce Development
Where should I start learning? There are various topics to learn like Objects, Classes, Apex, Visualforce, SOSL, SOQL, Triggers, etc. There are so many options out there to start learning. I couldn't ...
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How to write a unit-test / test class for trigger?
How do I write a unit-test / test class for a trigger?
What are my options?
Inline with the trigger?
New Class?
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How do you deserialize json properties that are reserved words in Apex?
Is there any way to deserialize JSON into an object using JSON.deserialize if some of the property names in the JSON are reserved words in Apex? I want to do something like this:
string jsonString = '{...
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