Questions tagged [fielddefinition]
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Cannot download FieldDefinition data for Contact object
I cannot download the FieldDefinition data using the Tooling API for all Contact fields.
I have used this query to get the Id for the Contact object:
SELECT Id FROM EntityDefinition where ...
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Bulk Query for FieldDefinition object is failing
am doing a simple query to get all of the fields and their metadata from a list of objects from the FieldDefinition table.
my query is:
SELECT DeveloperName FROM FieldDefinition where EntityDefinition....
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Custom metadata type Field Definition Data Type evaluating incorrectly in validation rule
A custom metadata type has a Field Definition related to an Entity. The following validation rule ensures the value of this field can only be a User lookup:
AND(
FieldDefinition__c != NULL,
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Why does my custom metadata field defintion query not work?
I'm reading the answer to this following question:
How to get a field's API name when querying a field of datatype, Metadata Relationship(Field Definition)
However, when I run the following ...
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Get components of a compound field?
I am currently running into this limitation of Custom Metadata:
Custom Metadata Relationships and Compound Fields
Since it is still not possible to relate a record to a specific EntityParticle (e.g. ...
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Querying inlineHelpText using the tooling API
From my small experiments it seems that this field isn't queryable through the Tooling API.
Using this query here:
https://www.salesforce.com/services/data/v40.0/tooling/query?q=Select+Id,+...
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How to improve performance when querying CustomMetadata's FieldDefinition fields
When I query string columns on custom metadata objects, I get decent performance. However, if I query a column that points to a FieldDefinition, my query became much slower.
Is this a known system ...
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