Questions tagged [formatting]
About formatting data such as String, Datetime, etc.
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Does SOQL.FORMAT() always return the same formatted string as getFieldDisplayValue()?
Does SOQL.FORMAT() always return the same locally formatted string that getFieldDisplayValue() would?
In lightning/uiRecordApi, there are two methods for getting the value of a field from a record:
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Having issues with handling text field
I have one requirement where text field have information like below format:
String name = 'email,phone(Jason),mobile,address(Mason)';
Now what I want to do is create a Map<Key, List<String>&...
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Apex Code Formatter for SOQL
I want SOQL fields should be in the same line, not every field goes to a new line,
Current :
Expected :
SELECT Field1, Field1, Field1, Field1,....
FROM Object
WHERE ...
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{
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Vertical Alignment of Button in Grid Column
In my Lightning Grid one of the columns contains an Input Field and the one next to it contains a button.
Ideally I would like the button icon to align vertically with the input field and horizontally ...
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Screen flow format decimal places
I have a screen flow that is displaying a currency field from an object with two decimal places. The problem is that if the decimal part is .00, it is completely dropping the decimal places. Below is ...
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Change the CreatedDate format in Apex
I have the following apex code that displays the created date of records:
for(let i=0; i<emailMessages.length; i++){
replyBody += 'On '+ emailMessages[i].CreatedDate + ' ' + emailMessages[i]....
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Use Salesforce Flow to check for a certain phone number format
As the title states I'm trying to check if my phone numbers are suitable to be converted to standard format (US only). Specifically, I want all 10 digit phone numbers that do not start with 1 and all ...
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Ampscript for multi language: date format in code
I am a beginner in AMPscript and I am facing an issue.
I would like to convert a date format into the customer language.
For now, I was able to convert the format from "xx/xx/xxxx" into &...
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Formatting of lightning-output-field in grid with LWC
I'm trying to display 2 columns of data in a LWC using . They are displaying ok (ideally I would want the labels not wrapping) but when I resize the browser window, some of the columns can jump to ...
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Default Date/Time In Medium Format 28 Jan 2008, 16:30:05 instead of 28/01/2008, 16:30
Company would like to display the Date format in SF to show the month as text (e.g. Jan instead of 01). From the following article this appears to be the a OOB option by setting the users Local to ...
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Converting Date/Time to Dates in reporting?
I have a report I'm running where one of the columns is Case CreatedDate, which defaults to a DateTime format like 9/10/2021, 11:44 AM.
Is there a way to apply formatting to this so it could show in ...
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Editing the rich text field breaks the formatting
Within the screen flow we are using a custom "inputrichtextfsc" component where we are passing a classic e-mail template with formatting.
This is the e-mail template (just for an example):
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lightning-formatted-time with only HH:MM
Trying to display the Time in LWC component by using lightning-formatted-time, by default it print HH:MM:SS
I would like to print only HH:MM
<lightning-formatted-time value={stime.Start_Time__c}>...
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How to make VScode auto fix missing semicolons Apex?
Hey does anyone here know how to make VSCode auto fix missing semicolons instead of just show where it is missing?
I Started setting up Prettier and it will format apex code but not replace double ...
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Lightning Web Component 'lightning-input-rich-text' Change Font Size
I have a lightning-input-rich-text (LWC) in which I'd like to change the default text size from 12 to 10. On following the instructions in https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/...
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LWC Datatable percent data alignment off
So I've tried both of the solutions posted here:
Lightning datatable column value misaligned
and neither of them are working for what I have.
The column above is the only sortable column in the ...
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Shorten zipcode in email using ampscript?
The data extension I'm working with has a zipcode field that, for some people, populates the 5-digit zipcode and for others it has the additional 4 digits. Is there a way with ampscript that I can ...
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Lightning Web Component datatable - date time formatting
I'm creating a LWC with datatable that shows some of the key record values.
I have just one issue - regarding the date/time formatting.
For some reason, the field is shown as:
My goal is to show it ...
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Prettier errors out when formatting Apex classes
I have prettier and prettier-plugin-apex node modules installed. Formatting LWC and JSON works fine with prettier but get the below error when formatting Apex files. Never had this issue on my old ...
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1 in superscript converts to tt
I'm trying to add '1' in superscript to input:
but '1' is displayed as a 'tt'
What is the way to add '1' in superscript to be shown properly?
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Left align currency symbol but right align the number in LWC [closed]
Is there any way to Left align currency symbol but right align the number in LWC?
Example:
$ 2500.38
$ 127.63
$ 99.01
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Salesforce record to Excel
So I'm trying to build a Visualforce page that takes some data from an individual record, displays it in a table and populates the appropriate fields, as well as leaving some fields empty, and exports ...
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LWC Datatable values formatting
Below is an image of standard account history related list and another one that I am trying to replicate.
I am not sure how to get the field label from Field from AccountHistory. Also, how to go about ...
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Empty lines after each line in LWC meta files
After sfdx force:source:retrieve -x manifest/package.xml my meta files (only LWC) have empty empty lines after each line.
Before retrieve:
<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce....
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formatGMT YYYY returning next year and yyyy returning this year?
We noticed a behavior with formatGmt function especially around using YYYY vs yyyy, anyone facing the same?
Below is showing one year ahead:
system.debug('GMT Time'+System.now().formatGmt('E, dd MMM ...
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Date format in Marketing Cloud email based on locale
I am looking to show the date in two different formats based on locale (the locale variable is set to LocaleCode earlier in the email). For en-US it should be January 1, 2021 and all other locales it ...
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Change DoB format to 'yyyymmdd' in Marketing Cloud
I am trying to pull in DoB from a Data extension via ampscript and change the date format to be 'yyyymmdd'
where am i going wrong?
%%[var @DoB, SET @DoB = [Date_of_Birth__c] ]%%
set @DoB = ...
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Use Prettier in VS Code to format Visualforce
I'm struggling to get the Prettier for Apex (installed as per instructions here enter link description here) to format Visualforce Pages and Components. I have a vague memory of this working for me in ...
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Is the time-zone attribute broken in lightning-formatted-date-time?
Based on my reading of the documentation that includes statements like this:
When using the component to display a date only, without time, include
time-zone="UTC" to ensure the correct ...
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In Apex, how can I format Datetime for Europe/Berlin without assuming the input value is GMT?
I currently have the following function:
public String formatForGermany(Datetime targetTime) {
return this.format(targetTime, 'Europe/Berlin');
}
private String format(Datetime targetTime, String ...
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How to format my Salesforce time field for input in visualforce?
I have a time field (new time field format) called Time_In_1__c in a visualforce page. When I enter a value such as "3:00 pm" and hit save, Salesforce displays the value as 15:00:00:000. I'...
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How to format a date in a javascript?possible [closed]
How can I format a date object to print as today instead of showing a numeric date in a javascript?
I'd like to display it like this: today At 5:00 PM.
js
var today = new Date();
var date = new Date(...
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Any formatting JavaScript APIs in LWC?
I'd like to format a currency value that a user inputs in a modal dialog as part of a lightning-datatable field that is composed of some fixed text and that currency value.
But AFAIK there are no ...
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Prettier formatting tabSize and printWidth
In VS Code preference, I set the Tab Width = 4 and Print Width = 120, but when I format, I can still see the tabSize being 2. Is there any other configuration that I need to do? Thanks.
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Replacing HTML Code in a String [duplicate]
We're being passed a field in a data string with the HTML code '$'. We're wanting to change that to '$', since when we send emails it still shows as '$' and not '$' on a web page....
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Ampscript to change a certain value in a dynamic field
So our data team is passing a value in a data extension that they want to display as a dollar sign, e.g. "$0.499". However, when read in our email, it displays the HTML and not '$'. Is there ...
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Is there a way to invoke Salesforce's phone number formatter on a given string?
I want to take all the phone numbers for a given contact in from a SOQL query (which provides the phone number in a raw format) and then have all of the phone numbers in this format as options in a ...
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Format decimal according to locale, but with fixed number of decimal places
There were many question around the topic of formatting decimals according to user's locale and rounding decimals, but I haven't seen the one that actually fits my case, so here I go.
I am creating ...
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Salesforce removing line breaks when importing data from CSV
We're currently busy with a migration of data from our old system to our brand new Salesforce system.
As part of this migration, we're migrating data fields that contain flat text with line breaks, ...
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Apex format function returning weird dates
I am attaching a screenshot which shows a code sample and it's output also. When I normally debug the created date it shows me correct output and then when I try to format it using format function it ...
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Can you format merge fields in Salesforce email templates?
Basically I am trying to create some email templates that send out to our users that contain a phone number. A lot of these phone numbers are formatted with no parathensis or dashes, and are in the ...
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End of File issues with Prettier formatting for javascript
I've got the following prettier config in my repo. When I commit a .js, .css file for an aura component, save it to salesforce org, and retrieve it, I find that my git repo complains that something ...
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Date formatting for SOQL String - unexpected output
I have '273' added as a day with the following line:
DateTime.newInstance(dStart.year(), dstart.month(), dstart.day()).format('DD-MM-YYYY');
so the output looks like '273-09-2019' - what gives?
I ...
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How to format Apex code more flexible than with Prettier
Note: This is a Salesforce-specific question so don't close it.
Salesforce has contributed a Prettier plugin for Apex so in other
forums people cannot help me.
I'm new to Prettier and couldn't ...
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Dataloader.io Importing numbers with extra zeros
While trying to import/update some Contract records in my Salesforce system, I have run into issues with the formatting and consistency of currency fields.
If I update a currency field with the ...
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make text highlighted red & bold if criteria is met?
i have a requirement that if my text field has a certain value it should be displayed highlighted red and bold. at first thought i'm thinking i have to change the field type to a formula field that ...
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Format an Integer as a number in VisualForce page
I am trying to format the field BodyLength of the Attachment Object which is an Integer in my VisualForce Page.
This should work but it doesn't.
<apex:outputText value="{0, number, ###,###,###,###}...
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AMPscript: Including Ordinal Indicators In Date Formatting
I have an automated email that will be sent every month and I'm trying to get the expiry to reference the last date of the current month formatted to read 31st January, 2019 or 28th February, 2019. I'...
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Formatting a derived measure that was calculated from multiple datasets
I understand how to format a derived measure using the XMD.
But here, my derived measure comes from multiple datasets. Here is my SAQL:
q = load "Dataset1";
q = group q by all;
q = foreach q ...
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LWC HTML formatting using prettier
I am using Prettier for formatting HTML code in Lightning web component but it is adding quotes around properties. This is not required for LWC and it throws an error.
I tried different Quote Props ...
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