Questions tagged [salesforce-id]
A Salesforce ID is the primary key field for any object. It is a primitive type in Salesforce. Salesforce Ids come in 15-character and 18-character "case safe" varieties, which are treated as equivalent by all APIs.
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What are Salesforce ID's composed of?
I remember seeing somewhere that IDs are composed of a few pieces. I always have a hard time trying to find that information when I'm looking for it. What I mean by the above is that the various ...
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How can I convert a 15 char Id value into an 18 char Id value?
What is the formula for calculating the additional 3 characters needed to append to a 15 char Id in order to form its equivalent 18 char Id?
I have a situation where I need to compare 15 char Ids (...
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How do I build a SOQL query for records in a list of IDs?
Can some one correct my soql? I need to export records in data loader like:
WHERE Id IN ('123123123','123123fsdf')
But this following query does not work for me:
SELECT Id, Syndication_Documents__c ...
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Can anybody explain the UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW error?
Error Message:
Developer script exception from Nicomatic : quotepotential :
quotepotential: execution of AfterUpdate caused by:
System.DmlException: Update failed. First exception on row 0 with ...
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Database.SaveResult.getId() returns null
I'm trying to update an account list and I need to get the Ids when the update fails.
I use the getId() method but for accounts which fail I get null.
It's an update so my account already has an Id.
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How do I query queue ID in Apex?
How do I query queue ID in Apex?
Known parameters:
Queue Name
Supported object
Miscellaneous information:
The reason I need queue ID in Apex because my routing logic assigns selected records to a ...
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SOQL where clause use 15-character ID?
Can anyone confirm this: in a SOQL Where clause, when comparing an ID field to a 15-character string variable, the comparison works.
I didn't expect it to work, but it does and I am surprised. I can'...
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What are the Salesforce Pod ID to instance mappings?
As per What are Salesforce ID's composed of?, the 4th and 5th character of a Salesforce ID can be used to identify which pod/server the record was created on. Note that due to events like pod ...
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can we check if a key exists in a map in vf page
is it possible to check for a specific key in a map i.e., whether it exists or not in VISUALFORCE page?
Based on this i need to render a pageblocktable.
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Get SObject by Id
I have an Id and I want to know if it's possible to get the SObject with this unique ID ?
Something like :
SObject object = getSObjectById(myId);
I didn't find a method allowing that !
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How to Convert 18 char Id to 15 char Id using substring in Apex trigger
I have a trigger where i am assigning ID to a cusotm field like below -
D.customfield__c = acc.Id;
The ID is coming as 00P28000000EwpjEA0
But i need only 00P28000000Ewpj 15 char. Is there is a way ...
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Does anybody have a good way of mapping a key prefix to an object type?
I want to be able to reliably take an ID and map it to the appropriate object type so I can query the object in question.
Before now I've tried using the global decsribe info, looping over the ...
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Finding a Custom Object Id (01I...) to get the Setup page URL
I'm trying to find a way to get the "Id" for a custom object's setup page. So I'm NOT trying get a record Id. I'm working on a custom visualforce page and I'm setting up a link so that when the user ...
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Converting uppercased 18-digit Id to valid Id
I am currently facing an issue where an external system passes back an 18-digit Id that our platform has previously sent to them. However in the process the capitalization of the Id has been removed - ...
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How to get an 18 digit ID from 15 digit ID using SOQL
I have a 15 digit Sfdc ID, but I do not know which object it belongs to.
How can I find out which objects it belongs to and the convert it to 18 digits - all using SOQL?
P.S. I was annoyed at having ...
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Are SObject Id's sequential & should they be used for defining batches in a large data retrieval?
Are Salesforce ObjectIds (15/18 char) guaranteed to be sequential, based on create date?
In other words, would the following queries return the same sequence of items?:
1. Select Id from Account ...
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Populating lookup fields using an external ID
I have an lookup field in my opportunity object which is pointing to a custom object called Code__c.
Code__c has an external Id field called Code_Source__c.
When creating an opportunity once way of ...
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Creating a link using an 18 character ID
I have an 18 character SFDC ID. I was under the impression that I should be able to create a link to that record using the following pattern: https://<org server>.salesforce.com/<id>
For ...
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Converting the Salesforce Pod Id to ServerUrl/Name
Given a Salesforce Org Id, how can I determine the name and serverUrl to use with APIs?*
For example, given the Org Id 00DE00001234ooT I can get the Pod/Server identifier from the first character ...
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How to access and not hardcode the field ID for a custom object? Using Apex, to construct URLs
Lets say you wanna create a new instance of a custom object, lets call this Custom Object Relationship_Detail__c.
You are trying to create a link where it takes you to the proper RecordTypeId and it ...
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Any documentation or insight on the "empty id string"?
This answer (from Nathan Pike a Salesforce developer) mentions the idea of an "empty id string" that can be appended to the 3 digit key prefix. I've wanted an ID that matches nothing but is ...
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Is it possible to insert multiple records in Salesforce using cURL at the same time?
I am using cURL to insert data into salesforce. It works with single record but I need to insert multiple records at a time. Is it possible to do so and is it possible via a REST interface?
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Convert Date to milliseconds and milliseconds to Date
I am getting date into JSON as below :
date=1382166999
It seems that date has been returned in milliseconds format.
Can anyone please suggest the way to convert it into normal date format and vice ...
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How to update parentID on Attachments in Salesforce
I need to move Attachments from one SF to another SF, but the final parent object is not in the destination org. So I've created temporary records and plan to update the ParentId of the attachments ...
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is of 18 digit ID really case insensitive?
As per documentation(or should i say popular belief ... as i did not find exact documentation link) 18 digits are case insensitive and 15 digit ids are case sensitive.
In fact many site blogs says ...
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Ids in Salesforce - Same across environments?
Let us say, I have a recordType for an object in Production. Assuming RecordTypeId is a12345678, if I "refresh" a sandbox (Not a full copy sandbox), the recordType will be created in the refreshed ...
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Can an Object Definition's ID be obtained programmatically?
I've noticed that SF related lists are anchored (#) by a concatenation of the current record's Id, an underscore, the Id of the related list's object definition, and then "_target" (e.g. #...
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Set CreatedById Field in Apex Test Class
I have created a trigger on the Account object that is validated only if the records are being created by an non-admin account.
In order to test this functionality I would have to set the ...
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How to pass a variable to the SOQL where clause?
I am using Salesforce API with C#. In the query that I am writing I am not sure how to pass a parameter to the select statement. My query works when it looks like this:
SOQL = "select AuthorId,Name, ...
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Rerender a pageBlock if a value is entered in an inputField?
I want to rerender a pageBlock by checking whether the inputField is null. If it is not null, then it should rerender the pageblock. I wrote the code, but the page block which needs to be rendered is ...
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Distance between Salesforce ID indicates activity of other tenants
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Does the distance between two Salesforce IDs indicate how many records have been created by other orgs?
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Assuming I create a scheduled job that creates an Account periodically. The ...
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Calling a Apex controller method using JavaScript in VF page
Hi can anybody guide me how to call a method in controller from a VF page.
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Is there a way to change a Salesforce ID?
Salesforce generates and manages the 15-18 character Salesforce IDs for objects in their system.
We are getting a super weird error where our system can't handle an ID coming in from a customers ...
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Does salesforce assign Ids of deleted Records to new records?
For ex: If I create a new Account, does salesforce algorithm always generate a new record Id or it looks for any of the old deleted record and assigns that Id?
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Find out if a given string is Salesforce Id in Java
Is there a way(regex or something) to find out if a given string is a Salesforce Id or not? I'm looking for some helper class in Java.
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What will happen with the Salesforce Pod identifier when there are more than 62 instances?
Currently the pod instance that a record is created on is encoded in the 4 character of the ID, immediately after the key prefix. There are some more details about the Pod identifier in the question ...
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How do I get the user details when authenticating with OAuth 2.0?
I am using DotNetOpenAuth libraries to implement OAuth 2.0 client side to communicate with SalesForce authorization server. I have finished first two steps of OAuth 2.0 communication that ends with ...
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Issue with using ContactID as subscriber key in Marketing Cloud
We have set up our Sales Cloud - Marketing Cloud integration where Contact ID is used as the subscriber key. What we've noticed is when we have contact ID as the subscriber relationship on our ...
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From SOQL, Truncate Id 18 to 15 - Cased Correctly?
If I query for a record and get back its Id, I get 18 characters. However, support has informed me that for the purposes of testing, the setProcessDefinitionNameOrId method will only work with a 15 ...
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How to get salesforce Ids for fields from apex using Schema methods?
I tried this approach, but the Salesforce Id is not being returned by getDescribe method.
Schema.DescribeFieldResult field = Schema.SObjectType.Account.fields.Name;
system.debug(' Account field, \'...
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Toggle Comments shortcut key
I am looking for the shortcut to be able to toggle comments in Force.com IDE. I use it often in the regular flavour of eclipse and other IDEs. Looking at the preferences page, it seems like I should ...
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Check if a .txt file of IDs all exist in Salesforce
I receive a .txt files of type ID, e.g. 003U000000PL9LN, 001U000000PL9LM, a1fU000000PL9LO. I need to check if these IDs correspond to valid objects within Salesforce. I have a List of IDs in Apex.
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Required fields are missing:
I am writing a test class. When i run my test class i am getting an error
System.DmlException: Insert failed. First exception on row 0; first error: REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING, Required fields are ...
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Identify component type from ID
I am curious to know, is there any way exists from where we can know that a particular id is of type VF/class/trigger/components etc.
The way I think/know currently is, to query with "ApexPage" to ...
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Are object Id's globally unique across an organization?
Is it safe to say that an ID for an object in Salesforce is guaranteed to be unique across all objects for an organization? I ask this since id's for objects are prefixed with the keyPrefix value ...
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Get the ID of a lookup field for Onclick Javascript Button
I am trying to get the ID of a lookup field so I can populate a field on a new record that is created when an Onclick Javascript button is clicked. Basically I need the ID of Birth_Record_c.Dame_c ...
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userinfo.getuseremail() returns noreply@salesforce.com in salesforce
I have created a package in salesforce that will make an http callout request with user's email id to get data for that email and add the data to some custom object. But when I tried using UserInfo....
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Does SObjectType Access Guarantee Id Access?
I am writing a fluent query builder which I hope will pass security review, and I still have a few nagging questions. I will refrain from asking more than one question per question, so right now, what ...
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understanding salesforce licensing for development and deployment
I am trying to understand the licensing issues on I would come across on Force.com for developing an application that will have its own data source and will also be pulling data from SalesForce.com ...
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