Questions tagged [sobject]
An sObject represents an object, such as an Account or Campaign. An sObject is the base object for all objects in Apex.
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Benefits of using sObject.clone versus creating a new record
Hello I am curious whats the use case of the clone method. Also when its beneficial. Example here I create a lead once then clone it 200 times.
list<lead> leadlist = new list<lead>();
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Update sObjects in .sfdx/typings
I have a VSCode SFDX Project that we use to develop LWCs, and we recently changed some object names in the Org and now I can't upload anything to our Org.
I found that there is a command to refresh ...
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How to store a collection type (set, map, list) on a object?
I have a visual-force page which displays an Apex form with some dynamic number of input text fields that I would like to save on the Opportunity object. Is the easiest way to serialize them as JSON ...
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How to enable read permissions for organization sobject?
I'm trying to use the salesforce standard rest api to access the organization sobject so I can read the name of an organization I'm working with. I make a soql query "SELECT Id,Name FROM Organization ...
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Rendering Visual Force page as PDF via the REST api
The documentation suggests that a Visual Force page can easily be rendered with apex: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_output_pdf_render_in_apex.htm
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unable to read sobject when object has id null
I am actually getting the error "Unable to read sobjet", when sending an object to my server even if I specify the sobjectType as follow :
sendforSave : function(component) {
var habitatInfo = ...
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How salesforce compares on sObject with another
We know that "Set" is a collection of unique records. If I am creating a set of SObjects, on what basis Salesforce identifies Uniqueness of the entries in the Set?
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How do i iterate over a list with 3 different object types in lightning component?
I am building a lighting component which needs to iterate over a list with three different object types but I have run into a problem because I cannot write an aura if expression which checks the ...
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How to access Owner field using getDescribe().fields.getMap()
I have a below code to access owner field from sObject.
Map <String, Schema.SObjectType > sObjects = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();
Schema.SObjectType targetType = sObjects.get('...
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Generic SObject update pattern
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I know that it is possible to update a generic of List<SObject>, But what is the best approach to generate that list without knowing the SObjectType, only the ids ?
Sample:
List<...
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how to create dynamic query [closed]
List<Opportunity> opps = [
SELECT Id
,Name
,Amount
,CloseDate
,Stagename
,Near_to_Close_Date__c
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Convert List<String> into List<Schema.SObjectField>
I have a below code
public PageReference SyncCandidatewithMirror(map<Id, cxsrec__cxsCandidate__c> NewMap,Map<Id, List<String>> fieldChangedMapChanged, List<...
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How does joining two custom objects into one custom object through master-detail relationship work
I've been working on a test method but I've had a problem creating the setup of it.
public static List<Job_Posting__c> createPostings(){
List<Job_Posting__c> testPostings = new ...
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How are action overrides handled for managed package upgrades?
I want to override a custom object's "New" action with a Visualforce page in my managed package. (This is the mechanism where the platform's default New or Edit or View etc. actions can be routed to ...
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Delete an SObject by knowing only Id
Is it possible to delete an SObject by knowing only Id?
Here is what I found:
Id del = '003S00000099999'; // whatever ID you are deleting
Contact ct = new Contact(Id = del);
delete ct;
So, is it ...
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Adding new Fields to Sobject or changing field values dynamically
I have a Sobject Record which is already instantiated and fields are added along with values.
sObject sObj = Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get(Name of Object).newSObject() ;
sobj.put(...
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Trying to create a new User, cannot create new user because of profileID
I am trying to create a new user inside of Salesforce using nforce. However, every time I create the user I get the error: FIELD_INTEGRITY_EXCEPTION stating Profile ID: id value of incorrect type: ...
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List all standard and custom fields for a given object (standard/custom object)
is there a way to list all the fields both standard and custom for a given object.
tooling api - customfield gives only list of custom fields but not the standard fields.
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Using sObject.get() to fetch a field value from a related parent object
I have a contact in a generic sObject in apex and while I'm able to easily get detail field values using
sObject.get('MyContactField__c')
I'm not able to get fields off the related parent object, ...
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Lightning components - Initiating attribute with controller with multiples sObjects
I'm Working on Lightning components
I would like to add some values in my App, by its controller (aura:handler)
I'm trying with this :
component.set("v.objetsCamping", tabObjets);
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Combining similar code with different objects
I have 4 very similar code blocks in a trigger that deal with synchronizing record type changes from Opportunity to its children. The only difference between them is that they do work on different ...
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Query regarding generic sObject and specific sObject
I was going through the 'Apex and Database basics' module in Trailhead and came across the following sentence in one of the units:
This example shows how the generic sObject variable can be assigned ...
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Strange Behavior with null sObject in Apex Class
I've observed some strange behavior with null sObjects which are members of an Apex class. Consider the following anonymous block:
public class test
{
public Contact tc;
public test(){}
}
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Salesforce database : how does it work
I don't really know how to ask that question, in Salesforce we have objects, and if I want to update some object (for example) I use an soql query like
Account a = [select name from Account where id ...
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RelatedTo field of Email message
RelatedTo field has multiple lookups to various object for my instance its heavily populated as follows:
Lookup(Contract,Campaign,Organization,Donation,Product,Asset,Case,Solution,Asset ...
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Adding a Custom Field to all sObjects in the same edit?
I want to add a custom field to all my salesforce objects, at the same time,
a high level idea, is that they are control ID for an external source, but is there a way to add the fields to all objects ...
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Error: MIXED_DML_OPERATION on setup and non-setup objects
In my test class i have the creation of a dummy custom setting and a dummy lead:
Group g1 = new Group(Name='group name', type='Queue');
insert g1;
QueuesObject q1 = new ...
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Sobject Get on Relationship fields : Invalid Field [duplicate]
I am working on a module where I have to create complex nested JSON dynamically based upon configs stored in custom metadata, The metadata contains Object name, fields names as text fields.
Now the ...
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Salesforce datetime field adding user timezone to the field
I have two datetime field in custom object, to which I am inserting values programatically from my apex class.
Fields from my custom object
My apex code used to insert/update records in the custom ...
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Retrieve object type via id using apex
I am new to Salesforce and trying to figure out the object type using the ID which I see in the URL on the Salesforce page.
I found many places describing how to do this with the Apex language, such ...
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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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Iterate over a few objects in a single loop?
I have a few objects that have the same fields (referring to Article Types) such as: FAQ__kav, Tutorial__kav, Video__Kav
Is it possible to add all of these records to a single list (I guess of type ...
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Wrong IsNillable flag for Name field while querying FieldDefinition object
I am trying to retrieve the list of fields which are mandatory and running below query:
SELECT id, DeveloperName,EntityDefinitionId,IsNillable,Label FROM FieldDefinition where EntityDefinitionId= '...
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Illegal assignment from List<or_guestsJSON> to or_guestsJSON
I an trying to write a testclass for a JSON object but het the error:
Illegal assignment from List to or_guestsJSON. How do I annotate the list in my testclass?
Class
public class or_guestsJSON ...
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How to get the value from an object
I have an object which gives me the following when I debug :-
{name=Baltmore, uid=abcdef00-acft-126a-8cfw-efihfcirffw}
I would like to get the uid as a string. I tried agency.get('uid') but this ...
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Create a Case with SOAP in PHP - Failing to map across Contact ID
I have created a connection via SOAP with PHP and I am trying to create a new Case when the user submits the form. I have the SFDC Contact ID of the user and I am trying to insert the Contact Id into ...
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Aura Attribute of Type Object is Supported in Flows?
I am working on a Flow Screen and trying to assign a value to a lightning component attribute from a variable in the flow. The flow screen allows me to select the lightning component but it doesn't ...
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How can I create records that pair to their parents dynamically?
I have batch class which inserts records into a number of different objects from the same logic using dynamic code. My records need to be associated to the correct parent records (i.e. Contacts to ...
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Figure out which fields are required from Setup
Is it possible to figure out which fields are required from Setup?
I mean, I can of course go and look at each field settings and check the required checkbox, but very often I need to look at a few ...
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SOSL on Permission Sets error when no ID is included
I am testing SOSL's on Permission Sets for something I am building and noticed that if I don't include the ID in the fields to request, the search fails:
An unexpected error occurred. Please ...
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How to send wrapped generic SObjects from Lightning to Apex
I have a lightning component with an apex controller that wraps generic records in an inner class.
When I send the wrapped records to apex and receive them as generic SObjects, I get this error ...
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How do I create a Sobject instance in JavaScript, on a Lightning Component controller, to pass to the Apex controller?
I have a lightning component from which I pass some values to a controller. I want to pass the object as a variable and update a field on this object.
How do I make the object variable? See my ...
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Downfall of creating apex object using existing Id from SOQL with related object
I want to ask if there is any potential downfall of creating object in apex with Id that I would get from SOQL on diffrent object?
Pseudo code
SELECT Id, Foo__r.Id, Foo__r.Name from Bar__c
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Tell a component to update its' content when a related record is added on the same record page
I have a Lightning Component in a Record Page on Order object, and whenever I add a product (new OrderItem is created) in the order, I'd like to somehow notify the component to update its' content.
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Injecting Contact Created in SF on Child BU Journey Builder
I created a Journey in Child BU that uses SF Object Contacts as entry and trigger whenever a Contact Is created. So i tested creating contact and see if it is being accepted under the Child BU JB, but ...
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How to find `Selected Quick Actions` in Search layout List View
EDIT:
Adding a listview screen shot:
As you can see I do not have a listview named List View
If I go to quickActions endpoint I can find my quick actions (in my case `New Child Case')
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Query name/Help Text/Description of custom fields in a custom object
I want to Query Name/Help Text/Description of custom fields in a custom object. Something like:
SELECT Name, HelpText, Description FROM sboject WHERE object = XXX
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How to use inner class / wrapper class as scope in Apex Batch
I already successfully collecting the list of data from callout another system as json body to the inner class to accomodate custom information:
Here is the apex class of the inner class:
public ...
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How to export object with their field-level securities and/or how to set all fields securities levels at once?
My team and I are working on a project together using Lightning components and a lightning app. Each one of us have our own Salesforce developer edition orgs. We use "Force CLI" to fetch the code to ...
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Using ObjectType global variable in lightning component
In the doc (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_dynamic_vf_globals_objecttype.htm) it is said that the SobjectType global variable can be used in lightning ...
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