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An external ID is a custom field that has the “External ID” attribute, meaning that it contains unique record identifiers from a system outside of Salesforce.
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Can we use AccountNumber field in Account object as an External ID?
Just tried THIS: in the dev console
Account a = New Account(Name='test', AccountNumber='1234');
upsert a accountNumber;
and got this message:
Invalid field for upsert, must be an External Id cu …
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Issue with External Id while upserting from external system using Salesforce SOAP API
See my comment
You can add a field to tank concatenating the number and site and set that to external id. Then populate with a WFR.
Use that in the upsert
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How to insert (upsert) an object that has no external id?
You do not need any ID at all to insert a record. Simply use the REST api and end the endpoint at
instance_url/services/data/v30.0/sobjects/{CustomObject__c}
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updating the child record and linking it to parent
The External Id needs to be on the record in Salesforce.
Say you have:
Account -> (Name = 'Example Account', External_Id__c = 'ABCD');
To link the Child Lookup using the External Id you would do:
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