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How to efficiently combine 2 Lists<Contact> if the same Contact is in both
Here's how'd I do it:
public static SObject[] mergeData(SObject[] list1, SObject[] list2) {
Map<Id, SObject> results = new Map<Id, SObject>();
for(SObject[] recordList: new List&...
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Delete an SObject by knowing only Id
Yes, you can delete an object knowing only its Id.
If you know the object's type at development time, you can initialize an sObject instance with the Id and supply it to the delete DML operator, as ...
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Query All contacts for mass contacts delete
No need to create a support case, this doc has ways to accomplish your use case: 'Permanently remove Contacts or Subscribers and associated data from Contact Builder'
Prepare to delete any Contacts ...
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Inserting Accounts and Contacts Simultaneously
If you have an External Id field on Account that you can specify, you can set the relationship via the Name Pointing Field (Account).
String externalId = '<some_value>';
Account ...
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The length of the first and last names
A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Contact.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Contact.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also ...
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Marketing Cloud ContactID, where do I find this?
This would be SubscriberID on the _Subscribers view.
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Batch merging via Apex?
Use a custom object so you can load them quickly. Use a class so you can process those all in one batch go. Because of DML limits, you won't be able to just execute anonymous, unless you feel like ...
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How to write a soql query will give you accounts that have any contacts and get the contacts
I recommend you read A Deeper look at SOQL and Relationship Queries on Force.com. Everyone who works with Apex probably should.
In addition to the Left Inner Join you have in your WHERE clause, you ...
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GDPR: What happens to deleted contacts re-entered through imports
You would need to remove their address/contactkey from your system as well to stay GDPR compliant. The Marketing Cloud will allow the contact key back into the system after it has been fully deleted. ...
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Replace new line character in textArea field in Apex
Same answer as rael_kid, but in one regex:
replaceAll('\r\n|\n|\r',' ');
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get all task related to contact in developer console
You will need to SOQL Contact first then feed the Tasks List with those ContactIds to get the related Tasks.
Contact SOQL
Contact[] cons = [SELECT id from Contact ];
Now, feed these ContactIDs to ...
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How to query Account object with minimum number of children?
That can be a difficult query since Accounts and Contacts typically have a lot of records. There's a risk of running into the "Too many query rows" exception, but if you don't have too much data at ...
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No such column 'ReportsTo' on entity 'Contact'
The field name is ReportsToId, which you can see for yourself in the SOAP API Developer Guide page for the Contact object.
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Allow communities user to see multiple Accounts
Yes, sharing sets now support the Contacts with Multiple Accounts feature. Let’s say you create a community or portal user from a contact that is associated with multiple accounts. You can then create ...
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Fire Journey Builder when Contact Object is Updated
The documentation is a little misleading when it states: "The rule does not run when a record that previously met rule criteria is updated". Makes it sound like a record can't qualify again.
So for ...
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SOQL - Select only contacts that have related Opportunities
This is a good place to apply a semi-join pattern, which is the most common query tool used to limit a query by the presence or absence of related objects. It is made only a little bit more complex ...
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The length of the first and last names
you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
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Why is the LastName field required for the contact? What is the best approach to import contacts that only have the first name?
As for the LastName being mandatory, I can only say that it's by design. And seems there were ideas to get it optional, but Salesforce doesn't have any plan to do so. So it is very unlikely we can get ...
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Stop Salesforce Standard UI Phone Number field formatting (on blur)
Use a + at the beginning of a number to prevent automatic formatting. There isn't a reliable way to prevent this automatic formatting otherwise without code. For exaample +41251351415 will remain that ...
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How to get Opportunities from Contacts
This field is a bug and should not be used. It is technical debt that SFDC has not cleaned up yet. Mary Scotton at SFDC commented on this here: http://gokubi.com/archives/mystery-contact-id-field-on-...
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When one merges accounts, contacts or leads what happens to lookup relationships?
According to this documentation, they will move:
Any related items from any of the duplicate accounts will be associated with the newly merged account.
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How does Pardot Prospect Sync work?
Found it - at least the closest I could find:
If you're using a custom field in Salesforce on both leads and contacts, we pull the name of the Salesforce field from the contact field ID.
...
We ...
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Custom Button Issue
Please change the URL to:
/500?rlid=RelatedCaseList&id={!Case.ContactId}
And keep the button behaviour as Display in existing window without sidebar or header
Please let me know if it works.
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Lead Status Converted Value to Contact Status
From the docs:
When you convert a lead, data in standard lead fields is transferred
into standard account, contact, and opportunity fields. For custom
lead fields, the data is mapped to custom ...
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SOSQL Query for Contacts and Contact Roles
See the blog for SOQL subquery
You can use a inner query to achive this.
Try this code:
List<Account> accountList = [Select Id, Name,(Select id from AccountContactRoles), (Select Id from ...
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NPSP did not create an account
When you import contacts that are donors into the NPSP, there's a NPSP Data Import Object that you want to import them into first after which you can run the Nonprofit Starter Pack Data Importer Tool ...
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Is it possible to retrieve list of Accounts which has more than 100 contacts associated to it using a single SOQL?
Solution 1
You can do this in single soql via :
Select AccountId from Contact group by AccountId having count(Name) > 100
Solution 2
You have to create a roll-up summary field on account object ...
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How to query Account object with minimum number of children?
You can try following query:
SELECT Id, (SELECT Id FROM Contacts) FROM Account WHERE Id IN (SELECT
AccountId FROM Contact)
What you have missed is having AccountId in outer join.
Update:
If ...
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Marketing Cloud - Lead becomes Contact
There is a process for this, although it isn't documented externally. You can reach out to support or your local salesforce contact and ask about "Marketing Cloud Alternate Key Store"
If you follow ...
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Can I delete message on Mobile Connect?
Once a message is marked inactive after 180 Days it will be deleted by the system. This is covered in this help doc: Inactivate a Message
NOTE After 180 days, MobileConnect archives inactive messages ...
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