Updating Existing Leads Instead of Creating New Ones
Question I am new to Apex and trying to solve the following problem using Salesforce Enterprise Edition. We have a web-to-lead form that collects information about resource downloads. This form captures basic visitor details and includes a custom field to store a description of the downloaded resource. Visitors can download…
How to Upload a Chatter File Using Apex?
Question In the Chatter tab, I can navigate to “Files” and upload a file without attaching it to any record. I want to achieve the same functionality using Apex. How can I create a Chatter File via Apex? Answer To upload a file in Apex, you need to work with…
Why is a field not groupable in SOQL?
Question: I am trying to use an aggregate query in Salesforce, but one of the fields I want to group by is not groupable. I noticed this when I received a SOQL error, and later, I verified that the field’s groupable attribute is set to false in the metadata. The…
How to Retrieve Active Subscribers in Child BU with Unsubscribes?
Question When working with Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC), retrieving accurate subscriber data from a specific Child Business Unit (BU) can be difficult, especially when considering unsubscribe statuses. This challenge arises because ent._Subscribers aggregates records across Parent and Child BUs, which means it doesn’t accurately reflect unsubscribe statuses for a specific…
Can We Chain a Queueable That Makes a Callout?
Question In Apex, we can implement Database.AllowsCallouts in a Queueable class to allow HTTP callouts. However, this seems to interfere with chaining queueable jobs. Consider the following code: Here, MyWSUtil.makeCallout is a static method performing an HTTP callout using data from a custom object that queues pending integrations. QueueUtil contains…
Why Do Test Methods Not Support Web Service Callouts?
Question: I’ve been struggling with an error that occurs whenever I try to run a test for a method that contains an HTTP callout. Despite following the architecture guide from Salesforce’s official documentation (http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_restful_http_testing_httpcalloutmock.htm), I still encounter the same error. To verify if it was an issue with my code,…
How to Dynamically Access Class Properties in Apex Using Object
Question Can Apex Class Properties Be Accessed Dynamically? Is it possible to dynamically access properties of an Apex class? In Apex, we can create an Object and assign any class to it, but accessing the properties of the assigned class dynamically seems unclear. Can anyone provide documentation or examples of…
How to Use Field Sets in Lightning?
Question: I have been trying to create a Salesforce Lightning input form based on fields from a field set. Since an Aura-enabled Apex method cannot return an entire field set directly, I attempted to convert it into a JSON string and pass it to the Lightning component. While this approach…
How to get the entity ID for a custom field in Apex?
Question I need a way to get the 15-character entity ID for a custom field on the Lead object in an Apex controller. I tried using the following method: However, I ran into an issue since there is no getId() method available, so this approach doesn’t work. How can I…
LWC Datatable Filtering with Infinite Scrolling?
Question: I’m struggling to filter my Lightning Web Component (LWC) datatable while using infinite scrolling. When applying a filter, the component seems to duplicate rows and also fails to trigger the onloadmore event for infinite scrolling. I have a custom datatable that loads an initial set of five records from…
