Case

Represents a case, which is a customer issue or problem.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Fields

Field	Details
AccountId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description ID of the account associated with this case.
CaseNumber	Type string Properties Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, Sort Description Assigned automatically when each case is inserted. It can't be set directly, and it can't be modified after the case is created.
ClosedDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The date and time when the case was closed.
CommunityId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description ID of the Community (Chatter Service) associated with this case. This field is available in API version 24.0 and later.
ConnectionReceivedId	Type reference Properties Filter, Nillable Description ID of the PartnerNetworkConnection that shared this record with your organization. This field is only available if you have enabled Salesforce to Salesforce.
ConnectionSentId	Type reference Properties Filter, Nillable Description ID of the PartnerNetworkConnection that you shared this record with. This field is only available if you have enabled Salesforce to Salesforce. Beginning with API version 15.0, the ConnectionSentId field is no longer supported. The ConnectionSentId field is still visible, but the value is null. You can use the new PartnerNetworkRecordConnection object to forward records to connections.
ContactId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description ID of the associated Contact.
Description	Type textarea Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description A text description of the case. Limit: 32 KB.
HasCommentsUnreadByOwner	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether a case has comments that have not yet been read by the owner (`true`) or not (`false`).
HasSelfServiceComments	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether a case has comments added by a Self-Service user (`true`) or not (`false`).
IsClosed	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the case is closed (`true`) or open (`false`). This field is controlled by the Status field; it can't be set directly. Label is Closed.
IsClosedOnCreate	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the case was closed at the same time that it was created (`true`) or not (`false`). This flag is read-only and is automatically set when a record is created. It can't be set to `true` unless the IsClosed flag is also `true`.
IsDeleted	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter Description Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (`true`) or not (`false`). Label is Deleted.
IsEscalated	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the case has been escalated (`true`) or not. A case's escalated state does not affect how you can use a case, or whether you can query, delete, or update it. However, you can't set this flag via the API. Label is Escalated.
IsSelfServiceClosed	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the case is closed for Self-Service users (`true`) or not (`false`).
IsStopped	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether an entitlement process on a case is stopped (`true`) or not (`false`).
IsVisibleInSelfService	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the case can be viewed in the Customer Service Portal, Partner Service Portal, and Self-Service Portal (`true`) or not (`false`). This field is applied for case visibility in the Partner Relationship Management, Customer Service Portal, and the earlier version of Self Service Portal. The field does not alter sharing and will not prevent usage of a direct URL to a case if a portal user has read or write access.
Origin	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable,Sort, Update Description The source of the case, such as `Email`, `Phone`, or `Web`. Label is Case Origin.
OwnerId	Type reference Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description ID of the contact who owns the case.
ParentId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The ID of the parent case in the hierarchy. The label is Parent Case.
Priority	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The importance or urgency of the case, such as `High`, `Medium`, or `Low`.
QuestionId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The question in the answers community that is associated with the case. This field does not appear if you don't have an answers community enabled.
Reason	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The reason why the case was created, such as `Instructions not clear`, or `User didn’t attend training`.
RecordTypeId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description ID of the record type assigned to this object.
SlaStartDate	Type dateTime Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description Shows the time the case entered an entitlement process. You can update or reset the time if you have the “Edit” permission on cases. This field is available in API version 18.0 and later.
Status	Type picklist Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The status of the case, such as “New,” “Closed,” or “Escalated.” This field directly controls the IsClosed flag. Each predefined Status value implies an IsClosed flag value. For more information, see CaseStatus.
StopStartDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable Description The date and time an entitlement process was stopped on the case. This field is available in API version 18.0 and later.
Subject	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The subject of the case. Limit: 255 characters.
SuppliedCompany	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The company name that was entered when the case was created. can't be updated after the case has been created. Label is Company.
SuppliedEmail	Type email Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The email address that was entered when the case was created. can't be updated after the case has been created. Label is Email. If your organization has an active auto-response rule, SuppliedEmail is required when creating a case via the API. Auto-response rules use the email in the contact specified by ContactId. If no email address is in the contact record, the email specified here is used.
SuppliedName	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The name that was entered when the case was created. can't be updated after the case has been created. Label is Name.
SuppliedPhone	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The phone number that was entered when the case was created. can't be updated after the case has been created. Label is Phone.
Type	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The type of case, such as `Feature Request` or `Question`.

Note

If you are importing Case data and need to set the value for an audit field, such as CreatedDate, contact salesforce.com. Audit fields are automatically updated during API operations unless you request to set these fields yourself.

Usage

Use the Case object to manage cases for your organization. Client applications can query, update, and delete Attachment records associated with a case via the API.

Assignment Rules

When you query or update a case, your client application can have the case automatically assigned to one or more User records based on assignment rules that have been configured in the user interface. To use this feature, your client application needs to set either of the following options (but not both) in the AssignmentRuleHeader used in the create or update:

Field	Field Type	Details
assignmentRuleId	reference	ID of the assignment rule to use. Can be an inactive assignment rule. If unspecified and useDefaultRule is `true`, then the default assignment rule is used. To find the ID for a given assignment rule, query the AssignmentRule object (specifying `RuleType="caseAssignment"`), iterate through the returned AssignmentRule objects, find the one you want to use, retrieve its ID, and then specify its ID in this field in the AssignmentRuleHeader.
useDefaultRule	boolean	Specifies whether to use the default rule for rule-based assignment (`true`) or not (`false`). The default rule is assigned by users in the Salesforce user interface.

For a code example that shows setting the AssignmentRuleHeader for a Lead (which is similar to setting the AssignmentRuleHeader for a Case), see Lead.

Separating Accounts from Contacts in Cases

In releases before 8.0, the AccountId could not be specified, it was derived from the contact’s account. This behavior will continue to be supported in future releases, but you can also now specify an AccountId. If you do not specify the AccountId during the creation of a case, the value will default to the contact’s AccountId.

Note

When a record is updated, if the ContactId has not changed, then the AccountId is not regenerated. This prevents the API from overwriting a value previously changed in the Salesforce user interface. However, if an API call changes the ContactId and the AccountId field is empty, then the AccountId is generated using the contact’s account.

Using `_case` with Java

Depending on the development tool you use, you may need to write your application using _case instead of Case. This is because case is a reserved word in Java.