Contact

Represents a contact, which is an individual associated with an account.

Supported Calls

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

Special Access Rules

Customer Portal users can access only portal-enabled contacts.

Fields

Field	Details
AccountId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description ID of the account that is the parent of this contact. We recommend that you only update up to 50 contacts simultaneously when changing the accounts on contacts enabled for a Customer Portal or partner portal. We also recommend that you make this update during times outside of your organization's business hours.
AssistantName	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The name of the assistant.
AssistantPhone	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The telephone number of the assistant.
Birthdate	Type date Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The birthdate of the contact. Note The year portion of the Birthdate field is ignored in filter criteria, including report filters, list view filters, and SOQL queries. For example, the following SOQL query returns contacts with birthdays later in the year than today: SELECT Name, Birthdate FROM Contact WHERE Birthdate > TODAY
CanAllowPortalSelfReg	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Update Description Indicates whether this contact can self-register for your organization's Customer Portal (`true`) or not (`false`).
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.
Department	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The department of the contact.
Description	Type textarea Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description A description of the contact. Label is Contact Description. Limit: 32 KB.
DoNotCall	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Update Description Indicates that the contact does not wish to be called.
Email	Type email Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Email address for the contact.
EmailBouncedDate	Type dateTime Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update Description If bounce management is activated and an email sent to the contact bounces, the date and time the bounce occurred.
EmailBouncedReason	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description If bounce management is activated and an email sent to the contact bounces, the reason the bounce occurred.
Fax	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Fax number for the contact. Label is Business Phone.
FirstName	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description First name of contact. Limited to 40 characters.
HasOptedOutOfEmail	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Update Description Indicates whether the contact would prefer not to receive email from salesforce.com (`true`) or not (`false`). Label is Email Opt Out.
HasOptedOutOfFax	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Update Description Indicates that the contact does not wish to receive faxes.
HomePhone	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Home telephone number for the contact.
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.
IsPersonAccount	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter Description Read only. Label is Is Person Account. Indicates whether this account has a record type of Person Account (`true`) or not (`false`).
Jigsaw	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description References the ID of a company in Data.com. If an account has a value in this field, it means that the account was imported from Data.com. If the field value is `null`, the account was not imported from Data.com. Maximum size is 20 characters. Available in API version 22.0 and later. Label is Data.com Key. Important The Jigsaw field is exposed in the API to support troubleshooting for import errors and reimporting of corrected data. Do not modify this value.
LastActivityDate	Type date Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description Value is one of the following, whichever is the most recent: Due date of the most recent event logged against the record. Due date of the most recently closed task associated with the record.
LastCURequestDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The last date that a Stay-in-Touch request was sent to the contact.
LastCUUpdateDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The last time a Stay-in-Touch update was processed for the contact.
LastName	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. Last name of contact. Limited to 80 characters.
LeadSource	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The source of the lead.
MailingCity MailingState MailingCountry MailingPostalCode	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Details for the mailing address.
MailingStreet	Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Street address for mailing address.
MasterRecordId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description If this object was deleted as the result of a merge, this field contains the ID of the record that was kept. If this object was deleted for any other reason, or has not been deleted, the value is `null`.
MobilePhone	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Contact’s mobile phone number.
Name	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Concatenation of FirstName and LastName. Limited to 121 characters.
OtherCity OtherCountry OtherPostalCode OtherState	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Details for alternate address.
OtherPhone	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Telephone for alternate address.
OtherStreet	Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Street for alternate address.
OwnerId	Type reference Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The ID of the owner of the account associated with this contact.
Phone	Type phone Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Telephone number for the contact. Label is Business Phone.
RecordTypeId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description ID of the record type assigned to this object.
ReportsToId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description This field is not visible if IsPersonAccount is `true`.
Salutation	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Honorific abbreviation, word, or phrase to be used in front of name in greetings, such as Dr. or Mrs.
Title	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Title of the contact such as CEO or Vice President.

Note

If you are importing Contact 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 this object to manage individuals who are associated with an Account in your organization. You can create, query, delete, or update any Attachment associated with a contact.

Create or update contacts by converting a Lead with the convertLead() call.