Group

Supported Calls

create(), update(), delete(), query(), retrieve(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), describeSObjects()

Special Access Rules

Customer Portal users cannot access this object.

Fields

Field	Field Type	Field Properties	Description
Email	email	Create Filter Nillable Update	Email address for a group of type Case. Applies only for a case queue.
Name	string	Create Filter idLookup Update	Required. Name of the group.
OwnerId	reference	Filter	ID of the user who owns the group.
RelatedId	reference	Filter Nillable	For Groups of type “Role,” the ID of the associated UserRole. Read-only.
Type	picklist	Create Filter Restricted picklist	Required. Type of the Group. One of the following values: Regular—Standard public Group. When you `create()` a Group, its type must be Regular, unless a PRM (Partner Relationship Management) Portal is enabled for the organization, in which case the type can be Regular or PRMOrganization. Role—Public Group that includes all of the Users in a particular UserRole. RoleAndSubordinates—Public Group that includes all of the Users in a particular UserRole and all of the Users in UserRoles below that UserRole. Organization—Public Group that includes all of the Users in the organization. This Group is read-only. Case—Public group of users, members of a queue that can own a Case. Lead—Public group of users, members of a queue that can own a Lead. PRMOrganization—Public Group that includes all of the partners in an organization that has the PRM feature enabled. Queue—Public Group that includes all of the User who are members of a queue. Territory—Public Group that includes all of the Users in an organization that has the territory feature enabled. TerritoryAndSubordinates—Public Group that includes all of the Users in a particular UserRole and all of the Users in UserRoles below that UserRole. Only Regular, Case, and Lead can be used when creating a group. The other values are reserved for salesforce.com use.

Usage

Unlike users, this object can be deleted. Any User can access this object—no special permissions are needed.

Only public groups are accessible via the API. Personal groups are not available.

Note

In API version 13.0 and later, if you delete a public Group, it will be deleted even if it has been used in sharing, consistent with the behavior for UserRoles. In versions before 13.0, such sharing would prevent the record from being deleted.