Idea

Represents an idea on which users are allowed to comment and vote, for example, a suggestion for an enhancement to an existing product or process.

Supported Calls

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

Note

For other standard objects, the describeLayout() call returns the recordTypeMappings section that contains the layout ID and picklist values for each record type. However, the recordTypeMappings section and the fields it includes are not available for the Idea object.

When performing a SOSL search on Idea objects, IdeaComment objects are also searched.

Fields

Field	Details
Body	Type textarea Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description Description of the Idea.
Categories	Type multipicklist Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description Customizable multi-select picklist used to organize Ideas into logical groupings. Note This field is only available if your organization has the Categories field enabled. This field is enabled by default in organizations created after API version 14 was released. If the Categories field is enabled, API versions 13 and earlier do not have access to either the Categories or Category fields.
Category	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description Customizable picklist of values used to organize Ideas into logical groupings. Note This field is not available if your organization has the multi-select Categories field enabled.
CommunityId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The Community ID associated with the Idea. Once you create an Idea, you can’t change the Community ID associated with that Idea. Note API version 12 does not support Community ID. If you create an idea in version 12, your idea is automatically posted to the oldest community that you have permission to access.
CurrencyIsoCode	Type picklist Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Available only for organizations with the multicurrency feature enabled. Contains the ISO code for any currency allowed by the organization.
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.
IsHtml	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Read-only. If this value is `true`, your organization has the Salesforce CRM Ideas HTML editor enabled, and the Idea Body may contain HTML. If this value is `false`, the HTML editor is disabled and the Idea Body only contains regular text.
IsLocked	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Read only. Indicates whether the idea has been locked because it was merged with a parent idea (`true`) or not (`false`). You can’t vote for or add comments to a locked idea.
LastCommentDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The date and time the last comment (child IdeaComment object) was added.
LastCommentId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description Read only. The ID of the last comment (child IdeaComment object).
NumComments	Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The number of comments (child IdeaComment objects) that users have submitted for the given idea.
ParentIdeaId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The ID associated with this idea's parent idea. When multiple ideas are merged together, one idea becomes the parent (master) of the other ideas. The ParentIdeaId is automatically set when you merge ideas.
Status	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Customizable picklist of values used to specify the status of an idea.
Title	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The descriptive title of the idea.
VoteScore	Type double Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The internal score of the Idea, used to sort Ideas on the Popular tab in the application user interface. The internal algorithm that determines the score gives older votes less weight than newer votes, simulating exponential decay. The score itself does not display in the application user interface. Note Unlike other fields of type double, you can't use a SOQL aggregate function with this field.
VoteTotal	Type double Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description An Idea's total number of points. Each vote a user makes is worth ten points, therefore the value of this field is ten times the number of votes an idea has received. Note Unlike other fields of type double, you can't use a SOQL aggregate function with this field.

Note

If you are importing Idea 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 track ideas, which are written suggestions on which users can vote and comment.