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This object is used to retrieve information from related records where the related record may be from more than one object type (a polymorphic foreign key). For example, the owner of a case can be either a user or a group (queue). This object allows retrieval of the owner name, whether the owner is a user or a group (queue). You can use a describe call to access the information about parents for an object, or you can use the who, what, or owner fields (depending on the object) in SOQL queries. This object cannot be directly accessed.

Supported Calls

describeSObjects()

Fields

Field	Details
Alias	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The user alias. This field contains a value only if the related record is a user.
Email	Type email Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The email address of the user. This field contains a value only if the related record is a user.
FirstName	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description If the related record is a user, contact, or lead, the first name.
IsActive	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the related record is an active user (`true`) or not (`false`). This field contains a value only if the related record is a user.
LastName	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description If the related record is a user, contact, or lead, the last name.
Name	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description Name of the parent of the object queried. If the parent is a user, contact, or lead, the value is a concatenation of `firstname` and `lastname` fields of the related record.
Phone	Type phone Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The phone number of the user. This field contains a value only if the related record is a user.
Profile	Type reference Properties Filter, Nillable Description The Profile of the user. Only populated if the related record is a user.
ProfileId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description ID of the user’s Profile. Only populated if the related record is a user.
Title	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The title of the user, for example CFO or CEO.
Type	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description A list of the types of sObjects that can be an owner of this object. You can use this field to filter on a type of owner, for example, return only the leads owned by a user.
Username	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description Contains the name that a user enters to log into the API or the user interface. The value for this field is in the form of an email address, and is only populated if the related record is a user.
UserRole	Type picklist Properties Filter, Nillable Description Name of the Role played by the user. Only populated for user rows.
UserRoleId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The ID of the user role associated with this object.

Usage

To query on relationships where the parent may be more than one type of object, use who, what, or owner relationship fields.