RecordType

Supported Calls

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

Special Access Rules

Customer Portal users cannot access this object.

Fields

Field	Field Type	Field Properties	Description
BusinessProcessId	reference	Create Filter Nillable Update	Required for Opportunity and Lead record types in API version 17.0 and later. ID of an associated BusinessProcess. For information on IDs, see ID Field Type.
Description	string	Create Filter Nillable Update	A description of this record. Limit: 255 characters.
DeveloperName	string	Create Filter Update	Required. The unique name of the object in the API. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your organization. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. In managed packages, this field prevents naming conflicts on package installations. With this field, a developer can change the object's name in a managed package and the changes are reflected in a subscriber's organization. Label is Record Type Name.
IsActive	boolean	Defaulted on create Filter Update	Indicates whether this record is active (`true`) or not (`false`). Only active record types can be applied to records. Label is Active.
IsPersonType	boolean	Defaulted on create Filter	Indicates whether this record has been designated as a PersonAccount (`true`) or not (`false`). Visible only if the organization has the person account feature enabled. For more information about person accounts, see Person Account Record Types, and the Salesforce.com online help.
Name	string	Create Filter idLookup Update	Required. Label of the record type in the Salesforce.com user interface. Limit: 80 characters. Label is Record Type Label.
NamespacePrefix	string	Filter Nillable	The namespace prefix associated with this object. Each Developer Edition organization that creates a managed package has a unique namespace prefix. The limit is 15 characters. You can refer to a component in a managed package by using the `namespacePrefix__componentName` notation. The namespace prefix can have one of the following values: In Developer Edition organizations, the namespace prefix is set to the namespace prefix of the organization for all objects that support it. There is an exception if an object is in an installed managed package. In that case, the object has the namespace prefix of the installed managed package. This is the namespace prefix of the Developer Edition organization of the package developer. In organizations that are not Developer Edition organizations, NamespacePrefix is only set for objects that are part of an installed managed package. There is no namespace prefix for all other objects. This field cannot be accessed unless the logged-in user has the “Customize Application” permission.
SobjectType	picklist	Create Filter Restricted picklist	Object to which this record type applies, including custom objects.

Usage

Use this object to offer different BusinessProcesses and subsets of picklist values to different users based on their Profile. Your client application can invoke the describeSObjects() and query() calls on RecordType objects.

The following objects have a RecordTypeId field: Account, Campaign, CampaignMember, Case, Contact, Contract, Lead, Opportunity, and Solution. Also, custom objects are supported. Client applications can set this field in create() or update() calls on these objects, specifying a valid record type ID associated with these objects.

Note

You cannot create() or update() the RecordTypeId field on the CampaignMember object. Set the CampaignMember record type using the CampaignMemberRecordTypeId field on the Campaign.

A client application can retrieve the list of valid record type IDs for a given object by calling query() on the RecordType object. For more information, see RecordTypeId.