Vote

Represents a vote that a user has made on an Idea or a Reply.

Note

In API version 16.0 and earlier, SOQL queries on the Vote object only return votes for the Idea object. Starting in API version 17.0, SOQL queries return votes for both the Idea and Reply objects.

Supported Calls

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

Fields

Field	Field Type	Field Properties	Description
IsDeleted	boolean	Defaulted on create Filter	Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (`true`) or not (`false`). Label is Deleted.
ParentId	reference	Create Filter	ID of the Idea or Reply associated with this vote. For information on IDs, see ID Field Type.
Type	picklist	Create Filter Restricted picklist	Picklist that indicates the type of vote. The value `Up` indicates that the vote is a user's positive endorsement of the associated idea or reply. The value `Down` indicates that the vote is a user's negative endorsement of the associated idea or reply.

Field

Field Type

Field Properties

Description

IsDeleted

boolean

Defaulted on create

Filter

Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (true) or not (false). Label is Deleted.

ParentId

reference

Create

Filter

ID of the Idea or Reply associated with this vote. For information on IDs, see ID Field Type.

Type

picklist

Create

Filter

Restricted picklist

Picklist that indicates the type of vote. The value Up indicates that the vote is a user's positive endorsement of the associated idea or reply. The value Down indicates that the vote is a user's negative endorsement of the associated idea or reply.

Note

If you are importing Vote data into Salesforce.com 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. For more information, see System Fields.

Usage

In version 12.0 and later, use this object to track the votes that users made on ideas. For more information on ideas, see “Ideas Overview” in the Salesforce.com online help.

In version 17.0 and later, use this object to track the votes users made on replies. For more information, see “Answers Overview” in the Salesforce.com online help.

In version 17.0 and later, you must filter using the following syntax when querying this object in a SOQL query: ParentId = single ID, Parent.Type = single Type, Id = single ID, or Id IN (list of IDs). See Comparison Operators for a sample query.