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 | The salesforce id can be 15 or 18 digits longCategory: Salesforce | |
A Salesforce id represents a specific object instance in Salesforce. For some objects the id starts with a specific set of characters (prefix) in the beginning of the id string, see here. You can obtain the Salesforce id in different ways, either directly in the Salesforce application or by using the API. 1. The most common and easy way is to look in the address field of the browser. This provides you with the 15-digit Salesforce id which is also case-sensitive.  2. You can also get the Salesforce id by using the Salesforce API like Apex Explorer or Data Loader. This provides you with the 18-digit Salesforce id which is not case-sensitive. This way it can be processed by Excel without a problem for example.  Use whichever you want, they both work in all scenarios what I know of. If you for some reason need to convert a 15-digit id to a 18-digit id there's an algorithm for that. |  | |
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| Created by Niklas Waller - 2009-10-14 22:00:26 |
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Comments: | |
| Comment posted 2009-10-15 10:18:54 by Minimink u have really nice post and I would like to say that's really nice post also. | |
| Comment posted 2009-10-16 07:55:37 by Termite Prevention Does anyone else find it weird how even if you declare in your dashboard tab to have 3 wide columns so that they stretch across the whole page , but still when you view them on your homepage they are narrow size only taking up about 2/3 the width of the page ... i would imagine that if the user changes the size they wish to have charts/tables on their dashboard that these changes should be effective immediately on their homepage view of the dashboard too | |
| Comment posted 2009-10-16 07:57:39 by keyboard driver When we were 10 employees, and 2 profiles, it was easy. but once we grew, and profiles has increased, and so did everything, it may take me couple of hours to figure out what exactly is the reason for the limitation on the user. | |
| Comment posted 2009-10-16 07:59:38 by packaging If possible ( since the system knows exaclty which object has issued/triggered the limitation) to have that displayed on the error screen. This will reduce the admin time wasting on looking for the solution. | |
| Comment posted 2009-10-19 10:58:02 by Residential Investment I work for the government, and most property owner sget leasing companies if they don't want to deal with the tax part of it. You really don't need a property management company unless you don't want to be bothered with the government. | |
| Comment posted 2010-03-16 11:19:52 by Jenny A lot of great info! thanks for bringing this to us. | |
| Comment posted 2010-07-06 05:29:42 by David Engel Here is a way to convert 15 digit salesforce ids to 18 digit salesforce Ids without having to code anything. All you need is to open up a Google Spreadsheet (which is free): http://www.engeljournal.com/tools/convert-15-to-18-digit-salesforce-ids-with-google-spreadsheets/ | |
