Comments on: Making Owner available in Formulas

By: SFDC consultant - Evgeny

SFDC consultant - Evgeny — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:48:26 +0000

Here is a final version which works for custom object

trigger Project_Update_OwnerLink on Project__c (before Insert, before Update) {

// Loop through the incoming records
for(Project__c p:trigger.new) {
//Owner chagned
if (p.OwnerID != p.Owner_Link__c) {
// New Owner is User (not a queue) – update the field
if(((String)p.OwnerId).substring(0,3) == ’005′ ){
p.Owner_Link__c = p.OwnerId;
}
else{
// New Owner is Queue – clear out the field
p.Owner_Link__c = null;
}
}
}
}

By: Evgeny

Evgeny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:51:14 +0000

Also I’d recommend to update the code with check out if Owner is User (not Queue)
Other wise trigger will return error: “data changed by trigger for field Owner_Link: id value of incorrect type”

Here is a code which could be used for this:

//Owner is User
if(o.owner.type==’User’) {
// Has Owner chagned?
if (o.OwnerID != o.Owner_Link__c) {o.Owner_Link__c = o.OwnerId;}
}

By: The Enforcer

The Enforcer — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:33:13 +0000

I’d have to see your code or data to know what’s going wrong.

I’d suggest writing some code via the System Log to test what’s happening, much along the line of the tests. Try and retrieve a record and look at the value of the link.

Boy, it’s been so long since I wrote that blog that I don’t even remember writing it! :)

By: Gauravp

Gauravp — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:48:13 +0000

I tried your technique and could access and insert Owner name in the formula field. However, no values are being returned when I test it out. Anything I am doing wrong? attached link has the screenshot. http://tinypic.com/r/2qbgcvk/5

By: Niels

Niels — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:14:15 +0000

Hi again John,

since I like your blog and keep finding useful stuff here, I’m happy to share with you a small improvement I did to your code. The test method failed on my org, since it was using an inactive user. Therefore I modified line 6 like this:

User[] users = [select Id from User where Isactive= True limit 2];

Now it works fine. May be you want to publish this.

Thanks again,
Niels