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BrandiT Need Trigger to Update Lookup Field on Account when New Account Created
Hello,
I need a simple trigger that will populate a lookup field on my Account object called Grouping__c (looks up to custom Client_Group__c object).
When an account is created or updated and the Grouping__c lookup field is not populated, I need the trigger to automatically populate it with a specific Client_Group__c record, named UNGROUPED.
I cannot figure out how to write the trigger without referencing the specific record id for the UNGROUPED record.
Here is what I have started (which is totally wrong), but I've tried it several ways with no luck.
Can someone help me re-write this please? I know it can't be that hard to write, but I'm going in circles with it.
trigger AutoCltGroup on Account (before insert, before update) {
LIST<Client_Groups__c> CGs = [Select ID From Client_Groups__c
Where Name='UNGROUPED'];
for (Account a : Trigger.new) {
if(a.Client_Group__c==null){
a.Client_Group__c = 'a0F70000005bzBa'; --this is what I want to avoid (hardcoding the id into the trigger)
}
}
}
oops spoke to soon! I got it to work by changing the last part to CGs.id
Thanks again!
All Answers
do something like this
trigger AutoCltGroup on Account (before insert, before update) {
Client_Groups__c CGs = [Select ID From Client_Groups__c Where Name='UNGROUPED' limit 1];
for (Account a : Trigger.new) {
if(a.Client_Group__c==null){
a.Client_Group__c =CGs;
}
}
}
I tried that, but got the error message:
Any idea what it's telling me?
Thanks!
Brandi
oops spoke to soon! I got it to work by changing the last part to CGs.id
Thanks again!