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Amy Herz Can't update ContactId on User record?
I have a use case to create a corresponding Contact every time a User is created. I wanted to use the standard ContactId field on User with a flow so that after the Contact record is created, update ContactId lookup on User, however this does not seem possible?
When I attempt this in execute anonymous, it gives the error "System.DmlException: Update failed. First exception on row 0 with id <id>; first error: UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION, You can't create a contact for this user because the org doesn't have the necessary permissions. Contact Salesforce Customer Support for help.: []"
Does anyone know what the necessary permissions are to write to this field? I can't seem to find any answers yet, probably will contact support after the weekend as well.
When I attempt this in execute anonymous, it gives the error "System.DmlException: Update failed. First exception on row 0 with id <id>; first error: UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION, You can't create a contact for this user because the org doesn't have the necessary permissions. Contact Salesforce Customer Support for help.: []"
Does anyone know what the necessary permissions are to write to this field? I can't seem to find any answers yet, probably will contact support after the weekend as well.
This standard contact field is only applicable for portal users. I think if we populate this contactid for other profiles we will get this error. Better go for custom field in user object.
Thanks,
Maharajan.C
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Greetings!
Seems like this is a limitation from
salesforce.I would suggest you to check the workaround mentioned in the below thread:
https://trailblazers.salesforce.com/answers?id=9063A000000pd6XQAQ
Please mark it as best answer if it helps you to fix the issue.
Regards,
Shirisha Pathuri
This standard contact field is only applicable for portal users. I think if we populate this contactid for other profiles we will get this error. Better go for custom field in user object.
Thanks,
Maharajan.C