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tjeppesetjeppese 

CampaignMember Description -

A lot of SalesForce objects have a field "Description", and they are usually accessible through the API.

 

So does the object CampaignMember but for some reason it is NOT accessible through the API.

 

Can anyone tell me why that is?

I need to have control over it from Perl.

 

 

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jkucerajkucera

What are you trying to do?  This may be a documentation error as there's no "Description" in the UI or API.  I don't believe it's available in the database either.

 

You can create a custom field to write description notes if you like.

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imuino2imuino2

Apparently it is a read only field, and as far as i see it can't be changed.
tjeppesetjeppese

Yes and oddly enough: It even cannot be read through the API.

 
jkucerajkucera

What are you trying to do?  This may be a documentation error as there's no "Description" in the UI or API.  I don't believe it's available in the database either.

 

You can create a custom field to write description notes if you like.

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tjeppesetjeppese

When I open Setup -> Customize -> Campaign -> CampaignMember -> Fields, the field is listed among the native fields.

In the Layout Editor I can also select the field and put it on my screen layout.

 

But it is true that  I cannot set Field Level Security to other than Read-Only - I had not noticed that before.

It does not make sense to me to have a Description-field that I cannot put a value into.

 

I have created a custom field, and life is good.

 

Thanks!