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asonimieSFDCasonimieSFDC 

Autofill custom field on Contact with most recent value from Custom Object

I have a custom object related to the Contact that I need to take the value from the most recent record in the custom object and display it on the contact.

 

The field on the custom object is a picklist. 

 

So when a new record is adding to the custom object, I want the picklist value to be put on the contact in a custom field.

 

Can I do this?

Glenn at MvistaGlenn at Mvista

You can using an Apex insert trigger.  Whenever an insert occurs on the custom object, select the Contact.<custom field> based on the <Custom Object>.Contact__c lookup. Then update the Contact custom field with the custom object picklist.  Here is an untested shot at it as an example:

 

trigger updateContactCustomField on <Custom Object> (after insert) {

for (<Custom Object> co: trigger.new) {

Contact c = [select Id, <custom field> from Contact where Id = :co.Contact__c];

  c.<custom field> = co.<custom picklist>;
update c;
}
}