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fgwarb Documentation Correction Needed
The documentation on the URL contradicts itself. "Use it to access the LicenseType field. By the way, you can't use it to access the LicenseType field." Funny, but worth correcting.
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_variables_global.htm
| Description | A global merge field type to use when referencing information about the current user's profile. Use profile merge fields to reference information about the user's profile such as license type or name. |
| Use | Use dot notation to access your organization's information.
Note that you cannot use the following $Profile values in Visualforce:
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There is no contradiction. It simply makes an observation that you can't use it in Visualforce. $Profile.LicenseType is perfectly valid in formulas, such as Validation Rules or Workflow Field Updates.
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There is no contradiction. It simply makes an observation that you can't use it in Visualforce. $Profile.LicenseType is perfectly valid in formulas, such as Validation Rules or Workflow Field Updates.
I got to that page by going to the visualforce documentation, so I was thinking that the information in there was just for visualforce; not other parts of salesforce.