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DeptonDepton 

trigger to get the account owner name

Hi,

 

I have a custom object "xyz" with a look up field to accounts

 

We need to see the name of the account owner, I cannot get it via formula (well, I could, but then I would need to modify the formula each time a new user is created and TEXT( Account__r.Ownership ) didn´t work)

 

I guess this is a simple trigger, to get the account owner name populated in the "xyz" object...

 

 

Any sample trigger you may have please to direct me to the right direction....

 

Thank you!!:) 

 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
PkSharmaPkSharma

Hi,

 

You can not get ownername direct by formula field and trigger also ,may this trigger help you.

trigger trgAccOwner on TwoLookUpObject__c (before insert,before update)
{
    Set<Id> accid=new  Set<Id>();
    Set<Id> accownerid=new  Set<Id>();
    for(TwoLookUpObject__c tl:Trigger.new)
    {
        accid.add(tl.account__c);
    }
    map<id,account> mpacc=new map<id,account>([select id,name,ownerid from account where id in :accid]);
    for(account acc:mpacc.values())
    {
        accownerid.add(acc.ownerid);
    }
    map<id,user> mpuser=new map<id,user>([select id,name from user where id in :accownerid]);
    if(mpuser.size()>0)
    {
        for(integer i=0;i<Trigger.new.size();i++)
        {
            Trigger.new[i].AccOwnerName__c=mpuser.get(mpacc.get(Trigger.new[i].account__c).ownerid).name;
        }
    }

}

 

where AccOwnerName__c is the text field for store owner name.

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PkSharmaPkSharma

Hi,

 

You can not get ownername direct by formula field and trigger also ,may this trigger help you.

trigger trgAccOwner on TwoLookUpObject__c (before insert,before update)
{
    Set<Id> accid=new  Set<Id>();
    Set<Id> accownerid=new  Set<Id>();
    for(TwoLookUpObject__c tl:Trigger.new)
    {
        accid.add(tl.account__c);
    }
    map<id,account> mpacc=new map<id,account>([select id,name,ownerid from account where id in :accid]);
    for(account acc:mpacc.values())
    {
        accownerid.add(acc.ownerid);
    }
    map<id,user> mpuser=new map<id,user>([select id,name from user where id in :accownerid]);
    if(mpuser.size()>0)
    {
        for(integer i=0;i<Trigger.new.size();i++)
        {
            Trigger.new[i].AccOwnerName__c=mpuser.get(mpacc.get(Trigger.new[i].account__c).ownerid).name;
        }
    }

}

 

where AccOwnerName__c is the text field for store owner name.

This was selected as the best answer
DeptonDepton

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:))
Mark SchaferMark Schafer

I'm looking to do the same thing and am brand new to Apex. Thanks for posting this.

 

I'm actually receiving the following error when I try to create the trigger in my Sandbox. The only thing I changed is the name of the target text field to match my custom field and "account__c" to simply "account" because I received an error about that and though a standard field doen't need the __c suffix, but I could be wrong.

 

Compile Error: Incompatible element type SOBJECT:Account for collection of Id at line 7 column 9 

 

I wasn't sure if ([select id,name,ownerid from account where id in :accid]) was code or an instruction. I left it as is, beucase wondered if it should be replaced by something. 

 

Thanks for any help!
Mark SchaferMark Schafer

And I also switched TwoLookUpObject__c to Opportunity. To be more specific, I'm looking to pull the Account owner name into a custom text field on the Opportunity object.
DeptonDepton
can you copy and paste your code im the "insert code" table 

like i am doing

I will be easier to understand!

:)

 
Mark SchaferMark Schafer

New to this- can do. I can up with something like this: 

 

trigger trgAccOwner on Opportunity (before insert,before update)
{
    Set<Id> accid=new  Set<Id>();
    Set<Id> accownerid=new  Set<Id>();
    for(TwoLookUpObject__c tl:Trigger.new)
    {
        accid.add(tl.account);
    }
    map<id,account> mpacc=new map<id,account>([select id,name,ownerid from account where id in :accid]);
    for(account acc:mpacc.values())
    {
        accownerid.add(acc.ownerid);
    }
    map<id,user> mpuser=new map<id,user>([select id,name from user where id in :accownerid]);
    if(mpuser.size()>0)
    {
        for(integer i=0;i<Trigger.new.size();i++)
        {
            Trigger.new[i].AccOwnerName__c=mpuser.get(mpacc.get(Trigger.new[i].account.ownerid).name;
        }
    }
}

 

Thanks for the help!
Gdickens3Gdickens3

Did you resolve this code?  I am getting the same error on that line.