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Group


Represents a set of Users.

Supported Calls

create, update, delete, query, retrieve, getDeleted, getUpdated, describeSObjects

Fields

For a complete list of fields in this object, see the WSDL file for your organization and the Salesforce online help.

Field
Field Type
Description
Email
Email address for a group of type Case. Applies only for a case queue.
Name
Name of the Group.
RelatedId
For Groups of type "Role," the ID of the associated UserRole. Read-only.
Type
Type of the Group. One of the following values:
  • Regular-Standard public Group. When you create a Group, its type must be Regular.
  • Role-Public Group that includes all of the Users in a particular UserRole.
  • RoleAndSubordinates-Public Group that includes all of the User in a particular UserRole and all of the Users in UserRoles below that UserRole.
  • Organization-Public Group that includes all of the Users in the organization. This Group is read-only.
  • Case-Public group of people that comprise a queue that can own a Case.
  • Lead -Public group of people that comprise a queue that can own a Lead.

Usage

Groups can be deleted. Any User can access the Group object-no special permissions are needed.

Only public Groups are accessible via the API. Personal Groups are not available.

See Also

GroupMember

Key Concepts of API Objects


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