Community (Zone)

Represents a zone that contains Idea or Question objects.
Note

Note

Starting with the Summer ’13 release, Chatter Answers and Ideas “communities” have been renamed to “zones.” In API version 28, the API object label has changed to Zone, but the API type is still Community.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Fields

Field Details
CanCreateCase
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates whether users can ask private questions in the zone using Chatter Answers.
DataCategoryName
Type
string
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort
Description
The data category associated with the zone.
Description
Type
textarea
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
Text description of the zone.
HasChatterService
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates whether Chatter Answers is available in the zone.
IsActive
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates whether the zone is active or inactive. An idea or question can only be posted to an active zone.
IsPublished
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates whether the zone is available in portals.
Name
Type
string
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
The name of the zone.
NetworkId
Type
reference
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
ID of the Chatter community that this zone is associated with. This field is available only if Salesforce Communities is enabled in your org. This field is available in API version 43.0 and later.

Usage

Use this object to create a zone in Ideas, Chatter Answers, or Answers. Zones help organize ideas and questions into logical groups and are shared by the Ideas, Answers, and Chatter Answers.