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ProfileSkillFeed

Represents a single feed item in the feed displayed on the detail page for a profile skill.

Skills are currently available through a pilot program. For information on enabling skills for your organization, contact salesforce.com.

Note

Supported Calls

delete(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve()

Fields

Field Name Details
Body
Type
textarea
Properties
Nillable, Sort
Description
The content of the ProfileSkillFeed. Required when Type is TextPost. Optional when Type is ContentPost or LinkPost. This is the message that appears in the feed.
CommentCount
Type
int
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
The number of FeedComments associated with this feed item.
ContentData
Type
base64
Properties
Nillable
Description
The file uploaded to the feed. Required if Type is ContentPost. Encoded file data. Cannot be 0 bytes. Can be any format. Setting this field automatically sets Type to ContentPost.
ContentDescription
Type
textarea
Properties
Nillable, Sort
Description

The description of the file specified in ContentData.
ContentFileName
Type
string
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
The name of the file uploaded to the feed. Setting ContentFileName automatically sets Type to ContentPost.
ContentSize
Type
int
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
Read only. Automatically determined during insert. The size of the file (in bytes) uploaded to the feed.
ContentType
Type
string
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
Read only. Automatically determined during insert. The MIME type of the file uploaded to the feed.
InsertedById
Type
reference
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
ID of the user who added this object to the feed. For example, if a client application migrates multiple posts and comments from another application into a feed, then InsertedById is set to the ID of the logged-in user.
LikeCount
Type
int
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
The number of FeedLikes associated with this feed item.
LinkUrl
Type
url
Properties
Nillable, Sort
Description
The URL of a LinkPost.
ParentId
Type
reference
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the object type to which the FeedItem is related. For example, set this field to a UserId to post to someone’s profile feed, or an AccountId to post to a specific account.
RelatedRecordId
Type
reference
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description

ID of the ContentVersion object associated with a ContentPost. This field is null for all posts except ContentPost. For example, set this field to an existing ContentVersion and post it to a feed as a FeedItem object of Type ContentPost.
Title
Type
string
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
The title of the FeedItem. When the Type is LinkPost, the LinkUrl is the URL and this field is the link name.
Type
Type
picklist
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
Description
The type of ProfileSkillFeed item:

  • ActivityEvent—generated event when a user or the API adds a Task associated with a feed-enabled parent record (excluding email tasks on cases). Also occurs when a user or the API adds or updates a Task or Event associated with a case record (excluding email and call logging).

    For a recurring Task with CaseFeed disabled, one event is generated for the series only. For a recurring Task with CaseFeed enabled, events are generated for the series and each occurrence.

  • ApprovalPost—automatically generated by a feed query on an approval item
  • CanvasPost—a canvas app posting on a feed
  • CollaborationGroupCreated—automatically generated post on a user’s feed when the user creates a public group
  • CollaborationGroupUnarchived—automatically generated post on a group’s feed when an archived group is activated. Do not use.
  • ContentPost—an uploaded file on a feed
  • DashboardComponentSnapshot—a posting of a dashboard snapshot on a feed.
  • LinkPost—a URL posting on a feed
  • PollPost—a poll posted on a feed
  • TextPost—a direct text entry on a feed
  • TrackedChange—a change or group of changes to a tracked field
  • UserStatus—automatically generated when a user adds a post
The following values appear in the Type picklist for all feed objects but apply only to CaseFeed:
  • AttachArticleEvent—generated event when a user attaches an article to a case
  • CallLogPost—generated event when a user logs a call for a case through the user interface. This event is also generated by CTI calls.
  • CaseCommentPost—generated event when a user adds a case comment for a case object
  • ChangeStatusPost—generated event when a user changes the status of a case
  • EmailMessageEvent—generated event when an email related to a case object is sent or received

If you set Type to ContentPost, you must specify ContentData and ContentFileName.

Note

Usage

A ProfileSkill feed shows recent changes to a ProfileSkill record for any fields that are tracked in feeds, as well as comments and posts about the record It is a useful way to stay up-to-date with changes to solutions. Use this object to track changes for a ProfileSkill record.