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Community (Zone)

Represents a zone that contains Idea or Question objects.

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.

Note

Supported Calls

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

Fields

Field Details
Description
Type
textarea
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
Text description of 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.
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 organization. This field is available in API version 36.0 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.