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Profile

Represents a user profile. A profile defines a user’s permission to perform different functions within Salesforce.

This object is available in API version 32.0 and later.

Supported SOAP Calls

getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search()

Supported REST HTTP Methods

GET, HEAD

Fields

Field	Details
Description	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The profile description, limited to 255 characters.
FullName	Type string Properties Create, Group, Nillable Description The unique profile name. Use this name when creating the profile, before you have an ID. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your org. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.
Metadata	Type ProfileMetadata Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description The profile metadata. Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.
Name	Type string Properties Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort Description The profile name.