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Incident

An Incident is any unplanned business interruption that has wide-sweeping impacts and requires an urgent fix. This object contains the details of the incident, documenting the history of the incident from registration to closure. This object is available in API version 53.0 and later.

Supported Calls

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

Fields

Field Details
Impact
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Represents an incident's impact.
Possible values are:
  • High
  • Low
  • Medium
The default value is 'High'.
IncidentNumber
Type
string
Properties
Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort
Description
A unique, system-generated incident number.
LastReferencedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The timestamp that marks when the current user last accessed this record, a list view, or another related record.
LastViewedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The timestamp when the current user last viewed this record or list view. If this value is null, the user might have only accessed this record or list view (LastReferencedDate) but not viewed it.
OwnerId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
A polymorphic relationship field that represents the user or group assigned to resolve the incident.
Relationship Name
Owner
Relationship Type
Lookup
Refers To
Group, User
Priority
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Represents the impact and urgency of an incident.
Possible values are:
  • Critical
  • High
  • Low
  • Moderate
The default value is 'Critical'.
Status
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Represents any custom or granular stages a customer may want to track. This will be a dependent picklist.
Possible values are:
  • Completed
  • In Progress
  • New
  • Open
  • Problem Created
  • Resolved
The default value is 'New'.
StatusCode
Type
picklist
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
Description
Shows the incident's status.
Possible values are:
  • Completed
  • InProgress
  • New
  • Open
  • ProblemCreated
  • Resolved
The default value is 'New'.
Subject
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
A brief description of the incident.
Urgency
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Represents a measure of how long the resolution can be delayed until an incident, problem, or change has a significant business impact.
Possible values are:
  • High
  • Low
  • Medium
The default value is 'High'.

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

IncidentChangeEvent
Change events are available for the object.
IncidentFeed
Feed tracking is available for the object.
IncidentHistory
History is available for tracked fields of the object.
IncidentOwnerSharingRule
Sharing rules are available for the object.
IncidentShare
Sharing is available for the object.