AccountContactRelation | Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

This object is available in API version 37.0. The AccountContactRelation object supports person accounts. That means that a person account can be either a related contact on a business account or a related account on a contact. A person account can also be related to another person account as either a related contact or related account.

Supported Calls

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

Fields

Field Name	Details
AccountContactRelationshipCurrency	Type picklist Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Available only for organizations with the multicurrency feature enabled. Contains the ISO code for any currency allowed by the organization.
AccountId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the account that is related to the contact. Field can't be modified when updating existing account-contact relationship records.
ContactId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the contact that is related to the account. Field can't be modified when updating existing account-contact relationship records.
EndDate	Type date Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The date a relationship between a contact and account ended. Use with the `Start Date` to keep a history of the relationship.
IsActive	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether relationship is active (`true`) or not (`false`).
IsDirect	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the account associated with the contact is the contact's primary account (`true`) or not (`false`).
Roles	Type multipicklist Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Update Description The contact’s participating role in the account. Values are `Business User`, `Decision Maker`, `Economic Buyer`, `Economic Decision Maker`, `Evaluator`, `Executive Sponsor`, `Influencer`, `Technical Buyer`, and `Other`.
StartDate	Type date Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The date a relationship between a contact and account began. Use with the `End Date` to keep a history of the relationship.

Usage

Use this object to associate a single contact record to multiple account records so you can easily track the relationships between the people and businesses they work with.

When you insert a non-private contact in your org that associates a contact to multiple accounts, an AccountContactRelation is created and its validation rules, database insertion, and triggers are executed immediately after the contact is saved to the database. When you change a contact's primary account, an AccountContactRelation may be created or edited, and the AccountContactRelation validation rules, database changes, and triggers are executed immediately after the contact is saved to the database. See Order of Execution.