Community (Zone)

Represents a zone that contains Idea or Question objects.

Starting with the Summer ’13 release, Chatter Answers and Ideas communities were 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

describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve()

Fields

Field	Details
CanCreateCase	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether users can ask private questions in the zone using Chatter Answers.
DataCategoryName	Type string Properties Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort Description The data category associated with the zone.
Description	Type textarea Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description Text description of the zone.
HasChatterService	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether Chatter Answers is available in 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.
IsPublished	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the zone is available in portals.
Name	Type string Properties Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort Description The name of the zone.
NetworkId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description ID of the Experience Cloud site that this zone is associated with. This field is available only if digital experiences is enabled in your org. This field is available in API version 57.0 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.

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

Community (Zone)

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Usage