DataUsePurpose

Represents the reason for contacting a prospect or customer, such as for billing, marketing, or surveys. This object is available in API version 45.0 and later.

Supported Calls

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

Special Access Rules

This object is available if Data Protection and Privacy is enabled.

Fields

Field Name	Details
CanDataSubjectOptOut	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. Indicates whether the customer can decline contact for the described purpose.
Description	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Indicates the purpose for contacting a customer.
LastReferencedDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record.
LastViewedDate	Type dateTime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it’s possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed.
LegalBasisId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Identifies the legal basis record associated with the data use purpose. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name LegalBasis Relationship Type Lookup Refers To DataUseLegalBasis
Name	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update Description Required. Identifies the reason for contacting a customer. For example, billing or marketing.
OwnerId	Type reference Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The ID of the owner of the account associated with this customer. This is a polymorphic relationship field. Relationship Name Owner Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Group, User
PurposeId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The ID of an object containing data specific to the data use purpose. This is a polymorphic relationship field. Relationship Name Purpose Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Asset, CareProgram, CareRegisteredDevice, or Product2

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. Unless noted, they’re available in the same API version as this object.

DataUsePurposeChangeEvent (API version 62.0): Change events are available for the object.
DataUsePurposeHistory: History is available for tracked fields of the object.
DataUsePurposeOwnerSharingRule: Sharing rules are available for the object.
DataUsePurposeShare: Sharing is available for the object.

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

DataUsePurpose

Supported Calls

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Associated Objects