Vote

Represents a vote that a user has made on a Knowledge Article, Idea, or Reply.

In API version 16.0 and earlier, SOQL queries on the Vote object only return votes for the Idea object. Starting in API version 17.0, SOQL queries return votes for both Idea and Reply.

Note

Supported Calls

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

Special Access Rules

As of Summer ’20 and later, only authenticated internal and external users can access this object.

Voting on Knowledge articles is available only when Knowledge is enabled.

Fields

Field	Details
IsDeleted	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter Description Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (`true`) or not (`false`). Label is Deleted.
LastModifiedById	Type reference Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the user most recently associated with this vote.
LastModifiedDate	Type dateTime Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Sort Description The datetime when this vote was last modified.
ParentId	Type reference Properties Group, Sort, Create, Filter Description ID of the Knowledge Article, Idea, or Reply associated with this vote. This is a polymorphic relationship field. Relationship Name Parent Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Idea, IdeaComment, KnowledgeArticle, Solution
Type	Type picklist Properties Group, Sort, Create, Filter, Restricted picklist, Update Description Picklist that indicates the type of vote. The value `Up` indicates that the vote is a user's positive endorsement of the associated idea or reply. The value `Down` indicates that the vote is a user's negative endorsement of the associated idea or reply.

If you are importing Vote data into Salesforce and need to set the value for an audit field, such as CreatedDate, contact Salesforce. Audit fields are automatically updated during API operations unless you request to set these fields yourself..

Note

Usage

For Knowledge Articles, one vote record is inserted per user per Knowledge Article. Voting for another article version overrides the vote for the previous version.

In version 12.0 and later, use this object to track the votes that users made on ideas. For more information on ideas, see “Understand and Work with Ideas” in the Salesforce Help .

In version 17.0 and later, you must filter using the following syntax when querying this object in a SOQL query: ParentId = single ID, Parent.Type = single Type, Id = single ID, or Id IN (list of IDs). See Comparison Operators in the Salesforce SOQL and SOSL Reference Guide for a sample query.

A SOQL query must filter using one of the following Parent or Id clauses.

ParentId = [single ID]
Parent.Type = [single type]
Id = [single ID]
Id IN = [list of IDs]

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

Vote

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