Period | Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

Supported Calls

describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve()

Special Access Rules

As of Spring ’20 and later, only Chatter Free users and standard users can access this object.

Fields

Field	Details
EndDate	Type date Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The last date of the fiscal period.
FiscalYearSettingsId	Type reference Properties Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort Description The parent record for this period. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name FiscalYearSettings Relationship Type Lookup Refers To FiscalYearSettings
FullyQualifiedLabel	Type string Properties Group, Nillable Description Represents the period’s complete name in the UI. For example, “September FY 2016”.
IsForecastPeriod	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the period is associated with Salesforce Forecasting (`true`) or not (`false`).
Number	Type int Properties Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort Description If the labeling scheme of your fiscal year's quarters or months is numbered, this field indicates the relative number of the row.
PeriodLabel	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description If the months in your fiscal year use custom names, then this field contains the appropriate name for rows of type Month.
QuarterLabel	Type picklist Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description If the quarters in your fiscal year use custom names, then this field contains the appropriate name for rows of type Quarter.
StartDate	Type date Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The first date of the fiscal period.
Type	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Indicates whether the period is of type Month, Quarter, Week, or Year. Label is the field value.

Usage

In API version 36.0 and earlier, querying the Period object yields no results. In API version 37.0 and later, a query returns period records.

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Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform