Competency

Represents a skill, subject matter expertise, or behavior required for a job or role. This object is available in API version 64.0 and later.

Supported Calls

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

Special Access Rules

This object is available if Talent Recruitment Management is enabled in your org. To access the object, you need one of these permission sets.

User Type Permission Set
Internal Users Talent Recruitment Management Specialist Access
Salesforce Platform Users

Talent Recruitment Management Hiring Manager Access

OR

Talent Recruitment Management Employee Access

Customer and Partner Community Users Talent Recruitment Management Applicant Access

Fields

Category

  • Type: picklist
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
  • Description: Specifies the category of the competency.
  • Possible values:
    • Applications
    • Automation
    • Coding Language
    • Mobile
    • Tools
    • Web

Description

  • Type: textarea
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The description of the competency.

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.

Name

  • Type: string
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update
  • Description: The name of the competency.

OwnerId

  • Type: reference
  • Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
  • Description: ID of the user who created the record.

    This field is a polymorphic relationship field.

  • Relationship Name: Owner
  • Refers To: Group, User

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

CompetencyHistory
History is available for tracked fields of the object.
CompetencyOwnerSharingRule
Sharing rules are available for the object.
CompetencyShare
Sharing is available for the object.