CommunicationChannelType

Represents the type of communication channel such as WhatsApp, SMS, or Telegram. This object is available in API version 63.0 and later.

Supported Calls

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

Fields

Field Details
ChannelName
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update
Description
The name of the channel.
DeveloperName
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Required. The unique name of the communication channel.

The name:

  • must be 40 characters or fewer
  • must begin with a letter
  • can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters
  • can’t include spaces
  • can’t end with an underscore
  • can’t contain 2 consecutive underscores

In managed packages, this field prevents naming conflicts on package installations. With this field, a developer can change the object’s name in a managed package and the changes are reflected in a subscriber’s organization.

Language
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
Description
The combined language and locale ISO code, which controls the language of the communication channel.
Possible values are:
  • da—Danish
  • de—German
  • en_US—English
  • es—Spanish
  • es_MX—Spanish (Mexico)
  • fi—Finnish
  • fr—French
  • it—Italian
  • ja—Japanese
  • ko—Korean
  • nl_NL—Dutch
  • no—Norwegian
  • pt_BR—Portuguese (Brazil)
  • ru—Russian
  • sv—Swedish
  • th—Thai
  • zh_CN—Chinese (Simplified)
  • zh_TW—Chinese (Traditional)
MasterLabel
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Label for this communication channel value. This display value is the internal label that doesn't get translated.