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 TypePermission Set
Internal UsersTalent Recruitment Management Specialist Access
Salesforce Platform UsersTalent Recruitment Management Hiring Manager Access
OR
Talent Recruitment Management Employee Access
Customer and Partner Community UsersTalent 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.