Use Anonymous Apex
An anonymous block is Apex code that doesn’t get stored in the metadata, but that can be compiled and executed.
This example uses Anonymous Apex to mass update account ratings. Say you have accounts with Rating
set to Cold
because of unfavorable business conditions. You now want to make mass updates to these accounts and change their rating to Warm
. You want to limit this update to mid-sized accounts with more than a certain amount of revenue.
This Anonymous Apex code updates ratings of accounts that have an annual revenue greater than $10,000,000
and have more than 1000
employees:
- In the
scripts/apex
folder, create an Anonymous Apex file using the.apex
file extension. Paste this code into the file:
- Click Execute Anonymous Apex to execute your code.
The DEBUG CONSOLE
lists accounts and their updated ratings.
- Apex Developer Guide: Anonymous Blocks