Obligation

Represents an obligation between parties to fulfill agreed conditions, such as contractual commitments. The obligation commitment assists with a strategy to achieve the desired outcome within a set timeframe and reduce risk with compliance tracking. For example, payment due dates, contract terms, renewals. This object is available in API version 59.0 and later.

Supported Calls 

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

Special Access Rules 

This object is available if your org has ObligationManagement permission license.

Fields 

AssigneeUserId 

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: The ID of the assignee user associated with the obligation.

This field is a relationship field.

Relationship Name: AssigneeUser

Relationship Type: Lookup

Refers To: User

Description 

Type: textarea

Properties: Create, Nillable, Update

Description: The description of the obligation.

EndDate 

Type: date

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The end date of the obligation.

Name 

Type: string

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update

Description: The name of the obligation.

OtherPartyAccountId 

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The ID of the other party account associated with the obligation.

This field is a relationship field.

Relationship Name: OtherPartyAccount

Relationship Type: Lookup

Refers To: Account

OwnerId 

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: The ID of the user that owns this record.

This field is a polymorphic relationship field.

Relationship Name: Owner

Relationship Type: Lookup

Refers To: Group, User

Party 

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update

Description: The party who executes or delivers the obligation. The default value is First_Party.

Possible values are FIRST_PARTY or OTHER_PARTY

ReferenceContractId 

Type: reference

Properties: Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description: The contract associated with the obligation.

This field is a relationship field.

Relationship Name: ReferenceContract

Relationship Type: Lookup

Refers To: Contract

ReferenceObjectId 

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: The object associated with the obligation. For example, Contract.

This field is a relationship field.

Relationship Name: ReferenceObject

Relationship Type: Lookup

Refers To: Contract

StartDate 

Type: date

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: The start date of the obligation.

State 

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update

Description: The start date of the obligation.

Possible values are Active, Expired, InActive—Inactive, or OnHold—On Hold

The default value is OnHold.

Status 

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: Specifies the status of the obligation.

Possible values are Compliant—Compliant, Non Compliant—Non Compliant, At Risk—At Risk, or None—None

The default value is Compliant.

StatusChangeReason 

Type: string

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The reason to change the obligation status.

Type 

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The type of Obligation. For example, Manufacturing Obligation, or Payment Obligation.

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.

ObligationChangeEvent: Change events are available for the object.

ObligationFeed: Feed tracking is available for the object.

ObligationHistory: History is available for tracked fields of the object.

ObligationOwnerSharingRule: Sharing rules are available for the object.

ObligationShare: Sharing is available for the object.