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validation rule to require lookup field

Hi,

 

I would like to enforce a lookup field to be 'required'. 
I want to do this using a validation rule (I wish there was a 'required' checkbox for lookup fields), doing this on the page layout level is insufficient for my needs.

 

I've tried to set up a validation rule

 

ISNULL( Team__c )
But this failed to trigger even in cases it should have.
 
Any ideas?
 
Thanks
 
 


Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
RpeeRpee
Lookup fields can not be NULL. Only numbers, dates, currency, etc? can be null. Text and lookup fields can be blank though and therefore have a length of zero. 
 
LEN( Team__c ) = 0