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matt_bmatt_b 

Error when updating layout: "Layout must contain an item for required layout field: Name"

Hi all,

 

My code creates a custom object via the API, and then it updates the default layout via the API also. This has been working fine, but today I receive the error "Layout must contain an item for required layout field: Name". What is causing this error message?

 

My package.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<Package xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">

 <types>

<members>My_Custom_Object__c-My Custom Object Layout</members>

<name>Layout</name>

 </types>

 <version>17.0</version>

</Package>

 

 

My My_Custom_Object__c-My Custom Object Layout.layout file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<Layout xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">

 <excludeButtons>Clone</excludeButtons>

 <excludeButtons>Share</excludeButtons>

 <excludeButtons>Submit</excludeButtons>

 <excludeButtons>Edit</excludeButtons>

 <excludeButtons>Delete</excludeButtons>

 <layoutSections>

<editHeading>true</editHeading>

<label>Information</label>

<layoutColumns>

 <layoutItems>

<behavior>Edit</behavior>

<field>Document_URL__c</field>

 </layoutItems>

 <layoutItems>

<behavior>Edit</behavior>

<field>Created__c</field>

 </layoutItems>

</layoutColumns>

<layoutColumns>

 <layoutItems>

<behavior>Edit</behavior>

<field>Lead__c</field>

 </layoutItems>

 <layoutItems>

<behavior>Edit</behavior>

<field>Account__c</field>

 </layoutItems>

 <layoutItems>

<behavior>Edit</behavior>

<field>Opportunity__c</field>

 </layoutItems>

</layoutColumns>

<style>TwoColumnsTopToBottom</style>

 </layoutSections>

 <layoutSections>

<editHeading>true</editHeading>

<label>System Information</label>

<style>TwoColumnsTopToBottom</style>

 </layoutSections>

 <layoutSections>

<customLabel>true</customLabel>

<editHeading>true</editHeading>

<label>Custom Links</label>

<style>CustomLinks</style>

 </layoutSections>

</Layout>

 

Can someone tell me why this has suddenly stopped working and what the "required layout field: Name" is?

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
matt_bmatt_b

Never mind, I have found the problem - I was interpreting the error message incorrectly. I assumed that this was a problem within the XML due to the changes to Spring 10, but in fact the error message means "There is a required field within your custom object called 'name', but you have not included it in the layout so nobody will ever be able to populate it".

 

I had changed the format of the 'name' field from autonumber to text, which makes it a required field, and therefore it *has* to be present on the layout.