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bennyfajbennyfaj 

Using Related field values within Formula

I need to use a related field values like contact name within a formula fieds in a case.
 
Is there a way to use related object fields based on related id available in the record ?
Should  this be usefull feature request ?
 
see exemple hereafter :
 
Ex : IF({!ContactId}="", "Dear Customer","Dear " & {!LastName}[{!ContactId}] & " " & {!FirstName}[{!ContactId}])
 
thanks for the help
Benny
 
EricBEricB
Hi Benny,
I'm afraid that it is not possible today to reference related object fields in formulas, but that capability is planned for the future.

Regards,
Eric
AppExchange Product Management
CarlingatSEDCarlingatSED
Has there been any progress on this functionality?

Thanks!