Apex Code Development You need to sign in to do that
Don't have an account?
FrustratedDev Picklist Validation rule not equal to another field
Hi there,
I'm relatively new to Salesforce.com. I'm trying to create a validation rule whereby the opportunity owner cannot be the same as one of the values in a picklist field. I've tried it several different ways and I just can't get it right.
I tried making "OwnerID = ApproverID" where approverID is a lookup on the users but I need to have a limited amount of people who can approve the opportunity/quote.
I then tried making a validation rule using a picklist as follows
OR(
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Stephen ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Gerry ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Donald ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Gordon ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c, "Lee ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Chris ***")) which works on its own but then if I try to compare it to OwnerID by entering "OwnerID=" at the start, it comes up with an error as follows:
Error: Incorrect parameter for function =(). Expected Boolean, received Text
Can anybody shed some light on what I can do to fix this?
I'm relatively new to Salesforce.com. I'm trying to create a validation rule whereby the opportunity owner cannot be the same as one of the values in a picklist field. I've tried it several different ways and I just can't get it right.
I tried making "OwnerID = ApproverID" where approverID is a lookup on the users but I need to have a limited amount of people who can approve the opportunity/quote.
I then tried making a validation rule using a picklist as follows
OR(
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Stephen ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Gerry ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Donald ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Gordon ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c, "Lee ***"),
ISPICKVAL( Approver__c , "Chris ***")) which works on its own but then if I try to compare it to OwnerID by entering "OwnerID=" at the start, it comes up with an error as follows:
Error: Incorrect parameter for function =(). Expected Boolean, received Text
Can anybody shed some light on what I can do to fix this?
CRMGeneralistAre you using the Salesforce.com Approval Process? You can limit who approves Opportunities if you use the Salesforce.com Approval Wizard.