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JD_Nashville Trigger Guidance: How to create multiple records triggered from a selection in picklist?
Use case:
(multiple custom objects, 1 record triggers multiple records in other custom object)
- Custom Object A contains multi-select picklist with values apple, orange , grape, & banana
- User creates record in object A and makes selections apple, orange from picklist
- Trigger: Creates two records in Custom Object B based on the selections of apple & orange
- Apple & Orange are differnt record types in Custom Object B
I'm new to triggers and here's my questions:
1. Is this a difficult trigger?
2. Should I be looking to use triggers for this use case in the first place?
All guidance and feedback is welcome - thanks.
You will have to create a insert/update/delete trigger on object A - recommended AFTER trigger. This will simply insert,update or delete the records in object B based on the update operation of the multi-select picklist.
This should not be difficult at all. If you are new to Apex trigger, I would suggest you to start with simple operation which will insert into object B based on the selection in object A. And then extend it to other operations to delete or update.
You will need to store the key of object A into object B. Which you could use for updates or deletes..
If you have any challenges or more questions, post here..
Cheers,
Pr@sh
This is a good article if you are new to Apex programming
http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Webinar:_Apex_Code:_Intro_to_Programming_on_Force.com