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GtempGtemp 

Apex trigger to generate campaign member list

I was thinking about how to create a trigger that reads through all campaign members of a certain campaign and updates a custom campaign text field with a string containing the names of all members.

 

For example, in campaign "A" there are 3 members whose names are "John", "Joe" and "Jack". A custom field Member_List__c on "A" would read (after the trigger is executed) "John, Joe, Jack". (In my case, campaigns have only a small number of members so a default text field is fine, no need for long text areas)

 

Do you have any ideas?

 

Thank you!! 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
Devender MDevender M

Hi


Here is the code you can use it. In the code i have used on formula field for getting name of lead or contact. U need to crate a formula field like this

Field text , field Name Name_1__c.
if(ContactId != null, Contact.FirstName , Lead.FirstName )

If u dont need this field u can map to your own field

trigger CampaignMembertrigger on CampaignMember (after insert) {
/*

In the trigger when the campaigns members are created/update iterate over trigger.new,
Take a map of campaigns id, Campaign and add values to map, After adding in map.
Query the campaigns where id in setofkey.
then iterate over the map and update the campaigns.
*/




map<Id, Campaign> map_CampaignId_Campaign = new map<Id, Campaign>();
Campaign locCampaign;
for(CampaignMember campaignMember : trigger.new) {
if(map_CampaignId_Campaign.containsKey(campaignMember.CampaignId)) {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = campaignMember.CampaignId);
locCampaign = map_CampaignId_Campaign.get(campaignMember.CampaignId);
locCampaign.Member_List__c = locCampaign.Member_List__c + ',' + campaignMember.Name_1__c;
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignMember.CampaignId,locCampaign);
} else {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = campaignMember.CampaignId , Member_List__c = campaignMember.Name_1__c);
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignMember.CampaignId,locCampaign);
}
}

map<Id, Campaign> map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent = new map<Id, Campaign>([Select Member_List__c
FROM Campaign
WHERE ID in: map_CampaignId_Campaign.KeySet()
AND Member_List__c != null]);

for(Id campaignId : map_CampaignId_Campaign.KeySet()) {
if(map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent.containsKey(campaignId)) {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = CampaignId);
locCampaign = map_CampaignId_Campaign.get(campaignId);
locCampaign.Member_List__c = map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent.get(campaignId).Member_List__c + locCampaign.Member_List__c;
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignId , locCampaign);
}
}

if(!map_CampaignId_Campaign.isEmpty()) {
update map_CampaignId_Campaign.values();
}

}

All Answers

Devender MDevender M
in the trigger when the campaigns members are created/update iterate over trigger.new, take a map of campaigns id, string and add values to map after adding in map. Query the campaigns where id in setofkey.
then iterate over the map and update the campaigns.
Oliver_DunfordOliver_Dunford

Hey, 

 

What do you intend to do with this field once it's populated?  If it's a text field delimited with commas then you won't get much use out of it from a workflow, formula or reporting perspecitve. 

 

If you're looking to simply view this information have you thought about using a report?  Or inserting a custom link which passes the campaign id into a report to filter the results?

 

Thanks

GtempGtemp

@Devender M Thank you. I am a complete newbie with respect to Apex, so I still have to figure out what all these terms mean. But thank you anyway for your help.

GtempGtemp

@Oliver Actually I need this because I have a custom lookup field on Campaigns that assigs a Lead to each campaign (you may see this a "main target" of the campaign). So I want the names of all members to appear in a related list in the Lead detail page. This solution was the easiest one that crossed my mind ...

Devender MDevender M

Hi


Here is the code you can use it. In the code i have used on formula field for getting name of lead or contact. U need to crate a formula field like this

Field text , field Name Name_1__c.
if(ContactId != null, Contact.FirstName , Lead.FirstName )

If u dont need this field u can map to your own field

trigger CampaignMembertrigger on CampaignMember (after insert) {
/*

In the trigger when the campaigns members are created/update iterate over trigger.new,
Take a map of campaigns id, Campaign and add values to map, After adding in map.
Query the campaigns where id in setofkey.
then iterate over the map and update the campaigns.
*/




map<Id, Campaign> map_CampaignId_Campaign = new map<Id, Campaign>();
Campaign locCampaign;
for(CampaignMember campaignMember : trigger.new) {
if(map_CampaignId_Campaign.containsKey(campaignMember.CampaignId)) {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = campaignMember.CampaignId);
locCampaign = map_CampaignId_Campaign.get(campaignMember.CampaignId);
locCampaign.Member_List__c = locCampaign.Member_List__c + ',' + campaignMember.Name_1__c;
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignMember.CampaignId,locCampaign);
} else {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = campaignMember.CampaignId , Member_List__c = campaignMember.Name_1__c);
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignMember.CampaignId,locCampaign);
}
}

map<Id, Campaign> map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent = new map<Id, Campaign>([Select Member_List__c
FROM Campaign
WHERE ID in: map_CampaignId_Campaign.KeySet()
AND Member_List__c != null]);

for(Id campaignId : map_CampaignId_Campaign.KeySet()) {
if(map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent.containsKey(campaignId)) {
locCampaign = new Campaign(Id = CampaignId);
locCampaign = map_CampaignId_Campaign.get(campaignId);
locCampaign.Member_List__c = map_CampaignId_CampaignAlreadyPrsent.get(campaignId).Member_List__c + locCampaign.Member_List__c;
map_CampaignId_Campaign.put(campaignId , locCampaign);
}
}

if(!map_CampaignId_Campaign.isEmpty()) {
update map_CampaignId_Campaign.values();
}

}

This was selected as the best answer
GtempGtemp
@Devender M It works perfectly. Thank you so much for your help.