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KT@CiscoKT@Cisco 

How to identify case owner as either a User or a Queue

I need to identify for a given case whether the owner of the case is a queue or an agent.

 

When I query the CASE table for OwnerId field, it gives me different string values and I was hoping to identify how to differentiate between whether this OwnerId references a Queue or if it references an agent.

 

Any clues?

 

 

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werewolfwerewolf
Well, you could query for Owner.Type.  That'll tell you.

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werewolfwerewolf
Well, you could query for Owner.Type.  That'll tell you.
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rtuttlertuttle
Any way to do that in a workflow rule?  I've been battling cases that move owners unexpectedly.  The field doesn't seem to be pulled forward for workflow rules to look at.  I thought of using a trigger to add that to a custom field in the case, but seems a bit extreme.  Any ideas?
werewolfwerewolf
I don't think so -- the trigger's the only way.
rtuttlertuttle

Okay new problem with that idea. Everytime I attempt to capture Case.Owner.Type within the trigger on a before insert, before update it shows Owner.Type as null.  Any ideas?

 

 

trigger CaseOwnerTypeTrigger on Case (before insert, before update) {	for(Case c : Trigger.new)	{		c.Owner_Type__c = c.Owner.Type;	}}
 
 


werewolfwerewolf
Interesting.  You could use the first 3 chars of OwnerId instead.  If it's an 005 then it's a user, otherwise it's a queue.


rtuttlertuttle
Genius I love it, thanks again.
 
 
For anyone else trying to find the solution, create a field on the case called Owner Type then use the trigger below:
 
 
 
trigger CaseOwnerTypeTrigger on Case (before insert, before update) {
	for(Case c : Trigger.new)
	{
		//c.Owner_Type__c = c.Owner.Type;  // won't work, always returns null for some reason
		String ownId = c.OwnerId;    // necessary to convert ID to string
		c.Owner_Type__c = (ownId.substring(0,3) == '005' ? 'User' : 'Queue');
 	}
}
 
 
Message Edited by rtuttle on  02-25-2009 01:35 PM
Message Edited by rtuttle on  02-25-2009 01:36 PM


Vijay RautVijay Raut
Hi,
 
I understand that, you have workaround to check whether Owner is User or Queue (using first 3 chars). But you have any idea about why "Owner.Type" always returns null? Is it because we are in before trigger context or we need to query for Owner.Type rather than using from Trigger.new as it is not cashed in Trigger.New context variable. 
 
Thanks,
V.R.  


werewolfwerewolf
Owner.Type won't work in Trigger.New because Trigger.New doesn't spider to related objects -- you can't get Account.Name there either.  It will only show up if you explicitly query for it.


Vijay RautVijay Raut
Thanks .. I had thought same and that makes sense.
 
Regards,
V.R.


Stephen Johnson 17Stephen Johnson 17
Use the word queue in your queue name. For example, US queue. Use rule or formula etc to look for the word queue.  If owner.name contains 'queue' then...


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