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Chris Heath Assigning a field a value based on Zip Code?
Hello,
I am trying to set up a trigger to update fields on a Lead object when said Lead is created.
What I'd like to do is set it up so that it assigns the Lead a Centile number based on the Zip Code.
I have an excel file mapping 30,000+ zip codes to these Centiles.
I cannot create a trigger that just says "If zip code is this, centile is this..." 30,000+ times because that will quickly reach the 100,000 character limit.
How would it be recommended that I complete this task?
Thank you,
I am trying to set up a trigger to update fields on a Lead object when said Lead is created.
What I'd like to do is set it up so that it assigns the Lead a Centile number based on the Zip Code.
I have an excel file mapping 30,000+ zip codes to these Centiles.
I cannot create a trigger that just says "If zip code is this, centile is this..." 30,000+ times because that will quickly reach the 100,000 character limit.
How would it be recommended that I complete this task?
Thank you,
The best way to approach this is to create a "Zip Code" custom object with a zip code field and a Centile number field, and insert your 30000+ zip codes as records. Once this is done, you can write a trigger on lead to query the zip code object for the centile number and update the lead.
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Thanks,
Shashank