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Amanda ReamAmanda Ream 

Create a trigger for new user

I am trying to create a trigger that creates a new user record when a custom object picklist is set to 'in progress'. I am getting an error that says "Illegal variable declaration: newUser.FirstName" Can anyone help me out and tell me what this error means? Here is the whole trigger, the bolded line is causing the error:

trigger AutoUserCreate on User (after update) {
    List<User> UserList = new List<User>();
    for( Support_Request__c sr : Trigger.new) {
       if (sr.status__c == 'in progress'){
    User newUser = new User ();
    string newUser.FirstName = Support_Request__c.First_Name__c;
    string newUser.LastName = Support_Request__c.Last_Name__c;
    insert UserList;
    }
   }
}
TechnozChampTechnozChamp
Amanda the trigger is on user, the for loop seems to be on other object. And teh trigger will throw many errors.Please follow proper guidelines.
 
TechnozChampTechnozChamp
http://technozchamps.blogspot.com/2015/01/salesforce-trigger-best-practices.html
praveen murugesanpraveen murugesan
Hi Amanda,

Change the trigger like this.

trigger AutoUserCreate on User (after update) {
    List<User> UserList = new List<User>();
    for( Support_Request__c sr : Trigger.new) {
       if (sr.status__c == 'in progress'){
    User newUser = new User ();
    newUser.FirstName = Support_Request__c.First_Name__c;
    newUser.LastName = Support_Request__c.Last_Name__c;//insert all required fields.
    insert UserList;
    }
   }
}

Thanks.
Amanda ReamAmanda Ream
Thanks Praveen but when I remove the word string, I get a different error: "Illegal Assignment from Schema.SObjectfield to String." Any ideas on that error?
praveen murugesanpraveen murugesan
Hi Amanda,

You need to write a trigger in custom obj. which is having that picklist. I hope its in  Support_Request__c.

Please write a trigger in Support_Request__c like this.
  
trigger AutoUserCreate on Support_Request__c (after update)
{
	List<User> UserList = new List<User>();
    for( Support_Request__c sr : Trigger.new)
    {
        if (sr.status__c == 'in progress')
        {
			User newUser = new User();
			newUser.FirstName = sr.First_Name__c;
			newUser.LastName = sr.Last_Name__c;.			
			newUser.EmailEncodingKey = 'ISO-8859-1';
			newUser.TimeZoneSidKey = 'Europe/London';
			newUser.LocaleSidKey = 'en_GB';
			newUser.LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US';
			//insert all required fields
			UserList.add(newUser);
		}		
    }
	insert UserList;
}
And sorry for the dealy.

Thanks.

Praveen Murugesan.