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Navneeth Raj How to know the API names of fields of a Standard Objects like Accounts, Contacts etc
How to know the API names of fields of a Standard Objects like Accounts, Contacts etc & what's the navigation to view the API names of fields of standard objects
You can look for the API name of the standard fields under setup -> customize -> under any standard object -> fields.
Here field name denotes the API name of the standard fields.
Hope this might help you.
Thanks.
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewSolution?id=000007594&language=en_US (https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewSolution?id=000007594&language=en_US)
For standard objects,
Use http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/object_reference/index_Left.htm#CSHID=sforce_api_objects_list.htm|StartTopic=Content%2Fsforce_api_objects_list.htm|SkinName=webhelpto get API names for standard field names
For custom fields,
Go to Setup | App Setup | Customize | <Object> | Fields
Look for "API Name" column value in "Custom Fields & Relationships" section
To find a field's API name for custom objects, please follow these steps:
1. Go to Setup | Create | Objects | <Object> | Fields
2. And check for "API name" column name value
NOTE:- You can nt see all field API name in UI
Like below field on UI:-
MailingCity
MailingState
MailingCountry
MailingPostalCode
MailingStreet
Please download below PDF for all standard field name
https://help.salesforce.com/help/pdfs/en/salesforce_field_names_reference.pdf
Contact Field API name:-
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_contact.htm
Account Field API name:-
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_account.htm
Please let us know if this will help you.
Thanks,
Amit Chaudhary
Workbench:
1.Login in to Workbench:https://workbench.developerforce.com/login.php
2.Click on Select.
3.Click on Fields and select a field:
4.You can see the name and label of that particular field:name is the API Name here.
Force.com IDE:
Install Force.com IDE and create a project:
https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Force.com_IDE_Installation
https://developer.salesforce.com/page/An_Introduction_to_Force_IDE
After creating a project,select salesforce.schema in Pakage Explorer.
Here you can see API names of the fields of various objects in right side of the window:
1. Go to Set up > Build > Schema Builder
2. Select objects what you want to see API name.
2. In view option, select Display Element Names