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BCDBSA Trigger to compare the same field value of the newest record and the previous record within the same parent record
Hi all,
Let's say we have a parent sObject called ParentObj with a QuoteNumber custom field, and a child sObject called ChildObj. There are two custom fields in ChildObj, Product and Price.
Within the same record of ParentObj, the ChildObj is a related list in ParentObj record page. When a new record of ChildObj is created in the same parent record, we would like to compare the price value of the previous record with the same product name. If the price is different, then I would receive an email alert.
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ParentObj:
ParentID: P00000012
QuoteNumber: QN0001
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ChildObj:
RecordId Product Price
001 Item1 100
002 Item1 100
003 Item2 60
004 Item1 200
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As shown above, I should receive an email alert when a child record 004 is created. Any ideas? I would really appreciate if sample code for this issue is provided or urls to similar Apex trigger.
Thank you.
Let's say we have a parent sObject called ParentObj with a QuoteNumber custom field, and a child sObject called ChildObj. There are two custom fields in ChildObj, Product and Price.
Within the same record of ParentObj, the ChildObj is a related list in ParentObj record page. When a new record of ChildObj is created in the same parent record, we would like to compare the price value of the previous record with the same product name. If the price is different, then I would receive an email alert.
--------------------
ParentObj:
ParentID: P00000012
QuoteNumber: QN0001
--------------------
ChildObj:
RecordId Product Price
001 Item1 100
002 Item1 100
003 Item2 60
004 Item1 200
----------------
As shown above, I should receive an email alert when a child record 004 is created. Any ideas? I would really appreciate if sample code for this issue is provided or urls to similar Apex trigger.
Thank you.
I believe there's a good chance you may be able to do it without coding.
Thx
I have tried. And I also asked salesforce support. They say it is impossible to use Workflow to achieve that.
Thank you for your answer anyway.
But if you don't want to go that route than you definitely should be able to do with trigger.
Why don't you start something and post it , I will review and fix it for you.
Be sure to put it in the real object names with real field names and everything.
Thx
I have tried the workflow for more than 2 days, but none of the method works, and that's the reason I asked Salesforce support. Writing a trigger is time consuming. As a user who has never written a trigger before, I would have not to write a trigger if it is not necessary.
The workflow doesn't work when you
1. create an empty field in the parent object and update whenever a new record with different price is created. What if the newest record is not the same item as the previous record?
2. create an empty field in the child object and update the field when a new record with different price is created. (for the same reason)
And most importantly, how do you extract the previous record value? Using the formula? I have talked to 3 Salesforce supports, and they said they were not able to do that, only trigger helps.
If you have some good ideas, please let me know.