Hi,

I have a query that I'm running against several different instances that includes some SFDC required fields like rating and sic code.  Even though these are required fields in SFDC if they are not in the account layout, the query seems to fail.  Is the account layout what determines if I can query against account fields?

Is there a way to have a field that does not show up to users but I can use to drive logic for my app? (If it is in some other obscure layout visible only to the sys admin would the query work then?)

Thanks,

Greg