objectid And objecttypecode
You can principally associate some objects with a parent object. The objectid field is used to set the ID of the parent object to which a given object is related.
When setting the objectid field, you must set the objectid and objecttypecode to a specific value. Some (but not all) of the available values are listed below. You can see the complete list of valid objecttypecodes by viewing the picklist associated with a field.
| Parent Object | objecttypecode |
|---|---|
| account | 1 |
| competitor | 123 |
| contact | 2 |
| contract | 1010 |
| incident | 112 |
| invoice | 1090 |
| lead | 4 |
| opportunity | 3 |
| product | 1024 |
| quote | 1084 |
| salesorder | 1088 |
The objectid and objecttypecode can be set in two ways. TIBCO strongly recommends using Seek steps to set the objectid and objecttypecode.
- Use
Seek steps to automatically assign the values. Add the Seek step on the
parent object; you must add the Seek step before the object to be associated.
With this configuration, objectid and objecttypecode are set based on the values returned from the seek operation. You do not need to create data links on these fields when you use the seek step method.
- Use
data links, lookup functions, and fixed value links. Create a data link
between some value in the source and objectid.
Use the DBLOOKUP function on this data link to return the appropriate value. Create a fixed value link on objecttypecode to set the value.
See also