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ApprovalDelegation

Represents an approval delegation that transfers a user's approval responsibilities to another user, group, or queue for a specified date range. This object is available in API version 68.0 and later.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Special Access Rules

This object is available in Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions where Advanced Approvals is enabled.

Fields

Field	Details
Comments	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The comments added by the user creating the delegation record.
DelegatedFromUserId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The ID of the user delegating their approval responsibilities to another user, group, or queue. This field is a relationship field. Relationship Name DelegatedFromUser Refers To User
DelegatedToId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The ID of the user, group, or queue receiving the delegated approval responsibilities. This field is a polymorphic relationship field. Relationship Name DelegatedTo Refers To Group (Type = Regular), Group (Type = Queue), User
EndDate	Type dateTime Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The date and time when the delegation becomes inactive, adjusted according to the delegator's timezone. If left empty, the delegation remains active indefinitely.
Name	Type string Properties Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort Description The auto-generated name of the approval delegation record, for example AD-000000001.
StartDate	Type dateTime Properties Create, Filter, Sort, Update Description The date and time when the delegation becomes active, adjusted according to the delegator's timezone.

Associated Objects

ApprovalDelegationHistory: History is available for tracked fields of the object.

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

ApprovalDelegation

Supported Calls

Special Access Rules

Fields

Associated Objects