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title: Setup | Identify Field By Name
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description: This action interprets the user’s input to determine if the field exists within an object.
products:
  - Agentforce
  - Cross Cloud
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---
# Setup | Identify Field By Name

This action interprets the user’s input to determine if the field exists within an object.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Foundations, or <strong>Agentforce 1</strong> or <strong>Einstein 1</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d133614e77">User Permissions Needed</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d133614e80">&nbsp;</th>
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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d133614e77 d133614e80 ">See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.agent_actions_common_perms.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Common User Access for Standard Agent
                Actions</a>.</td>

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## Action Details

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small "><colgroup><col style="width:50%"> <col style="width:50%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">API Name</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">IdentifyFieldByName</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Reference Action Type</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Standard Action</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Does this action execute one or more prompt templates?</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Note This action is no longer being updated. We recommend that you use Setup with Agentforce, which can help with many more administrative tasks and is automatically updated with new functionality. For more information, see [Setup with Agentforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.setup_agentforce_overview.htm&language=en_US).