Solution Fields

An alphabetical list of solution fields.

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Field Description
Created By User who created the solution including creation date and time. (Read only)
Language

The language in which a solution is written.

Available for organizations with multilingual solutions enabled.

Master Solution

The solution with which a translated solution is associated and from which its title and details are derived.

Available for organizations with multilingual solutions enabled.

Master Solution Details

Detailed description of the master solution from which a translated solution's details are derived. (Read only)

Available for organizations with multilingual solutions enabled.

Master Solution Title

Title of the master solution from which a translated solution's title is derived. (Read only)

Available for organizations with multilingual solutions enabled.

Modified By User who last changed the solution fields, including modification date and time. This does not track changes made to any of the related list items on the solution. (Read only)
Open Case Detail Link to printable view of the case that was used to create the solution. Displays only if the solution was created when the case was closed. Displays only when editing a solution. (Read only)
Out of Date

Checkbox that indicates that a translated solution's title and details may need translating to match the title and details of the master solution with which it is associated.

Available for organizations with multilingual solutions enabled.

Public

Indicates the solution is available in the Self-Service Portal and Customer Portal.

Before Spring ‘14, this field was called Visible in Self-Service Portal.

If digital experiences is enabled in your org, this field specifies whether a solution is visible to external users in Experience Cloud sites.

Solution Details

Detailed description of the solution. Up to 32 KB of data are allowed.

Solution details are either displayed in text or HTML, depending on how your organization is set up.

When the HTML solution detail is displayed in list views and search results, only the first 255 characters are displayed. This number includes HTML tags and images that are removed.

Solution Number Automatically generated identifying number. (Read only) Administrators can modify the format and numbering for this field.
Solution Title Title of the solution describing the customer’s problem or question.
Status Status of the solution, for example, Draft, Reviewed. Entry is selected from a picklist of available values, which are set by an administrator. Each picklist value can have up to 40 characters.
Visible in Public Knowledge Base

Indicates the solution is a public solution.

This field only applies to solutions, not articles in the public knowledge base.

Custom Links Listing of custom links for solutions set up by your administrator.