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description: Represents the classification of group members that receive similar benefits. Example classes include executives, union, and office workers. Child object of employer or group Account. This object is available in API version 55.0 and later.
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# GroupClass

Represents the classification of group members that receive similar benefits. Example classes include executives, union, and office workers. Child object of employer or group Account. This object is available in API version 55.0 and later.

## Supported Calls

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

## Fields

### AccountId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: ID of the related account record.
    
    This is a relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Account
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: Account

### Category

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The class category the group class belongs to.

### Code

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Code for the group class.

### Description

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Description of the group class.

### EffectiveEndDate

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Effective end date of the group class.

### EffectiveStartDate

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Effective start date of the group class.

### LastReferencedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp when the current user last accessed this record, a record related to this record, or a list view.

### LastViewedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp when the current user last viewed this record or list view.

### Name

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Name of the group class.

### ParentGroupClassId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The parent group class associated with the group class.
    
    This is a relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: ParentGroupClass
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: GroupClass

### UsageType

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort
- **Description**: Internal field. Specifies the application using the group census to populate data. For example, Insurance or Loyalty.
- **Default value**: Insurance
- **Possible values**:
    - Insurance

## Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

[GroupClassChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.financial_services_cloud_object_reference.meta/financial_services_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "A ChangeEvent object is available for each object that supports Change Data Capture. You can subscribe to a stream of change events using Change Data Capture to receive data tied to record changes in Salesforce. Changes include record creation, updates to an existing record, deletion of a record, and undeletion of a record. A change event isn’t a Salesforce object—it doesn’t support CRUD operations or queries. It’s included in the object reference so you can discover which Salesforce objects support change events.")

Change events are available for the object in API version 62.0 and later.

[GroupClassHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.financial_services_cloud_object_reference.meta/financial_services_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_history.htm "StandardObjectNameHistory is the model for all history objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent the history of changes to the values in the fields of a standard object.")

History is available for tracked fields of the object.

[GroupClassOwnerSharingRule](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.financial_services_cloud_object_reference.meta/financial_services_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_ownersharingrule.htm "StandardObjectNameOwnerSharingRule is the model for all owner sharing rule objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a rule for sharing a standard object with users other than the owner.")

Sharing rules are available for the object.

[GroupClassShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.financial_services_cloud_object_reference.meta/financial_services_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_share.htm "StandardObjectNameShare is the model for all share objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a sharing entry on the standard object.")

Sharing is available for the object.