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AuthorNote

Stores notes associated with different types of records along with information about the author of the note and the time the note was authored. The author isn’t necessarily the person who created a record. The author is the person who provided the information in the note. This object is available in API version 52.0 and later.

Supported Calls

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

Fields

AuthorId

  • Type: Preference
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: References the author of the note.

    This is a polymorphic relationship field.

  • Relationship Name: Author
  • Relationship Type: Lookup
  • Referenced Objects:
    • Account
    • Contact
    • HealthcareProvider
    • User—This value is available in API version 55.0 and later.

AuthorName

  • Type: string
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The name of the author of the note.

AuthoredDateTime

  • Type: dateTime
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The date and time when the note was authored.

LastReferencedDate

  • Type: dateTime
  • Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort
  • Description: The most recent date on which a user referenced the record.

LastViewedDate

  • Type: dateTime
  • Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort
  • Description: The most recent date on which a user viewed the record.

Name

  • Type: string
  • Properties: Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort
  • Description: The name of the AuthorNote record. This value is generated automatically.

NoteText

  • Type: textarea
  • Properties: Create, Update
  • Description: The contents of the note.

OwnerId

  • Type: Polymorphic reference
  • Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
  • Description: The owner of the AuthorNote record.
  • Relationship Name: Owner
  • Relationship Type: Lookup
  • Referenced Objects: Group, User

ParentRecordId

  • Type: Polymorhpic reference
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
  • Description: References the parent record that the note is associated with.
  • Referenced Objects:
    • Account
    • AllergyIntolerance
    • CareObservation
    • CareRegisteredDevice
    • ClinicalDetectedIssue—This value is available in API version 55.0 and later.
    • ClinicalServiceRequest
    • HealthCondition
    • MedicationRequest
    • MedicationStatement
    • PatientImmunization
    • PatientMedicalProcedure

RecipientType

  • Type: picklist
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
  • Description: The type of recipient for an author note.

    This field is available in API version 55.0 and later.

  • Possible values:
    • Patient
    • Provider

SourceSystem

  • Type: string
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The name of the system the record came from.

SourceSystemIdentifier

  • Type: string
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The ID of the record in its source system.

SourceSystemModified

  • Type: dateTime
  • Properties: Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
  • Description: The date and time when the record was last changed in the source system.

Usage

When a record requires a related note with the information about the author of that note, that information is stored in an AuthorNote record. This AuthorNote record references the parent record it’s associated with using the ParentRecordId field.

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.

AuthorNoteFeed
Feed tracking is available for the object.
AuthorNoteHistory
History is available for tracked fields of the object.
AuthorNoteShare
Sharing is available for the object.
AuthorNoteChangeEvent (API version 61.0)
Change events are available for the object.