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description: Represents information about key product messages, product objectives, or other information that can assist or guide users when working with the product. This object is available in API version 65.0 and later.
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# ProductGuidance

Represents information about key product messages, product objectives, or other information that can assist or guide users when working with the product. This object is available in API version 65.0 and later.

## Supported Calls

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

## Fields

### ContentText

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The product guidance message or objective.

### EffectiveEndDate

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date after which the guidance is no longer available.

### EffectiveStartDate

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date when the product guidance takes effect.

### GroupName

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The group name used to categorize messages.

### GroupSequence

- **Type**: int
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The sequence in which group are displayed.

### IsActive

- **Type**: boolean
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether the product guidance is active (true) or not (false).
- **Default value**: false

### IsReactionSelectionHidden

- **Type**: boolean
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether reaction capture is hidden (true) or not (false).
- **Default value**: false

### LastReferencedDate

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

### LastViewedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp when the current user last viewed this record or list view. If this value is null, and LastReferenceDateis not null, the user accessed this record or list view indirectly.

### Name

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The name of the product guidance.

### OwnerId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: ID of the owner of this object.
    
    This field is a polymorphic relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Owner
- **Refers To**: Group, User

### Priority

- **Type**: int
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The default priority order of product guidance messages and objectives.

### ProductReferenceRecordId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The product that's associated with the product guidance.
    
    This field is a polymorphic relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: ProductReferenceRecord
- **Refers To**: LifeSciMarketableProduct, Product2

### Reactions

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: A semicolon-delimited list of custom reactions captured by the user.

### SourceSystemIdentifier

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The identifier of the record in the source system.

### SourceSystemName

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The name of the system from which data is loaded into the object.

### Type

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Specifies the type of the product guidance.
- **Default value**: Message
- **Possible values**:
    - Message
    - Objective
    - Other

## 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.

[ProductGuidanceChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "A StandardObjectNameChangeEvent 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.

[ProductGuidanceFeed](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_feed.htm "StandardObjectNameFeed is the model for all feed objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent the posts and feed-tracked changes of a standard object.")

Feed tracking is available for the object.

[ProductGuidanceHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/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.

[ProductGuidanceShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/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.