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description: Represents information about insight notifications that Einstein Relationship Insights explores, such as news mentions, job updates, and relationships. This object is available in API version 57.0 and later.
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# BusinessAlert

Represents information about insight notifications that Einstein Relationship Insights explores, such as news mentions, job updates, and relationships. This object is available in API version 57.0 and later.

## Supported Calls

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

## Special Access Rules

The BusinessAlert object is available only if the ERI Growth User or ERI Starter User license is enabled.

## Fields

| Field | Details |
| --- | --- |
| AlertData | 
Type

textarea

Properties

Create, Nillable, Update

Description

Data associated with each alert.



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| AlertRecordId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description

The record that's referenced by the insight alert.

This field is a polymorphic relationship field.

Relationship Name

AlertRecord

Relationship Type

Lookup

Refers To

Account, Asset, AuthorizationForm, AuthorizationFormConsent, AuthorizationFormDataUse, AuthorizationFormText, BusinessBrand, CommSubscription, CommSubscriptionChannelType, CommSubscriptionConsent, Contact, ContactPointAddress, ContactPointConsent, ContactPointEmail, ContactPointPhone, ContactPointTypeConsent, ContentVersion, Customer, DataUseLegalBasis, DataUsePurpose, EmailMessage, EngagementChannelType, Idea, Image, Individual, Lead, Location, Opportunity, PartyConsent, Pricebook2, Product2, ProfileSkill, QuickText, Recommendation, Scorecard, ScorecardMetric, Seller, SocialPersona, SocialPost, Solution, VideoCall, WorkBadgeDefinition

In addition to the listed standard object fields, this field can refer to custom objects as well,



 |
| AlertType | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update

Description

Specifies the type of insight alert.

Possible values are:

- JOB\_CHANGE
- NEWS
- RELATIONSHIP

The default value is NEWS.



 |
| CurrentDesignation | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

The current designation that's related to the job alert.



 |
| CurrentEmployer | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

The name of the current employer that's related to the job alert.



 |
| LastReferencedDate | 

Type

dateTime

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description

The timestamp when the current user last viewed a record related to this alert record.



 |
| LastViewedDate | 

Type

dateTime

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description

The timestamp when the current user last viewed this alert.



 |
| Name | 

Type

string

Properties

Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort

Description

The name of the alert record.



 |
| OwnerId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description

The ID of the user who owns the record.

This field is a polymorphic relationship field.

Relationship Name

Owner

Relationship Type

Lookup

Refers To

Group, User



 |
| PreviousDesignation | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

The previous designation that's related to the job alert.



 |
| PreviousEmployer | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

The name of the previous employer that's related to the job alert.



 |