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description: Represents a zone that contains Idea or Question objects.
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# Community (Zone)

Represents a zone that contains Idea or Question objects.

![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png)

#### Note

Starting with the Summer ’13 release, Chatter Answers and Ideas communities were renamed to zones. In API version 28, the API object label has changed to Zone, but the API type is still Community.

## Supported Calls

describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve()

## Fields

| Field | Details |
| --- | --- |
| CanCreateCase | 
Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates whether users can ask private questions in the zone using Chatter Answers.



 |
| DataCategoryName | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort

Description

The data category associated with the zone.



 |
| Description | 

Type

textarea

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description

Text description of the zone.



 |
| HasChatterService | 

Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates whether Chatter Answers is available in the zone.



 |
| IsActive | 

Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates whether the zone is active or inactive. An idea or question can only be posted to an active zone.



 |
| IsPublished | 

Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates whether the zone is available in portals.



 |
| Name | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort

Description

The name of the zone.



 |
| NetworkId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

ID of the Experience Cloud site that this zone is associated with. This field is available only if digital experiences is enabled in your org. This field is available in API version 66.0 and later.



 |

## Usage

Use this object to create a zone in Ideas, Chatter Answers, or Answers. Zones help organize ideas and questions into logical groups and are shared by the Ideas, Answers, and Chatter Answers.