--- schema_version: "1" id: 93966029d27ca91bfe7b9157ffeb468c6987461e3c61b850640ed2316c5191a1 title: ContactShare collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_contactshare.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_contactshare.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 13513ef9ed4e3433f65d5b3f6f3f2ae2062d4686ef657a46d642edf442d2a94b description: Represents a list of access levels to a Contact along with an explanation of the access level. For example, if you have access to a record because you own it, the ContactAccessLevel is All and RowCause is Owner. --- # ContactShare Represents a list of access levels to a Contact along with an explanation of the access level. For example, if you have access to a record because you own it, the ContactAccessLevel is All and RowCause is Owner. You can only create, edit, and delete sharing entries for standard objects whose RowCause field is set to Manual. Sharing entries for standard objects with different RowCause values are created as a result of your Salesforce org’s sharing configuration and are read-only. For some sharing mechanisms, such as sharing sets, sharing entries aren’t stored at all. ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png) #### Note While Salesforce currently maintains read-only sharing entries for multiple sharing mechanisms, it’s possible that we’ll stop storing certain share records to improve performance. As a best practice, don’t create customizations that rely on the availability of these sharing entries. Any changes to sharing behavior will be communicated before they occur. ## Supported Calls describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve() ## Special Access Rules As of Summer ’20 and later, only users with access to the Contact object can access this object. ## Fields | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | ContactId | Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the Contact associated with this sharing entry. This field can't be updated. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name Contact Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Contact | | ContactAccessLevel | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Level of access that the User or Group has to cases associated with the account Contact. The possible values are: - Read - Edit - All This value is not valid for create or update. This field must be set to an access level that is higher than the organization’s default access level for contacts. | | IsDeleted | Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter Description Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (true) or not (false). Label is **Deleted**. | | RowCause | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Reason that this sharing entry exists. If you’re creating a sharing entry, the only permitted value is Manual. If no value is specified, the field defaults to Manual. All other RowCause values are read-only. After the sharing entry is created, this field can’t be edited. Valid values include: - Rule—The User or Group has access via a Contact sharing rule. - GuestRule—The User or Group has access via a Contact guest user sharing rule. - ImplicitChild—The User or Group has access to the Contact via sharing access on the associated Account. After faster account sharing recalculation is enabled for your org, sharing entries with this value aren’t returned in queries. Instead of storing implicit child shares, record access is determined dynamically. - ImplicitPerson—The User or Group has access to the business contact of a person account via access to the person account itself. - GuestPersonImplicit—The guest user has access to the business contact of a person account via a Contact sharing rule. - PortalImplicit—The Contact is associated with the portal user. - LpuImplicit—The User has access to records owned by high-volume Experience Cloud site users via a share group. - ARImplicit—The User, who belongs to a partner or customer account, has access to the Contact via an account relationship data sharing rule. - Manual—The User or Group has access because a User with “All” access manually shared the Contact with them. - Owner—The User is the owner of the Contact. | | UserOrGroupId | Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the User or Group that has been given access to the Contact. This field can't be updated. This is a polymorphic relationship field. Relationship Name UserOrGroup Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Group, User | ## Usage This object allows you to determine which users and groups can view or edit Contact records owned by other users. ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png) #### Note After faster account sharing recalculation is enabled for your org, we no longer store implicit share records between accounts and their child contact records. Sharing entries that have a value of ImplicitChild in the RowCause field aren’t returned when you query this object. Instead, the system dynamically determines whether users can access child contact records when they try to access them. This change speeds up ownership and sharing recalculation for accounts. For more information, see the [Faster Account Sharing Recalculation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000394638&type=1&language=en_US) knowledge article. #### See Also - [AccountShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_accountshare.htm "Represents a sharing entry on an account.")