Account

The account object stores information about the companies that you do business with and is also used to track partners and competitors. The methods called on the account object require a list (array) of account objects as an input argument. This list of accounts identifies the records on which the operation is to be carried out.

Child Objects

Account Contact, Account Event, Account Opportunity, Activity, Address, Asset, Attachment, Audit Trail,Book, Business Plan, Call Activity History, Claim, Competitor, Contact, Contact Role, Custom Object 1 through 3, Custom Object 4 through 15, Deal Registration, Event, Financial Account, Financial Account Holder, Financial Plan, Image, Lead, Note, Objective, Partner, Plan Account, Policy, Policy Holder, Revenue, Sales Assessment, Sales Assessment Value, Sample Request, Service Request, Shared Address, Special Pricing Product, Team

Note: When Enabled Shared Addresses is selected on the company profile, the address child object (<ListOfAddress>) cannot be used for insert, update, or delete operations. Only association and dissociation is allowed for the shared address child object. To update a shared address, you must access the top-level shared address object.

Methods Called

The following table details the methods called by the Account service.

Table Methods Called by Account Service

Method	Name as Defined in Service
Delete	AccountDelete
Execute	AccountExecute
Insert	AccountInsert
QueryPage	AccountQueryPage
Update	AccountUpdate

Fields

The following table details the required and read-only fields for the account object.

Table Required and Read-Only Fields for the Account Object

Field Name	Type
AccountName	Required
Audit Fields	Read-only

The following table details the pick map fields for the account object.

Table Pick Map Fields for the Account Object

Pick Map Field	Maps To
Owner	OwnerId
ParentAccount, ParentAccountLocation	ParentAccountId
ParentAccountIntegrationId	ParentAccountId
ParentAccountExternalSystemId	ParentAccountId

The following table provides a list of the user key combinations for the account object.

Table User Key Fields on the Account Object

User Key Field Combinations
Id
ExternalSystemId
AccountName and Location

The following table details the picklists available for the account object.

Table Picklists Available for the Account Object

Field Name
AccountType
AssessmentFilter1 through AssessmentFilter5
CallFrequency
IndexedPick0 through IndexedPick5
InfluenceType
MarketPotential
MarketSegment
PartnerStatus
Priority
Region
Route
Stage
Status