What is DeveloperName in Salesforce?
In Salesforce Apex we can use a record type developer name as a unique key to access record type information. By only referencing the developer name in Apex we maintain the ability to update the value displayed to users without worrying about breaking existing processes.
How do I find the developer name of a record type?
With Summer ’18 Release we now finally have a way to use the Developer Name to obtain a Record Type Id without issuing a SOQL query. This is achieved by using the new getRecordTypeInfosByDeveloperName() method of the DescribeSObjectResult class: Id recordTypeId = Schema. SObjectType.
Can you get record type id by developer name?
You can as well get RecordTypeId by Developer Name (since Summer 18) which is better. Finding a recordtype using its name is a bad plan. Record type names change. Developer names do not. Unfortunately, the Describe API doesn’t support retrieval using developer name (and namespace prefix).
How to find current record’s recordtype name?
I found 1 useful link: https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_class_Schema_RecordTypeInfo.htm But, confused how to use that in my logic. If for example the formula field is called RecordTypeName you can access it directly in the trigger without querying again.
How to get the recordtype of an opportunity?
Because you cannot access related data directly from the records in Trigger.new you will need to perform a SOQL query to RecordType to get the record that matches the value in Opportunity.RecordTypeId. The code you would use in your Trigger for this might look like the following:
How to get the record type in HTML?
Using IsPersonAccount doesn’t work, and I don’t know how else to work out the type of account. The field for record type id is ‘Account.RecordTypeId’ and NOT “Account.RecordType” in FIELDS. In HTML you should be using class fields and not something else like isPersonAccount which is not even defined.