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            Create Custom Activity Records by Using Apex Code

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            Create Custom Activity Records by Using Apex Code

            Automatically generate records for your parent custom object. Each such record corresponds to a custom child object that represents an activity to track on the timeline.

            Required Editions

            Available in: Lightning Experience
            Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Life Sciences Cloud, Life Sciences Cloud for Customer Engagement Add-on license, and the Life Sciences Customer Engagement managed package.
            User Permissions Needed
            To configure activity timeline visibility settings: Life Sciences Commercial Admin permission set

            Use the following steps as an example to create records for the parent custom object on insert, update, and delete actions, as applicable. Wherever needed, replace Custom_Activity__c with the API name of your custom child object. For example, if you create a custom object to represent in-person meetings, use the In_Person_Meetings object name to replace Custom_Activity__c, wherever applicable.

            1. Create a trigger service apex class to generate records for the parent custom object that each corresponds to the child custom objects.
              1. From Setup, select Developer Console.
              2. Click File | New | Apex Class.
              3. Enter CustomActivityTriggerService as the name.
              4. In the CustomActivityTriggerService.aptx file, enter the following sample code. Customize the code as needed. 
                public class CustomActivityTriggerService {
public static void writeAccountActivityRecord(List<Custom_Activity__c> incomeRecords) {
        List<Account_Activity__c> eventRecords = new List<Account_Activity__c>();
        for (Custom_Activity__c objRecord : incomeRecords) {
            eventRecords.add(new Account_Activity__c(
                    Account__c = objRecord.Account__c,
                    Event_Date_Time__c = Datetime.now(), // value should be in GMT
                    Title__c = 'any text you want to use as a Title',
                    Subtitle__c = 'another text you want to use as Subtitle',
                    Entity_Id__c = objRecord.Id,
                    Entity_Type__c = SObjectType.Custom_Activity__c.name,
                    Entity_Subtype__c = 'any value that is used to classify ObjectA records, e.g. this can be a record type name',
                    Event_Data__c = JSON.serialize(new ObjectEventData(objRecord))
            ));
        }
        insert eventRecords;
    }
    private class ObjectEventData {
        public List<FieldDTO> fields;
        public ObjectEventData(Custom_Activity__c record) {
            fields = new List<FieldDTO>();
            fields.add(new FieldDTO(SObjectType.Custom_Activity__c.fields.Status__c.name, String.valueOf(record.Status__c)));
           // fields.add(new FieldDTO(SObjectType.Custom_Activity__c.fields.FieldB__c.name, String.valueOf(record.FieldB__c)));
           // fields.add(new FieldDTO(SObjectType.Custom_Activity__c.fields.FieldC__c.name, String.valueOf(record.FieldC__c), record.FieldC__r.Name));
            //example for date time field
            fields.add(new FieldDTO(SObjectType.Custom_Activity__c.fields.Start_Time__c.name, record.Start_Time__c.formatGMT('yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss.SSS\'Z\'')));
        }
    }
    private class FieldDTO {
        public String fieldAPIName;
        public String fieldValue;
        public String relatedRecordName;
        public FieldDTO(String fieldAPIName, String fieldValue) {
            this.fieldAPIName = fieldAPIName;
            this.fieldValue = fieldValue;
        }
        public FieldDTO(String fieldAPIName, String fieldValue, String relatedRecordName) {
            this(fieldAPIName, fieldValue);
            this.relatedRecordName = relatedRecordName;
        }
    }
}
            2. Create a trigger for the apex class.
              This configuration ensures that after you create a record for a custom activity, such as an in-person meeting, a related parent custom activity record is created.
              1. From Setup, select Developer Console.
              2. Click File | New | Apex Trigger | .
              3. Enter CustomActivityTrigger as the name.
              4. Select Custom_Activity__c as the sObject.
              5. In the CustomActivityTrigger.aptx file, enter the following sample code. Customize the code as needed. 
                trigger CustomActivityTrigger on Custom_Activity__c (after insert, after update) {
//this check can be skipped if trigger is subscribed only on after insert
//and after update events and service class method can be called immediately
if (Trigger.isAfter && (Trigger.isInsert || Trigger.isUpdate)) {
CustomActivityTriggerService.writeAccountActivityRecord(Trigger.new);
}
}
             
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