In this article, we will be going to give a few important information about Salesforce File. The lightning experience uses Salesforce Files for any Content, Attachments, Files, Content, and Documents. The internal object name is ContentDocument.

ContentDocument object represents a document that has been uploaded to a library in Salesforce CRM Content or Salesforce Files

Content Document Object Model

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_contentdocument.htm

Now the ContentDocumentLink object represents the link between a Salesforce CRM Content document, Salesforce file, or ContentNote and where it’s shared. A file can be shared with other users, groups, records, and Salesforce CRM Content libraries

Use this object to query the locations where a file is shared or query which files are linked to a particular location. For example, the following query returns a particular document shared with a Chatter group

  • Point to note that both ContentDocument and ContentDocumentLink objects are not customizable, you cannot add custom fields.
  • Use the ContentDocumentLink  object to query the locations where a file is shared or query which files are linked to a particular location. For example, the following query returns a particular document shared with a Chatter group

SELECT ContentDocument.title FROM ContentDocumentLink WHERE ContentDocumentId = ‘069D00000000so2’ AND LinkedEntityId = ‘0D5000000089123’

  • The ContentDocumentLink object supports triggers 

These are the few important settings when you enable File in a Salesforce organization

Salesforce File Setting

If you are using File Connect then the external files (like from Google Drive, SharePoint, Box etc) can be connected to Salesforce.

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