There are many times
when we need to display an image as a custom field like when a status of a
contact is changed to pending or accepted.
Though this is possible natively on force.com it is not so direct. Here’s an example which will illustrate how to display an image on/as a custom field on salesforce.com
You need to be an
administrator or should have the permissions to modify Objects.
Following are the Steps:
1) Upload the Image to
Salesforce
- Navigate to the documents tab
- Fill in the
details of your file, make it externally available and click save
- Once the image is saved, keep a note of its record id, which can be found on the URL(ex: 015U0000000HxC9)
2)
Now we need to add a custom field to the object where we need to display the
image, here I am adding the field to a custom object
· Navigate to Setupà Create à
Objects à (Custom Object) à Add new Custom field
· On Step 1 Select the field type as “formula”
and click next
· On Step 2 Select the Field Return
type as “Text”
· On step 3 Select the Advanced
Formula
Specify the condition on which the
image is to be displayed. E.g. I want to display this image when my status
field is set to “accepted”,
IF(
ISPICKVAL(Status__c,'Accepted'),
IMAGE('/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=015U0000000HxC9',""),
)
Replace the Record ID of your file on the highlighted
code.
·
On Step 4 & 5 select the settings you
wish and click save.
Now you can see the image on the page layout according to your specified formula.
Now you can see the image on the page layout according to your specified formula.
Hope this helped you. Please leave a comment if you need
any help regarding this post or any other force.com related issues.
More info on
Image Function: http://bit.ly/rbgVtD
Documents Tab: http://bit.ly/p4CdFs
