Change Type

The purpose of this activity to change the type of an existing record. This is to avoid having to create a new record and delete the old one.

Setting	Description
Record	The record that is to be changed
Object	The object to change the type to. Notes: When using the Change Type activity to change the type of a record from A to B where the type of A is T_A and the type of B is T_B: When T_Ais a base type of T_B (i.e. T_B inherits T_A) then all the fields and relationships of A will be automatically be present on the updated record When T_B is a base type of T_A (i.e. T_A inherits T_B) then only the fields and relationships that exist on B should be present on the updated record When T_{A and T}B both derive from a common ancestor type T_C then only the fields and relationships defined for T_C will be present on the updated record
Add field or relationship	Add another setting row to update further fields or relationships

Triggers are suppressed on a Change Type activity, therefore no triggers are fired after the conversion.

Parameter	Type	Description
[Activity Name].Record	Record	The record created by the change type activity