SALESFORCE-PD1 Process Automation And Logic Practice Question
Which trigger context variable returns a map of IDs to the new versions of the sObject records?
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Trigger.newMap
Trigger.newMap contains the map of IDs to the new versions of the sObject records, available only in update, undelete, and after insert contexts.
Answer analysis
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Trigger.newMap
Why this is correct
Trigger.newMap provides a keyed lookup of records by ID for the new state.
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Trigger.old
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.old is a List of sObjects representing the old state.
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Trigger.new
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.new is a List of sObjects, not a Map.
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Trigger.oldMap
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.oldMap provides the prior version of records.
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