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Valerie_Armstro
Valerie_Armstro
Level 9
August 7, 2014
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Block Field Updates and API Calls

Hello,

We are currently using the Web Service API to update lead information.  However, when that information is updated, it is updating other values in different fields that we would rather not have overwritten.  If I decided to block field updates from Web Service API for those fields, will the API call return an error and not update any fields or will it continue to function properly without updating the other fields?

Thank you in advance!
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Josh_Hill13
Josh_Hill13Accepted solution
Level 10
August 7, 2014
Field blocking will only prevent Overwrites of existing data.

I do not think the API would return an error, but it might as I've seen the import process denote when a field might be blocked for new data.
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Valerie_Armstro
Valerie_ArmstroAuthor
Level 9
August 11, 2014
Thank you for clarifying, Josh and Kenny!
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Kenny_Elkington
Kenny_Elkington
Level 10
August 7, 2014
Josh is correct, it will not throw an error if the field is blocked from updates.
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    Josh_Hill13
    Josh_Hill13Accepted solution
    Level 10
    August 7, 2014
    Field blocking will only prevent Overwrites of existing data.

    I do not think the API would return an error, but it might as I've seen the import process denote when a field might be blocked for new data.
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