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Deleted fields in Salesforce effect in Marketo

  • December 14, 2015
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Hi,

We deleted some fields on the Lead Object in Salesforce and I noticed we are getting a few sync errors saying "X Custom field does not exist". After deleting the fields in SF, we also hid them in Marketo.

Is there another step that we are missing to ensure the sync continues as normal?

Thank you!

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Best answer by Josh_Hill13

Unless that field was required in SFDC to create a record or do something, which I'd hope it wasn't!

If you are no longer using the field, you should rip it out of Marketo:

  • delete all values in Marketo
  • remove field from all assets
  • unhide
  • ask support to delete the field

But otherwise, it will just throw that error. The only time the entire record will be blocked is if SFDC could not get the correct value for a required field or a cross object error occurred. Did you check to make sure the rest of the record updated in SFDC?

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Grégoire_Miche2
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December 14, 2015

Hi Sarah,

The "missing field" sync error normally should not prevent the sync to happen.

-Greg

Josh_Hill13
Josh_Hill13Accepted solution
New Participant
December 14, 2015

Unless that field was required in SFDC to create a record or do something, which I'd hope it wasn't!

If you are no longer using the field, you should rip it out of Marketo:

  • delete all values in Marketo
  • remove field from all assets
  • unhide
  • ask support to delete the field

But otherwise, it will just throw that error. The only time the entire record will be blocked is if SFDC could not get the correct value for a required field or a cross object error occurred. Did you check to make sure the rest of the record updated in SFDC?

December 14, 2015

Thanks guys.

The initial error DID prevent the sync but it appears it was at the precise moment the field was deleted from Salesforce, before it was hidden in Marketo. When I tried to re-sync the leads went through.

Yay!