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Sherry_Hale
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July 25, 2013
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Field Updates in SFDC

  • July 25, 2013
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If a field name is updated in SFDC, will the field update in an existing flow in Marketo?  I changed a name from Version to Vendor and am hoping I don't have to update all flows with the new name, but that it will default to the new name.
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Best answer by Grégoire_Miche2

Dear all

If you just change the field label in SFDC, it will not change in Marketo and this will have no impact on smart lists or smart campaigns using this field.

If you have the bad idea to also change the API name in Salesforce, you are in a bad situation:

  • Marketo will create a new field with this new name.
  • The previous Marketo field will remain but will not be synchronized any longer
  • You will have to rework all the campaigns and smart lists to have them use the new one, then hide the old one.

-Greg

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Grégoire_Miche2
Grégoire_Miche2Accepted solution
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October 3, 2015

Dear all

If you just change the field label in SFDC, it will not change in Marketo and this will have no impact on smart lists or smart campaigns using this field.

If you have the bad idea to also change the API name in Salesforce, you are in a bad situation:

  • Marketo will create a new field with this new name.
  • The previous Marketo field will remain but will not be synchronized any longer
  • You will have to rework all the campaigns and smart lists to have them use the new one, then hide the old one.

-Greg

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    Anonymous
    October 26, 2016

    While this answer is true -- Marketo seems to hold on to the "old Field Label" from Salesforce as the Name of the field in Marketo. Is there a way to fix this?

    Grégoire_Miche2
    Grégoire_Miche2
    New Participant
    October 27, 2016

    Hi Amy,

    Yes, the old field label will be kept in Marketo:

    If you just change the field label in SFDC, it will not change in Marketo

    You can change the label  in the admin->lead management, but only if the field is used no where (forms, flow steps, smart lists, ...)

    -Greg

    Sherry_Hale
    Sherry_HaleAuthor
    New Participant
    July 30, 2013
    I'm hoping that it's looking at the same field - i did not change the API
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    Liliana_Cheng1
    New Participant
    October 2, 2015

    Hey Sherry, I know it's been a long time since you asked this question - what was the outcome?

    My Sales Ops team wants to change a field name in SFDC and I'm wondering what the impact will be. I do not think the API name will be changed, just the field label.

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    Anonymous
    July 29, 2013
    I see, so it does not update. Did you change the API in SFDC? It sounds like if you did that, you could create a new field in Marketo to sync to and you could use your new name for the Marketo field. 
    Sherry_Hale
    Sherry_HaleAuthor
    New Participant
    July 29, 2013
    Hi Jeff,

    No, it's still showing the old field name but it's not throwing errors so I don't know what to think?
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    Anonymous
    July 26, 2013
    Hey Sherry,

    My guess would be that field names would resync during the nightly process, and when that occurs everywhere that field is referenced would be chagned as well. But I have not tested this. Is this what happened? Or did you have change everything manually?
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