Apex Snippet: Task Copier
A class and method to handle copying tasks from one contact record to another. Takes a contact ID as a string (or ID, they're implicitly converted in SF), uses a contact named "Random Task" as a template for the tasks (this can be changed by reassigning the value for the global 'RandomTaskName') and returns the number of tasks copied from the template record to the calling record. It will not copy tasks from one to the other if the subject is already in the list of the calling contact's tasks.
//Written by Kevin Bromer, copyright (c) 2008 NPower Seattle
public class TaskCopy {
/***********Instance Variables***********/
integer taskscopied = 0;
id ThisContact;
id RandomTaskID;
//This string defines the name of the contact FROM which tasks are to be copied
string RandomTaskName = 'Random Task';
//Constructor for TaskCopy
public TaskCopy(id ContactID)
{
ThisContact = ContactID;
}
public integer copyIt()
{
//Get the ID for student 'Random Task'
Set<String> st = new Set<String>();
RandomTaskID = [select id from Contact WHERE name = :RandomTaskName].id;
for (Task s : [select subject from Task WHERE WhoID = :ThisContact])
{
st.Add(s.Subject);
}
for (Task t : [SELECT ID, WhoID, Subject, Description, OwnerID, Status, Priority, ActivityDate,
WhatID FROM Task WHERE WhoID = :RandomTaskID])
{
Task nt = New Task();
if (st.Contains(t.subject) != true)
{
nt.WhoID = ThisContact;
nt.Subject = t.Subject;
nt.Description = t.Description;
nt.OwnerID = UserInfo.getUserId();
nt.Status = t.Status;
nt.Priority = t.Priority;
nt.ActivityDate = t.ActivityDate;
nt.WhatID = t.WhatID;
Database.SaveResult SR = database.insert(nt);
taskscopied++;
}
}
return taskscopied;
}