contact/update

Update one or more fields on an existing Salesforce Contact record.

When to Use

Update a contact's title or department when they change roles at their company.
Sync updated phone number or email received from a preference centre form.
Reassign contact owner during territory or account realignment.
Enrich contact data with mobile phone and mailing address from a third-party data service.
Update contact description with notes from a recent support interaction.

Configuration

Connection

Field	Type	Required	Description
`InstanceUrl`	string	required	Salesforce org URL.
`AccessToken`	string	required	Valid OAuth2 access token.

Operation Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`ContactId`	string	required	18-character Salesforce Contact ID.
`FirstName`	string	optional	Updated first name.
`LastName`	string	optional	Updated last name.
`Email`	string	optional	Updated email address.
`Phone`	string	optional	Updated office phone.
`MobilePhone`	string	optional	Updated mobile phone.
`Title`	string	optional	Updated job title.
`Department`	string	optional	Updated department.
`AccountId`	string	optional	Reassign to a different Account.
`OwnerId`	string	optional	New contact owner User ID.
`Description`	string	optional	Updated notes.

Sample Configuration

{
  "Resource": "contact",
  "Operation": "update",
  "InstanceUrl": "https://myorg.my.salesforce.com",
  "AccessToken": "{{credentials.salesforce.accessToken}}",
  "ContactId": "{{trigger.contactId}}",
  "Title": "{{trigger.newTitle}}",
  "Phone": "{{trigger.newPhone}}"
}

Validation Errors

Error Code	Condition
`CFG_MISSING_INSTANCE`	`InstanceUrl` is missing.
`CFG_MISSING_TOKEN`	`AccessToken` is missing.
`VAL_MISSING_FIELD`	`ContactId` is missing.
`UNEXPECTED_ERROR`	Unexpected exception.

Output

Success Port

Field	Type	Description
`status`	string	Always `updated`.
`resource`	string	Always `contact`.
`operation`	string	Always `update`.

Error Port

Field	Type	Description
`errorCode`	string	Machine-readable error code.
`message`	string	Error description.

Sample Output

{ "status": "updated", "resource": "contact", "operation": "update" }

Expression Reference

Expression	Description
`{{nodes.UpdateContact.status}}`	Operation result.
`{{nodes.UpdateContact.errorCode}}`	Error code from error port.

Node Policies & GuardRails

Policy	Detail
Partial update	Only fields in configuration are updated; all others retain existing values.
Email uniqueness	If your org enforces unique email addresses on Contact, updating `Email` to a duplicate value will fail. Wire the error port.
Validation rules	Org-level rules may reject certain field combinations.
Error port wiring	Always wire the error port.
Sandbox testing	Test in sandbox first.

Examples

Update Contact Title on Job Change

{ "ContactId": "{{trigger.contactId}}", "Title": "{{trigger.newTitle}}", "Department": "{{trigger.newDept}}" }

Sync Email from Preference Centre

{ "ContactId": "{{nodes.FindContact.records[0].Id}}", "Email": "{{trigger.newEmail}}" }

Enrich with Data Service Results

{
  "ContactId": "{{trigger.contactId}}",
  "MobilePhone": "{{nodes.Enrich.mobile}}",
  "MailingStreet": "{{nodes.Enrich.street}}",
  "MailingCity": "{{nodes.Enrich.city}}"
}