generating a SoQL query

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Sharing an excellent blog post titled How to Use Generative AI Tools to Write SOQL Queries written by a colleague on how to generate complex SoQL queries using generative AI tools.

You can also use a generative AI tool to describe what a complex SoQL query does. For example, I prompted Google Bard with:

what does the following soql query do?

SELECT PermissionsRead, PermissionsCreate, PermissionsEdit, PermissionsDelete
FROM ObjectPermissions
WHERE ParentId IN (SELECT Id
FROM PermissionSet
WHERE PermissionSet.Name = 'Your_Permission_Set_Name')
AND SObjectType = 'Your_Object_Name'
AND PermissionsRead = true

It responded with:

The following SOQL query will return all of the read, create, edit, and delete permissions that are granted to the specified permission set on the specified object:
Code snippet

SELECT PermissionsRead, PermissionsCreate, PermissionsEdit, PermissionsDelete
FROM ObjectPermissions
WHERE ParentId IN (SELECT Id
FROM PermissionSet
WHERE PermissionSet.Name = 'Your_Permission_Set_Name')
AND SObjectType = 'Your_Object_Name'
AND PermissionsRead = true

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The SELECT clause specifies the fields that you want to retrieve from the query. In this case, you are retrieving the PermissionsRead, PermissionsCreate, PermissionsEdit, and PermissionsDelete fields from the ObjectPermissions object.

The FROM clause specifies the object that you want to query. In this case, you are querying the ObjectPermissions object.

The WHERE clause filters the results of the query. In this case, you are filtering the results to only include object permissions that are associated with the specified permission set and object, and where the read permission is granted.

The IN operator allows you to filter the results of a query based on a list of values. In this case, you are filtering the results to only include object permissions that are associated with the permission set with the specified name.

You can use this query to verify the permissions that are granted to a permission set on an object. This can be useful for troubleshooting permission issues or for ensuring that users have the appropriate permissions to perform their jobs.