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We are trying to start using custom labels, but are having issues deploying them using our ant script.

Our custom labels file looks something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<CustomLabels xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
     <labels>
         <fullName>Inspection_Name</fullName>
         <language>en_US</language>
         <protected>true</protected>
         <shortDescription>Inspection Name</shortDescription>
         <value>Inspection</value>
     </labels>
</CustomLabels>

In the package.xml we have added this:

<types>
    <members>*</members>
    <name>CustomLabels</name>
</types>

We are getting the following error when deploying:

Error: labels/CustomLabels.labels(Inspection_Name):Not in package.xml

Ant command (variables come from a properties file):

<sf:deploy 
   username="${sf.username}" 
   password="${sf.password}${sf.token}" 
   serverurl="https://login.salesforce.com" 
   deployRoot="${target.dir}" 
   maxPoll="500" 
   pollWaitMillis="20000"
   runAllTests="true" 
   logType="Debugonly" 
/>

The package.xml and migration toolkit are both at API 27.0. What are we missing?

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  • The first few lines of your XML are incorrect. Is that just a typo? You have the xmlns declaration running on in an un-opened tag after CustomLabels.
    – Mike Chale
    May 30, 2013 at 18:56
  • Yep. Sorry, typo. Edited original post.
    – Rob Scott
    May 30, 2013 at 19:07
  • Those files look fine to me, what is the ANT command and have you ensured that the customLabels file is actually present in the subdirectory /labels of the directory you have in the script? You will get that error if the filepath is wrong.
    – Doug B
    May 30, 2013 at 19:21
  • Updated post with Ant command. The "target.dir" folder does contain the CustomLabels.labels file in the "labels" directory. This works (and has been working) with every file type except custom labels.
    – Rob Scott
    May 30, 2013 at 20:06
  • Clutching at straws a bit here, but could it be because the label is <protected>? Labels I've deployed before have always had this attribute set to false. Not sure if this should make a difference though.
    – Doug B
    May 31, 2013 at 10:17

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I got the same error and tried the code below. It worked. The metadata type is CustomLabel not CustomLabels. It's very strange.

<types>
    <members>*</members>
    <name>CustomLabel</name>
</types>

Reference:
Salesforce Metadata Types

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  • This works. I guess it's not terribly strange seeing that every other metadata type is also singular. It is unique though in that there is only a single file with a plural name and a plural file extension. A touch confusing.
    – Rob Scott
    Nov 5, 2013 at 22:38
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Are you sure that the package.xml in "${target.dir}/src" does indeed contain:

<types>
    <members>*</members>
    <name>CustomLabels</name>
</types>

The error message like this

Error: labels/CustomLabels.labels(Inspection_Name):Not in package.xml

usually means that the package.xml file in your ${target.dir}/src" does not have labels definition. I.e. target dir contains more subfolders/types than specified in the package.xml. Every file in the deployRoot must be in package.xml.

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  • The package.xml file being used definitely has the labels definition.
    – Rob Scott
    May 31, 2013 at 16:21
  • Everything looks fine with your xml and ant. Try doing a refresh to see if the Custom Labels can be pulled down from an org or use the Force.com IDE rather than ANT. I've found that I sometimes get more meaningful errors using the IDE
    – BarCotter
    Oct 17, 2013 at 10:33

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