Questions tagged [custom-metadata]
Custom metadata types are like list custom settings, but the records are deployable and packageable metadata.
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Getting Error on system.limitexception: soql currently not allowed error [closed]
Getting Error on system.limitexception: soql currently not allowed error when trying to query Custom metadata even then if public.
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Custom Metadata Type Usage Exceed but Custom Metadata Types is 0
Our org needs to install a package to our salesforce instance but we got an error message stating that our custom metadata type usage has been exceeded. When we look on the backend, custom metadata ...
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Is this possible to have additional fields or validation rules in package extension?
I want to move some fields and some piece of functionality which we have developed but don't want to release yet to package extension.
But I have some both either with deployment to scratch org or ...
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Packaged Custom Metadata values Cannot be Viewed even though set to Public Visibility
I have added a custom metadata type to a managed package setting it's visibility to public and the records on it are not protected however I cannot see the records after I have deployed the package, ...
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Metadata cannot be deployed from within a test [duplicate]
When trying to insert a custom metadata record within the test it gives me the following error
@IsTest
public class Object_1TriggerTest {
@IsTest
public static void Load_field_1_from_metadata()...
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What are the options of using apex to delete protected custom metadata record from subscriber org?
I know that I can use Metadata API and can use Apex to run Metadata API to delete metadata, like Custom Metadata records.
I know that I can leverage Metadata.Operations class to create or update ...
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Custom MetaData creation using apex for a nameSpacedOrg
This Is the Error I am getting
{"status":500,"body":{"message":"An internal server error has occurred\nError ID: 1020912311-169956 (-524102090)"},"headers&...
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How to use Custom Metadata methods in the function?
I would like to use
CustomMetadata_mdt.getall().values() function to retrieve metadata in apex function. Custom Metadata CustomMetadata_mdt should be the function's parameter. How can I achieve this?
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Can we add LookUp relation between custom object and custom metadatatype [closed]
-->Can we add LookUp relation between custom Object and custom Metadata type?
--> My second question is, is it possible to create a picklist field with empty values and then we need to add ...
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Not getting metadata record field values on lwc page using apex [closed]
//Apex class
public with sharing class getMetafieldController {
@AuraEnabled(cacheable=true)
public static String getMetaList(){
Organisation__mdt APIDetails = Organisation__mdt....
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Custom Metadata - default value does not apply to existing records
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I'm working with custom meta data records. We have email subscription recipes for various contacts in the org.
The admins need to be able to add custom fields to these recipes without ...
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Error handling for Custom metadata Creation and Updating
I have a requirement to create and update custom meta data using apex , I'm passing the required values from my lwc , though i have found no proper example of handling the error since ...
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Record Edit for custom metadata
Is it possible to use lightning-record-edit-form in LWC for custom metadata types?
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Metadata.Operations.enqueueDeployment namespace error
My Apex code that does a Metadata.Operations.enqueueDeployment of some custom metadata records including in a 2GP managed package worked in a scratch org that had the namespace set, but fails when run ...
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Is hard coding custom metadata type name in Apex a good practice?
I am new to custom metadata types (CMDT). With the Winter'22 maintenance, I learned that there is no longer a need to write Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) to access custom metadata records in ...
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How can I access Custom Metadata objects without having to hard code in Apex? [closed]
I hope you all agree that hard coding object names is not scalable or maintainable. I would like to lookup the field based on a string input received from the user. Is there any way to do this using ...
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Can I retrieve Custom Metadata Records dynamically in a Lightning Web Component without Apex and without hardcoding ID
I am trying to build a Lightning Web Component that uses Custom Metadata Types. It will be used on record page. I am successfully retrieving the ID of the current record, then I am using its type as a ...
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Where to set Metadata Type Field Security
In Apex code running in a trigger I need to check permission for MetadataType doing something similar to this:
Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get('objectName').getDescribe().fields.getMap().get('fieldName'...
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Page layout on custom metadata type
I've seen that I can asign page layout to custom metadata by I don't know where it is used.
Is there a way to display custom metadata as if it were a standart object with a page layout?
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How to use Custom Settings or Custom Metadata to dynamically add fields to code
I have written apex code to copy the data of a few specified fields from Order record to Order Line Item record when their values are modified.
The problem here is every time a new field has to be ...
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How to set a text block of more than 3.9k characters based on a condition in a formula field?
I have a requirement where I need to create a number of formula fields that will contain one or more paragraphs of legal verbiage based on certain conditions. But since formula fields only take 3.9k ...
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Any way to avoid the blue screen background showing on a custom LWC lightning__Tab?
I am creating a custom LWC component that presents a list of Custom Metadata records using the same sort of styling that a default list of SObject Records would use. The mechanism works as described ...
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Retrieving custom metadata values in LWC
I have Custom Metadata Type values that I want to display in a Lighning Web Component. I've read a few different posts (post 1, post 2) about this but neither seems to work for my scenario.
My Custom ...
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Apex to parse JSONArray stored in "Custom Metadata Type" [duplicate]
I'm trying to parse the JSONArray that has been stored in the Custom Metadata Types.
1.The JSONArray(Stored in Custom Metadata) looks like,
[{
"time": "5 AM",
"leads&...
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How to find dependants of custom metadata records?
Whereas when you lookup a field in an object there is a button - 'Where is this used'
How can you ascertain (easily?) where a custom metadata record is used?
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Bulk Upsert Custom Metadata with Salesforce CLI
I'm going to do a Q&A-style entry here since I had to spend some time figuring this out, and I couldn't find any good articles about it via search.
Bulk-upserting Custom Metadata Type records is a ...
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Not able to compare custom metadata value with picklist value in formula field
I am using a formula field where I have a condition
If(TEXT(File_Review_Status__c) = $CustomMetadata.Dynamic_Value__mdt.Status4.File_Review_Status__c, true, false)
It's giving me the below error.
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Can We Use Generic SObject With Custom MetaData Types getAll For Invocable Flow
We have an Invocable Apex Class to do SOQL which uses generic SObject in flow but returns an error the same if trying to use that Sobject for the Custom Metadata getAll method.
global with sharing ...
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Can't find Custom Metadata Records in Change Set Components
I have Custom Metadata Records, the Type being in an unlocked package, which I want to add to an Outbound Change Set.
I have all Custom Metadata Types enabled for my Profile (even necessary?), but ...
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Using metadata in formula in Apex
I was working on a bank management App. and as a feature, I created a batch that is supposed to do a deposit regularly every three months. And the requirement was that I use a custom metadata for the ...
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Custom Metadata Type: Editing SubscriberControlled field values in managed package
I have a Custom Metadata Type which is part of a managed package I created. This type is used in order to map certain properties of a Salesforce Lead Object to some other custom properties of my own. ...
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Is it correct that "Subscriber editable" custom metadata type fields avoid the need for an unmanaged package?
Old catchily titled documents such as How to use custom metadata types to save years of development on app configurations say:
Subscriber-editable records: Put metadata records you want edited by
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How to package Salesforce data (not metadata)
This question is NOT about Custom Metadata Types where records can be indeed be put into Packages. It's about packaging real data. Records of Custom or Standard objects.
Just assume you want to have ...
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Custom metadata type in Stub api
I am using trying to stub my class, but I have get and set for custom metadata. I know that I cannot stub get and set. Is there exist any design for using it in stub? Or I must just hardcode it and ...
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SFDX Custom Metadata commands
When I am executing sfdx command to generate custom metadata from custom settings object, I receive error No sObject with name My_Existing_Object__c found in the org. However object/custom setting is ...
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When was updated fiel on CMD record
I have a Custom metadata type - RR
In this Custom metadata type, I have record - test
In this record, I have a field - fff
My goal is to know when fff was updated last time (value on this record).
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Can we edit custom metadata types after deploying to production? [closed]
I am new to salesforce development, Suppose I have a custom metadata type custom__mdt, and it has two fields, Custom_Field_one__c and Custom_Field_two__c. Let's say the field values are null while ...
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Deploying Custom Metadatatype and apex class using that custom metadata type
I have an apex class which is exposed as a rest API, It sends field value of a custom metadata type in response.
My response string is like this -
string respString = '{"success":'+true+'...
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Get metadata with out query [closed]
I have LoginAPI__mdt --> record Login --> field URL.
How I can get this field without a query?
The problem was with the metadata version - we need 51 to work with this feature
Thank you!
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How to let extension packages customize UI of base package
Salesforce is bringing out a lot of new things to make Lightning UI more flexible: Dynamic Forms, Dynamic Interactions, etc. But they are not ISV-friendly because they are based on Flexipages. And ...
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Unable to call Custom Metadata picklist field in Process Builder
I am having an issue trying to write a formula in Process builder that will updated a text field with the picklist data from the custom metadata.
IF((CONTAINS([Object_Name_c].Field_Name__r.Name, “...
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How to securely deploy secret key in custom metadata - 2GP Managed Package
I have recently created a managed package and I am preparing it for security review and final deployment. In the code I need to sign JWT used to authenticate against external API, for this purpose I ...
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Aura component behaving differently according to profile
Hello I have this aura component, when I log as a system administrator, it shows perfectly translated and displays the expected values (I use custom labels for translation and custom metadata for the ...
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Building json dynamically
Following on from Any Ideas for Building dynamic JSON with apex. Trying to build json literal from an sObject dynamically (according to custom metadata - see here for more detais)
I have allowed ...
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Invocable Apex in Flows and Custom Metadata SOQL limits?
Say we have a record-triggered flow that calls invocable Apex. The Apex class uses SOQL to query custom metadata and return a value to the flow. Does the Apex custom metadata query count against the ...
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LWC Custom Metadata Schema Import Failing In Change Set Validation
tl;dr - How can one successfully validate an LWC via a change set that contains schema imports to a custom metadata type?
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I have a working LWC in a sandbox, and am attempting to port it to ...
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Any Ideas for Building dynamic JSON with apex
I need to build a json for external rest service(non salesforce platform) dynamically according to mapping stored in a custom metadata object (named SobjectToJSONFieldsMapping__mdt) records(i.e. ...
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The Single Responsibility Principle vs SOQL Query/Row Limits
This question was asked similarly last month in Break single responsibility to save a soql call and was closed for being opinion based. The given use case also involved Queueable and so wouldn't ...
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Creating a Metadata Record with a lookup field
I am working with custom metadata types and I have created a lookup field to another Custom MDT. I need to create the records with Apex, and as of I now I can successfully create the records the only ...
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Need to get count of cases who are in new/working states
I have requirement to get case count with some conditions like created date and status. These both fields needs to be configurable.
I have built something like this and its working but reviewer saying ...
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