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Reading Metadata of CustomField with Custom GlobalValueSet returning null for valueSet
I'm using metadataAPi (apex-mdapi)
My current use case is to read the metadata of a custom picklist field, and be returned with the complete list of picklist values available. Regardless of whether ...
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Is it possible to create a CMS workspace using API or with Metadata deploy?
I'm trying to see if we can create a CMS workspace by using Metadata API or any other way programatically, instead of creating it through the UI as mentioned here.
Also if I create a CMS workspace in ...
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How can I deploy folders, reports, dashboards, mail alert, mail template with sfdx mdapi?
I'm deploying the following metadatas from the sandbox to partner enterprise edition org via not only changeset but also with sfdx mdapi(Retrieve the changeset with sfdx mdapi).
Folders
Reports
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Permissions when using apex-mdapi library
I am familiar with, and have used the apex-mdapi library. If a SFDC user runs an application (VF/LWC/Aura) which uses the apex-mdapi library in its Apex controller, will the user still need to have ...
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Is there a size limit in performing sfdx force:mdapi:convert?
I am attempting to convert a large src directory in mdapi format into source format. When I run "the sfdx force:mdapi:convert -r directoryToBeConverted -d directoryToCaptureConversion --loglevel ...
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Deployment is failing due to “weird” character
Our admin created a new picklist field (Client_Temperature_Status__c) on the Account object and the values added are actually emojis selected using the Emoji Picker on Windows.
Here are the values ...
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Admin.UserCanEditFieldPermissions error while deploying using Bamboo
Error: "profileName", line 0: Error Admin.userCanEditFieldPermissions
Having trouble finding information about the above error when deploying Profiles using Bamboo. The deployment in ...
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SFDX force:mdapi:deploy Profile Search Layout: - System Administrator - not appropriate for object
I am trying to use force:mdapi:retrieve with force:madpi:deploy to move some sandbox dev org custom objects and supporting customisations to a scratch org, in order to be able to subsequently push a ...
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Metadata zip created via force:mdapi:convert fails during deploy due to 3rd party namespaces
We have a working DX project and are trying to deploy our code to full copy via sfdx force:mdapi:deploy command. Creating a zip file works fine, sadly the deployment fails with error message:
force-...
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MDAPI retrieve of Flow from Packaging Org (1GP) has unexpected namespaced field
Given a trivial process builder decision block formula on the package's namespaced object:
[mynamespace__Foo__c].mynamespace__Amount > 1000
Retrieving a Process Builder (via MDAPI) with source ...
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Attaching namespaces to mdapi object before deploying to a sandbox org?
I am currently deploying my Salesforce code to a qa sandbox environment with the mdapi (sfdx force:source:convert -> sfdx force:mdapi:deploy). However, we need the object and pages and etc when ...
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SFDX force:source:push fails only in CI environment
I am trying to shift a hybrid codebase to SFDX. I'm using Gitlab CI running in the default gitlab-runners and for some reason I haven't been able to discover I keep having my code deploys failing. I ...
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No Apex Classes retrieved from a Packaging Org
I've been asked to build a DevOps pipeline for an ISV that has a first-generation managed package (1GP) with no source in version control (yet).
Executing
sfdx force:mdapi:retrieve -r ./mdapiPkg -p ...
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Deploying mdapi and source to org is failing with “Unexpected file found in package directory”
I'm having trouble deploying my mdapi
Steps:
sfdx force:mdapi:retrieve -s -r ./mdapipkg -p
-- This gets the latest version of managed package from our Packaging Org
-- I did not convert to the new ...
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Deployment to Production Org using VS Code
I need one help to deploy different components like classes, triggers, objects, profiles, permission sets, etc from sandbox to the production org.
I used following command to deploy all the items on ...
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Deploy only modified metadata in GitLab to Org
I followed this Trailhead "Build an Automated CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab" and have successfully built a pipeline that can deploy [or install] a package into an Org each time I push some changes into ...
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Getting null values when retrieving Flows via Apex Metadata API
When attempting to retrieve Flow-specific data via the Apex Metadata API each value in the key-value pairs is null. Here is the code:
private static void getFlowMetadata(Double apiVersion, ...
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force:mdapi:convert command fails when source has a utility js file
I'm trying to follow the SFDX Developer Guide to convert an unlocked package to SFDX source format
I'm receiving the following error:
$ sfdx force:mdapi:convert --rootdir mdapipkg --outputdir ...
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Push source to scratch org fails but mdapi:deploy works
I am in the process of converting an existing Managed Package to Salesforce DX and
Retrieved the Metadata from the packaging org
Converted it to Source format
Created a scratch org and
pushed source ...
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How to retrieve Custom Profiles' objectpermissions using SFDX or MDAPI
Problem
The <objectPermissions> tags are missing from my custom profiles when I pull from a scratch-org using SFDX or MDAPI.
Steps to reproduce
Create a new Scrach-org.
Create a custom ...
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Can I retrieve an Email Alert via the Ant Migration Tool?
I wanted to retrieve an Email Alert via the Ant Migration Tool. However, I could not find it in a Metadata Types Reference. I suppose it's hidden under some other name like many other SF Metadata ...
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sfdx mdapi --wait parameter not working?
Followed a module in trailhead and when i got to the part where i was needed to deploy my work using this command
sfdx force:mdapi:deploy -d mdapioutput -u MyTP -w 10
it throws an error. saying:
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SFDX development 'without ScratchOrg and Unlocked Packages' with Git [closed]
I think that the first reaction that anyone will have after reading my question will be 'Why do you want to move to DX without using ScratchOrgs and Unlocked Packages'?
Well, we are planning to use ...
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Does exist an option to validate deploy without saving in sfdx for metadata that aren't in the Metadata API format?
With sfdx is possible to deploy metadata to orgs that don't have source tracking, such as sandoboxes, either with sfdx force:source:deploy or sfdx force:mdapi:deploy. The first one uses metadata in ...
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How to uninstall apex-mdapi package
A while back, I installed mdapi (https://github.com/financialforcedev/apex-mdapi) from github using the 'Deploy to Salesforce' button. We no longer need it, and it is taking up a lot of room in our ...
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Is it possible to remove components from a Change Set using the Metadata API?
I'm using a trick that was mentioned in this related question to programmatically add elements to a Change Set using the Salesforce Metadata API. Basically, you treat the name of the Change Set as ...
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How to list all the metadata that is changed after a given date
how to get all the metadata changes after a given date.
Tried using metadata api's listMetadata(), this gives all the data and here we can't filter using dates. This will run into limits for reports ...
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Can OWD be imported/exported as metadata?
I'm currently trying to create a scratch org which reflects our ludicrously complicated production org which contains hundreds of Roles.
Upon deploying most of these, I get errors like:
Error src/...
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force:mdapi:convert duplicate files
I've been trying to commit to having version control in our org, and I have been using DX to do so. My biggest complaint right now is that I end up having a ton of .dup files. And I don't know of the ...
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FIELD_INTEGRITY_EXCEPTION when trying to update/create metadata records in managed package
We are using mdapi to create/update metadata records in a managed package. Everything works fine in the packaging as well as any other developer orgs. However, when we install the beta package in a ...
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Error deploying mdapi to packaging org with a namespace
I had a SFDX project which I converted to follow the "sfdx-falcon-template" structure. I also created a packaging org that would be used as a base for my managed package.
Next I created a namespace ...
