Questions tagged [sandbox-refresh]

Questions relating to the way Sandboxes can be populated with metadata (and optionally data) from a production org or other sandboxes.

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Sandbox Source Tracking does not activate

I have enabled source tracking in Developer and Developer Pro sandboxes in the production org, but source tracking commands still throw an error even after a sandbox refresh. Some details: we have a ...
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Does refresh sandbox overrides the Apex classes, LWC Components and Triggers

I am thinking to manually refresh the fullsandbox environment to production environment. The only doubt is that will it going to override LWC Components , Apex Classes and Triggers. Currently, some ...
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Environment specific custom settings

I am integrating SalesForce with a third party app and I would like to have the URLs go to the sandbox url of the third party app in my sandbox environment and I would like them to go to the prod ...
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Salesforce sandbox template unable to find quote object

I am testing out the sandbox templates for my partial copy sandbox. And it seems that I am not able to select the Quote object to be included in this sandbox template. Is this expected behavior? I can ...
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Developer Sandbox existing data after refresh

I've read articles on Sandbox refresh on Salesforce Help page and it mentions about what happens to the data after refresh in case of Partial copy and Full copy sandbox, but nothing on a developer ...
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Is there a way to create a sandbox from the scratch org?

I need to create new scratch orgs every 30 days (because they expire every 30 days) but on my project there is a big number of post-steps to configure the scratch org which take enormous amount of ...
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When did instance URL format change for some sandboxes to now to <domain name>.sandbox.my.saleforce.com/services/apexrest

I can't pinpoint at what point/why the instance URL changed for my full copy sandbox. It now has .sandbox added to the instance URL but not all of my sandboxes have this change yet. We have My Domain ...
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Automated Process User in Salesforce

We are trying to automated some of the data maskign activities as part of our post sandbox refresh activity. We have achieved this by implementing sandboxpostcopy interface. I found out that the apex ...
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SFDX: How to refresh existent sandbox via CLI

In sfdx guide there is a chapter named "Create, Clone, or Delete a Sandbox" (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_dev.meta/sfdx_dev/sfdx_dev_create_clone_sandboxes.htm). ...
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create CollaborationGroup in SandboxPostCopy Class

Anyone have experience in creating a CollaborationGroup using SandboxPostCopy class ? My requirement is to create a Public Group in newly refreshed sandbox. I have tried following ways but no success: ...
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Create SandboxInfo record using tooling API

I'm working on automating sandbox management. Just wondering if we are able to create/update sandboxinfo record using tooling API. I was able to retrieve list of records from workbench using GET /...
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I turned on Source Tracking and then refreshed my sandbox, but it's still not enabled

I have a dev pro sandbox I use. Source Tracking was not enabled, so I enabled it in the prod org. I read that new and refreshed dev and dev pro sandboxes will now have Source Tracking enabled. So, I ...
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Access to a Sandbox

I have a problem with accessing a sandbox, I recently got hired to a new company and other admin has many sandboxes, with classes that I need to upload to production, I don't have access to that ...
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Add "API Enabled" access to Automated User

I want to create Profile Login Api Range during sandbox creation or refresh. I'm using SandboxPostCopy interface and Metadata Service. I saw something similar in this question : sandboxpostcopy ...
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On sandbox refresh/new sandbox is there a way of preventing it from copying over priceBookEntries?

Or at least filtering which pricebooks are brought or OR which pricebook entries are brought over. Because it's blowing up the data limits and causing all sorts of hell in our sandboxes. We'd rather ...
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Is there a way to regularly schedule sandbox refreshes to stay on either a non-preview or preview instance?

Are sandbox refreshes randomized as far as the instance it refreshes to? Current Scenario: I'm on a non-preview instance. I would need to refresh after January 8th, 2022, the preview cutoff date. ​...
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Partial Copy Sandbox Refresh Question

Had a question regarding refreshing a Partial Copy sandbox, was going through the Salesforce documentation for this and was wondering if the Sandbox already exists, do I need to create a Partial Copy ...
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How to disable MFA after sandbox refresh?

I do have an org with a permission set to force some users to set up MFA. How do I remove the MFA connection for all users after I refresh the sandbox? I can certainly remove them from the permission ...
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How to freeze client id at sandbox refresh

Hy, I created a new connected app in production. This connected app has been replicated on my test sandbox when I refreshed It from production. So, I have a new client id for Security reasons I think. ...
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Best Practice on Salesforce Refresh Integration

This is a question on best practices for Salesforce orgs that have a lot of data dependent processes (i.e. dev boxes need a lot of standard records inserted post-refresh ). I have this scenario at my ...
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Why can't I refresh any of my sandboxes

I am unable to refresh any of my sandboxes We have 20 remaining Developer sandboxes We have used 5 Developer, 1 Partial and 1 FullCopy.
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Can we refresh Partial Copy sandbox without any data just like developer sandbox

I have a partial copy sandbox created recently and I see that Salesforce loaded around 1.5GB of data from Production. While refreshing partial copy sandbox, I have created a sandbox template including ...
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Is there any way to preserve Sandbox User passwords and tokens when Sandboxes are refreshed?

We have MANY different microservices which connect to Salesforce. And, we have test versions for most of these, which connect to our STAGING (partial-copy). And, for security, all our integration ...
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How to read data from excel file and update on records present in the org

we have a scenario where we are refreshing the org and have taken up the backup of users, permission set assignment, and their public group. After the refresh, the task is to upload the backup data, ...
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PushTopic record not getting copied over while creating/refreshing the full sandbox

We create trial orgs from environment hub with managed packages and related configuration. This configuration also includes a PushTopic record. However while creating/refreshing full sandboxes from ...
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Can I deploy backed up outbound change set after sandbox refresh?

I want to get my outbound change set back in my sandbox after it is refreshed. Till now, I can backup my outbound change sets with sfdx force:source:retrieve command. But I can not deploy these again ...
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Automatically update profile IP restrictions that depend on the environment

Our setup has integrations that access Salesforce through service users. This users profiles have IP whitelists. Now a new system has Internet-facing IP ranges that depend on the environment (...
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Refreshed Sandbox required me to reset my password to login

I had an existing Sandbox that I refreshed for the first time and I wasn't able to log into it until I changed my password. Why is that? My previous sandbox was called Staging and when I refreshed it, ...
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Salesforce SandboxPostCopy fails on Sandbox refresh

I have used some code to helps us with sandbox refreshes back in 2018. For the past several months, I noticed that when we refresh an existing box, the admin emails do not get updated. Just recently I ...
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Critical Update - Stabilize the Hostname for My Domain URLs in Sandboxes

In the critical update page it sates that - "Activating this critical update on a production org only applies the update to new and refreshed sandbox orgs." But in the release notes it ...
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Sandbox Refreshes with Different Connected Apps Configurations for Prod/Test [duplicate]

Currently looking for ideas on how to handle sandbox refreshes, where production and the sandboxes use different configurations in a Connected App. That is, each environment has a Connected App where ...
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Dynamically set Connected App Callback URL

I am trying to dynamically update the callback url in a connected app. When creating a sandbox, I want to run an apex class that change the callback URL from a production to UAT callback endpoint. ...
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Why Connected App's client_id and client_secret still valid after a sandbox refresh?

Imagine you have a Connected App foo I've noticed that even after refreshing a sandbox, you are still able to use the client_id and client_secret of the foo Connected App of that sandbox before it ...
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SandboxRefresh Class will not run on refresh but will run in Anonymous Context

Here is my code for the SandboxRefresh class that I'm trying to run. The batch classes have a finish method that does attempt to send emails, and I'm wondering if the default Deliverability settings ...
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Deploy code to a refreshed sandbox

I'm currently managing my code in git. We are about to refresh all sandboxes, so all changes that aren't in production will be deleted. However, they are in git. Therefore, git is more updated than ...
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Do Usernames Hang Around for a While After Refreshing a Sandbox?

Do usernames hang around for a while after refreshing a sandbox? I refreshed an existing sandbox from production and then attempted to update users to activate them and reset their passwords. When ...
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Refreshing / Creating developer sandbox from partial or full sandbox

In Enterprise edition of Salesforce, I remember being able to create or refresh a developer sandbox from a partial or full sandbox instead of production. This would also copy over some of the data ...
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While refreshing Partial Copy sandbox, is Customer Community users also created with Contacts?

I want to refresh Partial Copy sandbox with few set of objects data which includes contact records as well. I don`t want to send any sandbox email to Community user in the process of refresh. While ...
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Is it possible to create a Dev Org from Full sandbox?

I would like to create a Developer Edition Org from Full. I haven't been able to find anything online for this, maybe I'm just bad at searching. Is it possible? Is a specific license needed?
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Sandbox Refresh: Common problems

We are planning to refresh our DEV Sandbox (Used for Integration Testing) from Prod. I am trying to identify impacted areas and how I can address those post refresh One of the identified areas - ...
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Apex callout to same org in SandboxPostCopy

Use case During sandbox creation or refresh (Enterprise, not ISV use case), with Apex class implementing SandboxPostCopy, invoke MetadataAPI to delete stuff that shouldn't be in the sandbox (like ...
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Obtaining sandbox refresh date

I've investigated and found two articles with no answer for this question: Retrieving sandbox details Reference date /time when Sandbox is refreshed through API It's been a while, so maybe something ...
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Why Apex Exceptions Email Settings are not copied to Sandbox upon sandbox refresh?

Why Apex Exceptions Email Settings are not copied to Sandbox upon sandbox refresh? We need to manually setup Apex Exceptions Email Settings every time after sandbox refresh. Is there any way to make ...
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Would Refreshing a Sandbox Wipe Out Certain Metadata?

If I have custom-setting metadata (or any other custom objects) in a partial-copy sandbox and not in production, then I refresh the sandbox, will that metadata be wiped out and have to be recreated? ...
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Which Sandbox Types are Configuration-Only?

This question asks what the difference is between configuration and developer sandboxes, but I want to know which sandbox types are configuration-only. In no documentation are certain types called ...
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can I update platform version on new sandbox

I created a new sandbox but since its a copy from production it is on API 44 all other sandboxes are API 45. is there a way to manually update the API version on the newly created sandbox to API 45?
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Is it possible to prevent certain flows from being cloned

Is it possible to prevent certain flows from being accessed when someone clone a sandbox?
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Why can't my Sandox Refresh Script INSERT Accounts?

I finally got a sandbox refresh script written, tested, and deployed to prod yesterday. But when I actually a sandbox and have it run on the sandbox copy, I don't actually get the records it's ...
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Deploy test for a SandboxRefreshScript

I'm trying to deploy a SandboxRefresh script to prod. One of the main things that script does is replicate the structure of Chatter groups we use so that I can then use Processes in my sandbox that ...
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Org Data Update just after the sandbox refresh in FullCopy Sandbox

Our requirement is to update customer's email ID and Phone# to an invalid value in FullCopy sandbox during the sandbox refresh. Using PostSandbox refresh apex class we are updating the User email and ...
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