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Reference of Deployment tags for package.xml on supported Metadata types. While working with Salesforce Deployment tools like ANT Deployment tool and Salesforce DX I continue to search for various metadata tags used by package.xml file. Unfortunately I did not find a single place where all of these tags are documented. Metadata API Developer Guide is a good resource but does not give all tags especially with naming of items differences. There is also existing hallenge to find actual item names or API anmes that sometime use _ separators.

This guide is a work in progress and will be updated with more supported items. It is designed to give easy reference list of tags and examples use cases that can be applied to package.xml to retrieve or deploy different metadata code and declarative items. For complete list of supported metadata items can be found at Metadata Coverage report API v44.0

Below are examples of supported metadata types that can be managed by Metadata API via ANT or DX tools

New WIN'21 & SPR21

Prompt - in app guidance metadata

Prompt example metadata included

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Prompt</name>
    </types>

Code Items Section

Access Control Policy

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AccessControlPolicy</name>
    </types>

Account Settings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AccountSettings</name>
    </types>

Action Link Group Template

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ActionLinkGroupTemplate</name>
    </types>

Activities Settings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ActivitiesSettings</name>
    </types>

Address Settings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AddressSettings</name>
    </types>

Analytic Snapshot

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AnalyticSnapshot</name>
    </types>

Approval Process

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApprovalProcess</name>
    </types>

Custom Application

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomApplication</name>
    </types>
    
    // named app
    <types>
        <members>Corporate_Clients_App</members>
        <name>CustomApplication</name>
    </types>  
    

Apex Class

    <types>
        <members>CaseSelector</members>
        <members>CaseSelectorTest</members>
        <name>ApexClass</name>
    </types>

Apex Trigger

    <types>
        <members>CaseTrigger</members>
        <members>OpptyTrigger</members>
        <name>ApexTrigger</name>
    </types>

Visual Force Page

    <types>
        <members>MyTestPage</members>
        <name>ApexPage</name>
    </types>

Apex Component

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexComponent</name>
    </types>

Apex Test Suite

Test suite is set up in Developer Console to collect relevant unit tests ot execute as groups

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexTestSuite</name>
    </types>

AuthProvider

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AuthProvider</name>
    </types>

AutoResponseRules

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AutoResponseRules</name>
    </types>

Bot

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Bot</name>
    </types>

BotVersion

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>BotVersion</name>
    </types>

BusinessHoursEntry

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>BusinessHoursEntry</name>
    </types>

BusinessHoursSettings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>BusinessHoursSettings</name>
    </types>

Lightning Components

    <types>
        <members>my_theme_footer</members>
        <members>my_theme_header</members>
        <name>AuraDefinitionBundle</name>
    </types>

Lightning App Page - Flexipage

    <types>
        <members>My_Record_Page</members>
        <name>FlexiPage</name>
    </types>

Declarative Items Section

Note some differences in item definitions, some declarative items use API name with underscroes _ or dashes - others uses spaces.

AppMenu

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AppMenu</name>
    </types>

Call Center

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CallCenter</name>
    </types>

Campaign Influence Model

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CampaignInfluenceModel</name>
    </types>

CaseSettings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CaseSettings</name>
    </types>

CaseSubjectParticle

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CaseSubjectParticle</name>
    </types>

Certificate

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Certificate</name>
    </types>

ChannelLayout

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ChannelLayout</name>
    </types>

ConnectedApp

    <types>
        <members>MyTestApp</members>
        <name>ConnectedApp</name>
    </types>

ContentAsset

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ContentAsset</name>
    </types>

ContractSettings

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ContractSettings</name>
    </types>

CorsWhitelistOrigin

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CorsWhitelistOrigin</name>
    </types>

SObject

Sobjects can be standard and custom or custom metadata type. Custom object has __c and metadata type __mdt postfix. For standard object such as Case below tag will pull all customizations in single file. For custom objects metadata will have complete object xml definition with all fields included.

    <types>
        <members>Case</members>
        <members>MyCustomObject__c</members>
        <members>MyMeta_Settings__mdt</members>
        <name>CustomObject</name>
    </types>

Custom Field

    <types>
        <members>MyObject__c.Final_Test__c</members>
        <members>MyObject__c.Total__c</members>
        <members>Lead.SomeCustomField__c</members>
        <name>CustomField</name>
    </types>

Custom Tab

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomTab</name>
    </types>

Custom Object translation

    <types>
          <members>*</members>
          <name>CustomObjectTranslation</name>
    </types>

Custom Metadata Type

Custom Metadata containes object + all of the data. WHile deploying we can copy all the data or sepcific field as example bellow indicate

Copy single field data example:

    <types>
        <members>MY_Settings.My_Community</members>
        <name>CustomMetadata</name>
    </types>

Copy all data and object definition for c=ustiom metadata type LiveAgent_Custom__mdt example:

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomMetadata</name>
    </types>
    
    <types>
        <members>LiveAgent_Custom__mdt</members>
        <name>CustomObject</name>
    </types>    

Platform Event

    <types>
        <members>EventName__e</members>
        <name>CustomObject</name>
    </types>

Document

    <types>
        <members>Images/Logo.png</members>
        <name>Document</name>
    </types>

Sharing Criteria Rules

    <types>
        <members>Case.All_Access_User</members>
        <members>Case.DOC_Only_User</members>
        <members>Case.Market_Mgr</members>
	.
	.
	. 100s of rules
        <members>Case.VAT_Mgr</members>
        <name>SharingCriteriaRule</name>
    </types>

Static Resource

Static resources are typically zip files containing images or JavaScript & CSS code or frameworks, data fiels, any file type. Static resources have org wide limit size: 250MB as of Winter '19 release.

    <types>
        <members>SLDS203</members>
        <members>jquery_min_1_12_4</members>
        <members>w3css</members>
        <name>StaticResource</name>
    </types>

Quick Action

    <types>
        <members>Opportunity.Open_My_Page</members>
        <name>QuickAction</name>
    </types>  

Weblink

    <types>
        <members>Opportunity.My_Button</members>
        <name>WebLink</name>
    </types>

Page Layout

The example below describe layout for Cutom metadata

    <types>
        <members>MyMeta_Settings__mdt-My Settings Layout</members>
        <name>Layout</name>
    </types>  

Compact Layout

    <types>
        <members>Lead.Corp_B2B</members>
        <members>Opportunity.Corp_B2B</members>
        <members>Account.Corp_B2B</members>
        <name>CompactLayout</name>
    </types>

FlexiPages

This item can represent Lightning App definition that is different from actual app we build with AppBuilder or with code.

    <types>
        <members>Opp_Corp_Record_Page</members>
        <members>Corp_Lead_Record_Page</members>
        <members>Corporate_Account_Record_Page</members>      
        <name>FlexiPage</name>
    </types>

Flow or Process Builder

Automation items such as Flows or Process Builders are represented by Flow tag. Note a version number on flow tag after name indicates what version of PB or FLOW is used Create_Lead_Activities-2, format is <API Name of Process Builder/Flow>-. Make sure the correct version is also Active process you are trying ot deploy.

    <types>
        <members>Create_Lead_Activities-2</members>
        <name>Flow</name>
    </types>

Custom Labels

Export all custom Labels defined in the org. Current Metadata can sdefine individual labels, however export or dseploy only full set on labels.

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

Validation Rule

    <types>
        <members>Case.My Validation Name</members>
        <name>ValidationRule</name>
    </types>

Email Template

    <types>
        <members>MyFolder/My_Test_Changed_Password</members>
        <members>MyFolder/My_Test_Forgot_Password</members>
        <members>NewFolder/My_Welcome_Email</members>
        <name>EmailTemplate</name>
    </types>   

Leterhead

 <types>
  <members>*</members>
  <name>Letterhead</name>
 </types> 

Record Type

    <types>
        <members>Account.recordTypeName</members>
        <name>RecordType</name>
    </types>  

Assignment Rule

Assignment rules can be for Case or Lead or other objects.

    <types>
        <members>Case.Case Assignment Rule</members>
        <name>AssignmentRule</name>
    </types>     

Business Process

    <types>
        <members>Case.Course Update Request</members>
        <name>BusinessProcess</name>
    </types>

List View

    <types>
        <members>Case.Course_Update_Cases</members>
        <name>ListView</name>
    </types>

Reports

<types>
        <members>ExtraReports</members><!--Report Folder-->
        <members>ExtraReports/AnyOccupation</members><!--Report-->
        <members>unfiled$public/Test</members><!--Report from Unfiled Public Reports-->
        <name>Report</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ReportType</name>
    </types>

Dashboard

    <types>
        <members>MyDashboards</members><!--Dashboard Folder-->
        <members>MyDashboards/AnyCourseType</members><!--Dashboard-->
        <name>Dashboard</name>
    </types>

Permission Set

    <types>
        <members>My_Process_Update_Request</members>
        <name>PermissionSet</name>
    </types>

Profile

    <types>
        <members>TestProfile</members>
        <name>Profile</name>
    </types>

Role

    <types>
          <members>*</members>
          <name>Role</name>
    </types>

Queue

    <types>
          <members>*</members>
          <name>Queue</name>
    </types>
    // named queue
    <types>
        <members>B2B_Lead_Q</members>
        <members>Corporate_Q</members>   
        <name>Queue</name>
    </types>    

Public Group

    <types>
          <members>*</members>
          <name>Group</name>
    </types>
    
    // Groups names
    <types>
        <members>HR_Mgr</members>
        <members>Sales_Mgr</members>
        <members>Market_West_Mgr</members>
        <members>Market_East_Mgr</members>
        <name>Group</name>
    </types>    

Home Page

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>HomePageComponent</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>HomePageLayout</name>
    </types>
	<!-- Home Page Custom Link -->
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomPageWebLink</name>
    </types>

Workflow

Worklow

    <types>
        <members>ObjectName.WorkFlowName</members>
        <name>Workflow</name>
    </types> 

Workflow Field Update

    <types>
        <members>Account.Email_Invalid</members>
        <members>Lead.Invalid_Email</members>
        <name>WorkflowFieldUpdate</name>
    </types>

Workflow Alert

    <types>
        <members>ObjectName.FieldUpdateName</members>
        <name>WorkflowAlert</name>
    </types>

WF Outbound Message

    <types>
        <members>ObjectName.FieldUpdateName</members>
        <name>WorkflowOutboundMessage</members>
    </types>

Workflow Rule

    <types>
        <members>Account.Invalid Email Changed or Blank - Account</members>
        <members>Lead.Invalid Email Changed or Blank - Lead</members>
        <name>WorkflowRule</name>
    </types>

Workflow Task

    <types>
        <members>ObjectName.FieldUpdateName</members>
        <name>WorkflowTask</name>
    </types>

Community

Deploying Community changes with metadata can be challenging, need ot deploy 3 different items described here bellow.

BrandingSet

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>BrandingSet</name>
    </types>

Community

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Community</name>
    </types>

CommunityTemplateDefinition

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CommunityTemplateDefinition</name>
    </types>

CommunityThemeDefinition

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CommunityThemeDefinition</name>
    </types>

Custom Site

    <types>
        <members>ECommerce</members>
        <name>CustomSite</name>
    </types>

CustomObjectTranslation

  <types>
    <members>*</members>
    <name>CustomObjectTranslation</name>
  </types>

MatchingRule

    <types>
        <members>Lead.Prospect_Matching_Rule</members>
        <members>PersonAccount.Person_Account_Matching_Rule</members>
        <name>MatchingRule</name>
    </types>

Network

    <types>
        <members>ECommerce</members>
        <name>Network</name>
    </types>

NetworkBranding

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>NetworkBranding</name>
    </types>

SiteDotCom

In the prior versions of metadata before 43.0 it was this:

    <types>
        <members>ECommerce_C</members>
        <name>SiteDotCom</name>
    </types>

No with metadata API V44.0 SiteDocCom changed to this:

    <types>
        <members>ECommerce1</members>
        <name>SiteDotCom</name>
    </types>

Audience

    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Audience</name>
    </types>