PlatformCachePartition

Represents a partition in the Platform Cache. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

File Suffix and Directory Location

PlatformCachePartition components have the suffix .cachePartition and are stored in the cachePartitions folder.

Version

PlatformCachePartition components are available in API version 35.0 and later.

Special Access Rules

The “Author Apex” permission is required to deploy and retrieve PlatformCachePartition components.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
description	string	Describes the cache partition.
isDefaultPartition	boolean	Required. Indicates whether this cache partition is the default partition in your organization (`true`) or not (`false`).
masterLabel	string	Required. The label of the cache partition that appears in the Salesforce user interface.
platformCachePartitionTypes	PlatformCachePartitionType[]	An array of cache types that the partition can store.

PlatformCachePartitionType

Contains information about a partition type, including its minimum and allocated capacity.

Field Name	Field Type	Description
allocatedCapacity	int	Required. The total storage capacity, in MB, that is allocated for the cache type, including free, purchased, and trial cache. Purchased capacity includes organization-wide cache, which can be used in any partition, and namespace-specific cache, which can be used only in partitions associated with a namespace.
allocatedPurchasedCapacity	int	Required. The amount of namespace-specific purchased storage capacity, in MB, that is allocated for the cache type.
allocatedTrialCapacity	int	Required. The amount of trial cache space, in MB, that is allocated for the cache type.
cacheType	PlatformCacheType (enumeration of type string)	The type of cache. Valid values are: `Session`—Session cache `Organization`—Org cache

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of a PlatformCachePartition component.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<PlatformCachePartition xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <description>Custom partition and marked as default.</description>
4    <isDefaultPartition>true</isDefaultPartition>
5    <masterLabel>myPartition</masterLabel>
6    <platformCachePartitionTypes>
7        <allocatedCapacity>10</allocatedCapacity>
8        <allocatedPurchasedCapacity>5</allocatedPurchasedCapacity>
9        <cacheType>Session</cacheType>
10    </platformCachePartitionTypes>
11    <platformCachePartitionTypes>
12        <allocatedCapacity>5</allocatedCapacity>
13        <allocatedPurchasedCapacity>5</allocatedPurchasedCapacity>
14        <cacheType>Organization</cacheType>
15    </platformCachePartitionTypes>
16</PlatformCachePartition>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <types>
4        <members>myPartition</members>
5        <name>PlatformCachePartition</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>38.0</version>
8</Package>

If a namespace is defined in your organization, add the namespace prefix to your partition name. For example:

1<members>Namespace.myPartition</members>

To retrieve all cache partitions from your organization, use the wildcard character (*) as follows.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <types>
4        <members>*</members>
5        <name>PlatformCachePartition</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>38.0</version>
8</Package>

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