AutoResponseRules

Represents an auto-response rule that sets conditions for sending automatic email responses to lead or case submissions based on the attributes of the submitted record. You can access rules metadata for all applicable objects, for a specific object, or for a specific rule on a specific object.

The package.xml syntax for accessing all auto-response rules for all objects is:

All rules for a specific object uses a similar syntax without the wildcard. For example, all auto-response rules for the Case object would use this syntax:

You can also access specific auto-response rules for an object. The following example only accesses the “samplerule” and “newrule” auto-response rules on the Case object. Notice that for this example the type name syntax is AutoResponseRule and not AutoResponseRules.

File Suffix and Directory Location

AutoResponseRules for an object have the suffix .autoResponseRules and are stored in the autoResponseRules folder. For example, all Case auto-response rules are stored in the Case.autoResponseRules file.

Version

AutoResponseRules components are available in API version 27.0 and later.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
autoresponseRule	AutoResponseRule[]	Represents the definitions of the named auto-response rules.