Choose Metadata Components

Use the Choose Metadata Components dialog to specify which Lightning Platform metadata components you want to retrieve in a project. Click a top-level folder to select all components of a particular type. This option will also retrieve new components that are added via the Web interface whenever you refresh from server. (Selecting the top-level folder is the equivalent of adding the wildcard character to the package.xml file. For more information, see About Package.xml.)

Only fully editable packages are available; those created in your organization or installed unmanaged packages. Installed managed packages are not available in this list.

A Force.com project is defined by a package.xml file. While you can edit this file by hand, it's much easier and less error prone to use the Choose Metadata Components dialog to create or edit this file. If you edit the package.xml file by hand, your changes may be overwritten if you open the Choose Metadata Components dialog. For more information, see About Package.xml.

Note

The following controls help you navigate the available components:

Field	Description
Filter	Enter text to filter all metadata components that start with the letters you enter in this field. You can use the * character within the filter string as a wildcard.
Show only selected items	Select this checkbox to show only the items that have been selected. This is useful after you make several selections and want to see only what will be retrieved in your project.
Select All	Selects all components.
Deselect All	Deselects all components.
Expand	Expands all nodes.
Collapse	Collapses all nodes.
Refresh	Refreshes selections from server.

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Choose Metadata Components