OpportunitySettings | Metadata API Developer Guide

Represents organization preferences for features such as automatic opportunity updates and similar-opportunity filters. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

File Suffix and Directory Location

Opportunities values are stored in a single file named Opportunity.settings in the settings directory of the corresponding package directory. The .settings files are different from other named components because there is only one settings file for each settings component.

Version

OpportunitySettings is available in API version 28.0 and later.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
enableUpdateReminders	boolean	Lets users enable automatic, scheduled updates on opportunities.
autoActivateNewReminders	boolean	Automatically uses scheduled updates for new opportunities.
enableFindSimilarOpportunities	boolean	Lets users see related or similar existing opportunities.
findSimilarOppFilter	multipicklist	Defines parameters for similar opportunities.
enableOpportunityTeam	boolean	Lets users associate team members with opportunities.
promptToAddProducts	boolean	Prompts users to add related products to an opportunity.

FindSimilarOppFilter

Defines whether to match by entire columns or fields.

Field	Field Type	Description
similarOpportunitiesDisplayColumns	string	The columns to compare.
similarOpportunitiesMatchFields	string	The fields to compare.

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of the package file.

The package file references the following Opportunity.settings file.