EACSettings

Represents the Einstein Activity Capture metadata type. Use Einstein Activity Capture to add emails and events from your Microsoft or Google account to the activity timeline of related Salesforce records. Automatically sync contact and event data between your Microsoft or Google account and Salesforce. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

In the package manifest, all organization settings metadata types are accessed using the “Settings” name. See Settings for more details.

File Suffix and Directory Location

EACSettings components have the suffix EAC and are stored in the Settings folder.

Version

EACSettings components are available in API version 48.0 and later.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
enableActivityCapture	boolean	Indicates whether Einstein Activity Capture is enabled (`true`) or not (`false`). provisionProductivityFeatures must be `true` to use this feature. To ensure that your org's requirements for handling sensitive data are met, read "Considerations for Setting Up Einstein Activity Capture" in Salesforce Help. Default value is `false`.
enableActivityMetrics	boolean	Indicates whether Activity Metrics are enabled (`true`) or not (`false`). enableActivityCapture must be `true` to use this feature. Before enabling this feature, see "Considerations for Using Activity Metrics" in Salesforce Help. Default value is `false`.
enableActivitySyncEngine	boolean	Indicates whether combined sync and capture is enabled for events, contacts, and emails (`true`) or not (`false`). Default value is `false`.
enableEACForEveryonePref	boolean	Indicates whether users who have the enableActivityCapture set to `false` can still see emails and events in their Salesforce timeline (`true`) or not (`false`). Default value is `true`.
enableInboxActivitySharing	boolean	Indicates whether the default activity sharing for new users is set to Everyone (`true`) or not (`false`). For example, if enableInboxActivitySharing is `true`, then new Einstein Activity Capture users have their activity sharing set to Everyone by default. This setting does not affect the activity sharing setting of existing users. Default value is `true`.
enableInsightsInTimeline	boolean	Indicates whether Email Insights is enabled (`true`) or not (`false`). Default value is `true`.
enableInsightsInTimelineEacStd	boolean	Indicates whether Email Insights is enabled for users with an Einstein Activity Capture Standard permission set (`true`) or not (`false`). For more information, see "Turn On Einstein Email Insights" in Salesforce Help. Default value is `false`.
provisionProductivityFeatures	boolean	Indicates whether your org is ready for productivity features to be enabled (`true`) or not (`false`). Default value is `false`.

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of the EAC.settings file:

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<EACSettings xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3	<enableActivityCapture>true</enableActivityCapture>
4	<enableActivityMetrics>true</enableActivityMetrics>
5	<enableActivitySyncEngine>true</enableActivitySyncEngine>
6	<enableEACForEveryonePref>true</enableEACForEveryonePref>
7	<enableInboxActivitySharing>true</enableInboxActivitySharing>
8	<enableInsightsInTimeline>true</enableInsightsInTimeline>
9	<enableInsightsInTimelineEacStd>true</enableInsightsInTimelineEacStd>
10	<provisionProductivityFeatures>true</provisionProductivityFeatures>
11</EACSettings>

Example Package Manifest

The following is an example package manifest used to deploy or retrieve the EAC settings metadata:

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3	<types>
4		<members>EAC</members>
5		<name>Settings</name>
6	</types>
7	<version>29.0</version>
8</Package>

Wildcard Support in the Manifest File

The wildcard character * (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file doesn’t apply to metadata types for feature settings. The wildcard applies only when retrieving all settings, not for an individual setting. For details, see Settings. For information about using the manifest file, see Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File.

Metadata API Developer Guide