SocialCustomerServiceSettings

Represents Social Customer Service settings such as how to format inbound content from social posts to cases.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

SocialCustomerServiceSettings components have the suffix settings and are stored in the settings folder. The .settings files are different from other named components because there is only one settings file for each settings component.

Version

SocialCustomerServiceSettings is available in API version 41.0 and later.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
caseSubjectOption	CaseSubjectOption (enumeration of type string)	Required. Specifies an option from which inbound social content is formatted to appear in case records’ Case Subject field. Valid values are: `SocialPostSource` `SocialPostContent` `BuildCustom`
enableSocialApprovals	boolean	Indicates whether social approvals are enabled. To learn more, see Enable Social Post Approvals.The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.
enableSocialCaseAssignmentRules	boolean	Indicates whether case assignment rules are enabled. Use case assignment rules to determine how cases are assigned to users or put into queues as they are created. The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.
enableSocialCustomerService	boolean	Indicates whether to enable the Social Customer Service feature. The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.
enableSocialPersonaHistoryTracking	boolean	Indicates whether to enable Social Persona history tracking. History tracking helps identify who made what changes when, and for differentiating between automatic and manual changes. The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.
enableSocialPostHistoryTracking	boolean	Indicates whether to enable Social Post history tracking. History tracking helps identify who made what changes when, and for differentiating between automatic and manual changes. The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.
enableSocialReceiveParentPost	boolean	Indicates whether to use the original social post that initiated the case as the parent record. The default value is `false`. Available in API version 47.0 and later.

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

This is a sample of a SocialCustomerServiceSettings.settings file.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<SocialCustomerServiceSettings xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <caseSubjectOption>SocialPostSource</caseSubjectOption>
4    <enableSocialApprovals>true</enableSocialApprovals>
5    <enableSocialCaseAssignmentRules>false</enableSocialCaseAssignmentRules>
6    <enableSocialCustomerService>true</enableSocialCustomerService>
7    <enableSocialPersonaHistoryTracking>false</enableSocialPersonaHistoryTracking>
8    <enableSocialPostHistoryTracking>false</enableSocialPostHistoryTracking>
9    <enableSocialReceiveParentPost>true</enableSocialReceiveParentPost>
10</SocialCustomerServiceSettings>

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>SocialCustomerService</members>
5        <name>Settings</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>47.0</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