IdeasSettings | Metadata API Developer Guide

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

IdeasSettings is stored in one file named Ideas.settings in the settings folder of the corresponding package directory. The .settings files are different from other named components because there’s only one settings file for each settings component.

Version

IdeasSettings is available in API version 27.0 and later.

Ideas

Represents settings for Ideas and Idea Themes.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Description
enableIdeaThemes	boolean	Indicates whether Idea Themes is enabled (`true`) or not (`false`).
enableIdeas	boolean	Indicates whether Ideas is enabled (`true`) or not (`false`).
enableIdeasReputation	boolean	Indicates whether Reputation is enabled (`true`) or not (`false`). You can’t enable IdeasReputation without enabling the Ideas Reputation permission in your organization. This field is available in API version 28.0 and later.
enableChatterProfile	boolean	Indicates that the Chatter user profile is used for Ideas user profiles. If enableChatterProfile is `true`, the ideasProfilePage value must not be specified. If enableChatterProfile is `false`, then specify a ideasProfilePage value, otherwise the Ideas zone profile is used. This field is available in API version 29.0 and later.
ideasProfilePage	string	The name of the Visualforce page to use for a custom Ideas user profile, if enableChatterProfile is `false`. If enableChatterProfile is `false`, then specify a ideasProfilePage value, otherwise the Ideas zone profile is used. This field is available in API version 29.0 and later.
halfLife	double	Indicates how quickly old ideas drop in ranking on the Popular Ideas subtab. The half-life setting determines how the number of days after which old ideas drop in ranking on the Popular Ideas subtab, to make room for ideas with more recent votes. A shorter half-life moves older ideas down the page faster than a longer half-life.

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example ideas.settings metadata file:

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<IdeasSettings xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3   <enableIdeaThemes>true</enableIdeaThemes>
4   <enableIdeas>true</enableIdeas>
5   <enableIdeasReputation>true</enableIdeasReputation>
6   <enableChatterProfile>false</enableChatterProfile>
7   <ideasProfilePage>name of Visualforce page</ideasProfilePage>
8   <halfLife>2.6</halfLife>
9</IdeasSettings>

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.