SOAP API Developer Guide

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describeAllTabs()
describeAppMenu()
describeApprovalLayout()
describeAvailableQuickActions()
describeCompactLayouts()
describeDataCategoryGroups()
describeDataCategoryGroupStructures()
describeGlobal()
describeGlobalTheme()
describeKnowledge()
describeLayout()
describePrimaryCompactLayouts()
describeQuickActions()
describeSearchScopeOrder()
describeSearchLayouts()
describeSObject()
describeSObjects()
describeSoftphoneLayout()
describeSoqlListViews()
describeTabs()
describeTheme()
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describePrimaryCompactLayouts()

Retrieves metadata about the primary compact layout for each of the specified object types.
Information returned is limited to 100 objects.

Syntax

Usage

Use this call to retrieve information about the primary compact layout for the given object types. This call returns metadata about a given primary compact layout. For more information about compact layouts, see Salesforce Help.

Sample Code—Java

Arguments

Name Type Description
sObjectTypes string[] An array of one or more objects. The specified values must be valid objects for your organization.

Response

DescribeCompactLayout

Faults

InvalidSObjectFault

UnexpectedErrorFault