Metadata Types

Metadata API enables you to access some entities and feature settings that you can customize in the user interface.

• Metadata type names are case-sensitive. Specifying a type name with an invalid case results in a deployment error.
• Metadata types don’t always correspond directly to their related data types. In some cases, the information is accessible but not organized as expected. For example, dependent picklists are exposed as a type of picklist, not a separate metadata type.
• The wildcard character doesn’t apply to metadata types for feature settings, like AccountSettings. The wildcard applies only when retrieving all settings and not an individual setting. See Settings.

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See Also

• Metadata Components and Types
• Metadata Coverage Report
• Unsupported Metadata Types
• Special Behavior in Metadata API Deployments
• Metadata Type Limits
• CustomObject Additional Reference