DocumentType

Represents a document type.

This type extends Metadata and inherits its fields.

DocumentType components have the suffix .documentType and are stored in the documentTypes folder.

Introduced in API version 59.0.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: A description of the DocumentType.

• Type: string
• Required: No

• Type: boolean

• Required: Yes

• Description: Required.

  Specifies whether the DocumentType is active.

• Type: string

• Required: Yes

• Description: Required.

  The master label of the DocumentType. This internal label doesn’t get translated.

• Type: int
• Required: No

• Type: int
• Required: No

The following is an example of a DocumentType component.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<DocumentType xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <description>Utility_Bill</description>
4    <isActive>true</isActive>
5    <masterLabel>Utility_Bill</masterLabel>
6</DocumentType>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <types>
4        <members>*</members>
5        <name>DocumentType</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>59.0</version>
8</Package>

This metadata type supports the wildcard character * (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File.