IdeasSettings

Represents the metadata used to manage settings for Ideas.

In the package manifest, all organization settings metadata types are accessed using the Settings name. See Settings for details.

This type extends Metadata and inherits its fields.

IdeasSettingsIdeas.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.

IdeasSettings

Represents settings for Ideas and Idea Themes.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 29.0
• Description: 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.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No

• Type: boolean
• Required: No

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Indicates whether Ideas is enabled (true) or not (false).

• Type: boolean
• Required: No

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 28.0
• Description: Indicates whether Reputation is enabled (true) or not (false). You can’t enable IdeasReputation without enabling the Ideas Reputation permission in your organization.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Indicates whether Idea Themes is enabled (true) or not (false).

• Type: double
• Required: No
• Description: 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.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 29.0
• Description: 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.

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>

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.