WaveDataflow

Represents the WaveDataflow object in the Analytics application.

This type extends MetadataWithContent and inherits its fields.

WaveDataflow components have the suffix .wdf and are stored in the wave folder.

Introduced in API version 37.0.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 48.0
• Description: The name of the Analytics application the dataflow is connected to.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 41.0
• Description: The type of the dataflow. Supported types are User and Prepared. The default value is User

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: The dataflow description that appears in the user interface.

• Type: string
• Required: Yes
• Description: Required. The dataflow name that appears in the user interface.

The following is an example of a WaveDataflow component.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<WaveDataflow xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">    <content xsi:nil="true"/>
3    <description>flow1</description>
4    <masterLabel>flow1</masterLabel>
5</WaveDataflow>

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.