{"id":6209,"date":"2017-08-27T22:52:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T22:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2017-08-27T22:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T22:52:44","slug":"how-to-retrieve-and-deploy-custom-metadata-types-using-ant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/salesforce\/how-to-retrieve-and-deploy-custom-metadata-types-using-ant\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Retrieve and Deploy Custom Metadata Types using ANT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of you must already know that there is new way to control your program behavior in Salesforce with the help of Custom Metadata Types<\/strong><\/a>. Previously we were using List Custom Settings<\/a> to create functionalities like managing Trigger’s On\/Off behavior or controlling Integration endpoint URLs. However we were not able to use Migration tools to import export records into custom settings.<\/p>\n

So, into the new world of Custom Metadata Types, I used change sets mostly to perform deployments. Recently, I needed to use ANT migration toolkit<\/a> to retrieve and deploy Custom Metadata Types. I was able to do it however If you ask me, I spent more time then expected.<\/p>\n

Received errors like :<\/p>\n

\r\npackage.xml - Entity type: 'Custom\u200bMetadata' is unknown\r\n<\/pre>\n
Just to make sure not to repeat same mistake and save time in future, lets discuss how we can import \/ export or rather I will say retrieve and deploy Custom Metadata Types in Salesforce using ANT Migration toolkit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
For the sake of simplicity consider below Custom Metadata Type schema.<\/p>\n
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Salesforce Custom Metadata Type Schema<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Below image shows sample records in Custom Metadata Types<\/p>\n
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Salesforce Custom Metadata Type Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
So the question is, how do we retrieve and deploy above Custom Metadata Types in Salesforce ?<\/p>\n
There are two steps to address it<\/p>\n
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  1. Include Custom Metadata Type schema in package.xml<\/em>\u00a0using\u00a0CustomObject\u00a0<\/strong>tag<\/li>\n
  2. Include Custom Metadata Type records in package.xml<\/em> using\u00a0CustomMetadata\u00a0<\/strong>tag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Sample Source code :
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