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How do you deploy edited search layouts using Metadata API?
For ease of time, it’s best to retrieve the objects using Force.com IDE or ANT and adjust then deploy. To deploy a Search Layout, you must deploy the CustomObject itself. All not-required tags can be stripped, but there is no way to simply deploy a search layout without the object.
What does it mean to have metadata in search?
Represents the metadata associated with the search layouts for an object. You can customize which fields to display for users in search results, search filter fields, lookup dialogs, and recent record lists on tab home pages. You can access SearchLayouts only by accessing its encompassing CustomObject.
What’s the latest version of the search API?
Search layouts for custom objects are available in API version 14.0 and later. The ability to modify search layouts for standard objects (except events and tasks) is available in API version 27.0 and later. Any Name field defined as a text type is mandatory; it’s always displayed as the first column in the search results page..
How to soft delete a metadata API deployment?
A Metadata API deployment that includes Master-Detail relationships deletes all detail records in the Recycle Bin in the following cases. For a deployment with a new Master-Detail field, soft delete (send to the Recycle Bin) all detail records before proceeding to deploy the Master-Detail field, or the deployment fails.
Where do I find layout in the API?
The extension is .layout. Retrieving a component of this metadata type in a project makes the component appear in any Profile and PermissionSet components that are retrieved in the same package. Layouts are available in API version 13.0 and later. This metadata type represents the valid values that define a page layout.
Is there an extension to the metadata API?
The extension is .layout. Retrieving a component of this metadata type in a project makes the component appear in any Profile and PermissionSet components that are retrieved in the same package. Layouts are available in API version 13.0 and later.