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What does metadata mean in a Salesforce profile?
Represents a user profile. A profile defines a user’s permission to perform different functions within Salesforce. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. In API version 29.0 and later, you can retrieve and deploy access settings for the following managed components in profiles and permission sets:
What are the settings for the metadata API?
Represents an org’s actions settings for default quick actions, multi-dimensional publisher, and third-party actions. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. Represents an org’s activity settings, and its user interface settings for the calendar.
How to force profile changes to deploy through metadata?
To force all Profile changes to deploy through metadata, including permission disablement, add code that explicitly indicates disabled permissions. For example, add this code to the Profile metadata .xml file before deploying into a target org: false .
What does a profile mean in Salesforce API?
Represents a user profile. A profile defines a user’s permission to perform different functions within Salesforce. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. In API version 51.0 and later, you can retrieve and deploy access settings for login flows.
Are there custom fields in the Salesforce API?
Custom and standard fields are available in API version 10.0 and later. Unless otherwise noted, all fields are creatable, filterable, and nillable. Indicates the group associated with this field.
How to change field permissions in Salesforce profile?
For example, add this code to the Profile metadata .xml file before deploying into a target org: false . As of API version 38.0, you can change field permissions to make a field editable using the Metadata API for fields that you can’t change through the user interface.