Are there different types of custom metadata types?
Managed packages, unmanaged packages, and managed package extensions are all compatible with custom metadata types. And change sets let you deploy your types and records from a sandbox. You’re itching to get your Support Tier type out to your other orgs, so let’s do it.
How do you add metadata to a package?
Instead of selecting a standard option from the list of component types, you select your specific type. Let’s give it a try, starting from the package detail page. Click Add. For the component type, select Support Tier. Select all your custom metadata records. Click Add to Package.
When to upload custom metadata types in Salesforce?
Uploading a package that contains custom metadata types and records isn’t any different from uploading other types of packages. Click Upload on the package detail page to kick off the process. Set the version name to Fall 2019. Leave the Version Number as is. Typically if you’re using a managed package, you want your first release to be beta.
What is the default discount for custom metadata?
Default discount is the automatic discount applied to a specific tier. After you create the type with all its fields, add custom metadata type records. The custom metadata type records store configuration data.
How to package custom metadata types in Salesforce?
Package your custom metadata types. Package your types’ associated records. Upload your package. Install your package in a subscriber org. Upgrade your package. When you’re ready to package up your custom metadata types and records, you can choose your own adventure.
Can you add custom fields to custom metadata?
Customers who install a managed custom metadata type can’t add new custom fields to it. With unpackaged metadata, both developer-controlled and subscriber-controlled access behave the same: like subscriber-controlled access. Refer to Trust, but Verify: Apex Metadata API and Security to learn more.