How do I query metadata records in Salesforce?
Use the Apex getAll(), getInstance(recordId), getInstance(qualifiedApiName), and getInstance(developerName) methods to retrieve information from custom metadata type records faster. These methods don’t rely on the SOQL engine and return the sObject details directly from the call.
What is the use of tooling API in Salesforce?
Use Tooling API to build custom development tools or apps for Lightning Platform applications. Tooling API’s SOQL capabilities for many metadata types allow you to retrieve smaller pieces of metadata. Smaller retrieves improve performance, which makes Tooling API a better fit for developing interactive applications.
How does a queue work in Salesforce CRM?
Queues in Salesforce prioritize, distribute, and assign records for teams who share workloads. Queues are like holding areas in your CRM, where records wait for a user to pick them up, assign them to an owner and work on processing them.
How to query / report on metadata in your Salesforce Org?
For example, how many custom objects are there, what are the fields in the custom objects, how many triggers are there in your org, how many of those are inactive, how many apex classes are there, how many of those are from managed packages and so on.
Can you use soql as a native language in Salesforce?
SOQL is not the native language that can be found in Salesforce. It is used as part of Apex for developer to create queries therefore you need to be using the tools like Developer Console to use SOQL to create the query and begin back the results.
How to query metadata components by using soql?
You can use Schema Class to get Object and Field Metadata details from Salesforce. No query needed. You need to use tooling API for that. Here is the documentation: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/ Thank you for repsonse.