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How to convert sfdx source to mdapi format?
Now we’re converting our source back to the MDAPI format from the SFDX format. Converts source-formatted files into metadata that you can deploy using Metadata API. The name of the package to associate with the metadata-formatted files. Open the mdapi-source/updated-package folder in the VS Code Explorer. Click on the package.xml file.
How to convert a mdapi file to a JSON file?
To convert files from the source format back to the metadata format, so that you can deploy them using “sfdx force:mdapi:deploy”, run “sfdx force:source:convert”. Format output as JSON. The logging level for this command invocation.
How are mdapi commands used in Salesforce DX?
Use the mdapi commands to retrieve and deploy Metadata API–formatted files that represent components in an org, or to convert Metadata API–formatted metadata into the source format used in Salesforce DX projects. Converts metadata retrieved via Metadata API into the source format used in Salesforce DX projects.
How to convert a manifest file to mdapi?
The complete path to the manifest (package.xml) file that specifies the metadata types to convert. If you specify this parameter, don’t specify –metadata or –sourcepath. A comma-separated list of metadata component names to convert. A comma-separated list of paths to the local source files to convert.
How to use Salesforce CLI to convert metadata?
Converts metadata retrieved via Metadata API into the source format used in Salesforce DX projects. To use Salesforce CLI to work with components that you retrieved via Metadata API, first convert your files from the metadata format to the source format using “sfdx force:mdapi:convert”.
What are the paths for mdapi in Salesforce?
The supplied paths can be to a single file (in which case the operation is applied to only one file) or to a folder (in which case the operation is applied to all metadata types in the directory and its sub-directories).