What is the difference between custom objects and custom metadata?
Custom metadata types are meta metadata. That’s right, they are twice as “meta!” The records of a custom metadata type are themselves metadata, not data. This means that, unlike custom objects or custom settings records, the records of custom metadata types can be deployed from a sandbox with change sets or packaged…
Why do we prefer custom object over custom settings?
A custom setting is very similar to a custom object, the main difference is that the custom setting is cached. It is especially useful to store information that will be often accessed from Apex code as it will perform better than a custom object as it doesn’t have to be queried, it is also easier to manage it.
How do I deploy custom metadata?
Deploy Custom Metadata Type Records
- Add the ‘Custom Metadata Type’ component to the change set. Note the component type is Custom Metadata Type in the drop-down and select the ‘Constants’.
- Add the custom field. Now add the field called Value from constants object.
- Here’s the additional step. Add the data.
How do I deploy custom metadata fields?
Use change sets to deploy custom metadata types and records from a sandbox to another org. Typically you deploy the change set to a production org….To add custom metadata records:
- Select the custom metadata type’s label from the available component types, for example, Threat Tier .
- Select the records to add.
Which is better custom objects or custom metadata?
Packaged, protected Custom Metadata Types are an ideal solution for secret storage in a managed package context. While Protected Custom Objects and Protected Custom Settings can also offer secret storage, only Custom Metadata Types allow those secrets to be packaged and deployed, and protected from everything outside the boundary of packaged Apex.
Where are custom metadata types stored in Salesforce?
Custom Metadata Types (CustomObject) Represents the metadata associated with a custom metadata type. For more information, see the Custom Metadata Types Implementation Guide. A custom metadata type is defined as a custom object and is stored in the objects folder.
How are custom metadata types treated in apex?
Custom metadata types extend this concept. In fact, the interface for creating custom metadata types and custom metadata records is almost identical to that of creating custom objects and custom object records. In Apex, custom metadata types can be treated as SObjects and respond to SOQL queries the same way SObjects would.
Can a custom object be packaged in a package?
Unlike Custom Objects they: The only use case where CMDT are somewhat nice is, that you cannot package Custom Object records in packages. But that is also not an issue. You can perfectly store hundreds of Custom records in JSON serialized form in a single packaged Static Resource and unpackage them on install.