Salesforce Change Case Management
Manage change case records in a release management system in Salesforce using something like Agile Accelerator. This uses two record types on Case that to manage changes to tools and services during a release; Change Case and Change Case Template. It creates the change case, checks the release is approved, and closes the change case when the release is in the wild.
The typical flow would be:
- Build and test staged artifacts.
- Create a change case before doing a release. -
sfchangecase create
- Check the release is approved. -
sfchangecase check
- Release the artifacts to production.
- Close the change case that the release is deployed. -
sfchangecase close
If there is a lot of time during stage 2 (not part of the same CD process), record the change case ID to be used in step 3 and 5.
Configuration
All options are configurable by environment variables and are prefixed with SF_CHANGE_CASE
. All command parameters can use environment variable as defaults. They are snake cased with the prefix.
The most important environment variable is for authentication. Set SF_CHANGE_CASE_SFDX_AUTH_URL
to the SFDX auth url to the org in which the change cases will be created.
All command configuration:
Environment Variable | Description |
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SF_CHANGE_CASE_SFDX_AUTH_URL | The SFDX auth url to authenticate to a Salesforce org that the change cases belong to. |
SF_CHANGE_CASE_BYPASS | Skip the change case command. |
SF_CHANGE_CASE_DRYRUN | Run the command without making any DML to an org. Authentication is still required. |
Create command configuration:
Environment Variable | Description |
---|
SF_CHANGE_CASE_CHANGE_RECORD_TYPE_ID | The case record type ID for a change case. This will be the different for different orgs. |
SF_CHANGE_CASE_CHANGE_TEMPLATE_RECORD_TYPE_ID | The case record type ID for a change case template. This will be the different for different orgs. |
SF_CHANGE_CASE_CONFIGURATION_ITEM | Full path from the configuration item, ex: Salesforce.SF_Off_Core.DeveloperTools.NPM. |
Installing
$ npm install -g @salesforce/change-case-management
$ sfchangecase COMMAND
running command...
$ sfchangecase (-v|--version|version)
@salesforce/change-case-management/1.4.0 linux-x64 node-v12.22.10
$ sfchangecase --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
$ sfchangecase COMMAND
...
Commands
sfchangecase check [-i <id>] [-r <string> -l <url>] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
check the status of a change case record
USAGE
$ sfchangecase check [-i <id>] [-r <string> -l <url>] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>]
[--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
OPTIONS
-i, --changecaseid=changecaseid change case id
-l, --location=location url of the source control location
-r, --release=release schedule build of the new release
-u, --targetusername=targetusername username or alias for the target
org; overrides default target org
--apiversion=apiversion override the api version used for
api requests made by this command
--bypass bypass the change case commands
--dryrun run the command without making any
API calls - all calls will be
'successful'
--json format output as json
--loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL) [default: warn] logging level for
this command invocation
See code: src/commands/check.ts
sfchangecase close [-i <id>] [-r <string> -l <url>] [-s Implemented - per plan|Not Implemented|Rolled back - with no impact] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
stops the implementation steps, and closes the change case record
USAGE
$ sfchangecase close [-i <id>] [-r <string> -l <url>] [-s Implemented - per plan|Not Implemented|Rolled back - with no
impact] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel
trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
OPTIONS
-i, --changecaseid=changecaseid change case id
-l, --location=location url of the source control location
-r, --release=release schedule build of the new release
-s, --status=(Implemented - per plan|Not Implemented|Rolled back - with no impact) [default: Implemented - per plan]
What the status of the
implementation steps should be set
to
-u, --targetusername=targetusername username or alias for the target
org; overrides default target org
--apiversion=apiversion override the api version used for
api requests made by this command
--bypass bypass the change case commands
--dryrun run the command without making any
API calls - all calls will be
'successful'
--json format output as json
--loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL) [default: warn] logging level for
this command invocation
See code: src/commands/close.ts
sfchangecase create -i <id> -r <string> -c <string> [-l <url>] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
create a change case record based on a template ID with one implementation step
USAGE
$ sfchangecase create -i <id> -r <string> -c <string> [-l <url>] [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion
<string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
OPTIONS
-c, --configurationitem=configurationitem (required) Full path from the
configuration item, ex:
Salesforce.SF_Off_Core.DeveloperTool
s.NPM
-i, --templateid=templateid (required) change case template id
-l, --location=location url of the source control location
-r, --release=release (required) schedule build of the new
release
-u, --targetusername=targetusername username or alias for the target
org; overrides default target org
--apiversion=apiversion override the api version used for
api requests made by this command
--bypass bypass the change case commands
--dryrun run the command without making any
API calls - all calls will be
'successful'
--json format output as json
--loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL) [default: warn] logging level for
this command invocation
See code: src/commands/create.ts
sfchangecase updateScheduledBuild -i <string> -b <string> [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
updateScheduledBuild
USAGE
$ sfchangecase updateScheduledBuild -i <string> -b <string> [--bypass] [--dryrun] [-u <string>] [--apiversion
<string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
OPTIONS
-b, --scheduledbuild=scheduledbuild (required) enter scheduledbuild
-i, --workitemid=workitemid (required) enter workitem id
-u, --targetusername=targetusername username or alias for the target
org; overrides default target org
--apiversion=apiversion override the api version used for
api requests made by this command
--bypass bypass the change case commands
--dryrun run the command without making any
API calls - all calls will be
'successful'
--json format output as json
--loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL) [default: warn] logging level for
this command invocation
See code: src/commands/updateScheduledBuild.ts