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metadata-xml-tool
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CLI tool for processing Salesforce Metadata XML files
$ npm install -g metadata-xml-tool
metadata-xml-tool.
Usage:
metadata-xml-tool [options] <command>
Commands:
remove-element <element> [file]...
remove-element-matching <element> <expression> [file]...
replace-tag-value <tag> <expression> <new_value> [file]...
Options:
-h --help Show help
$ metadata-xml-tool remove-element validationRules src/objects/Account.object
diff --git a/src/objects/Account.object b/src/objects/Account.object
index 9324e0b..3b2a9ff 100644
--- a/src/objects/Account.object
+++ b/src/objects/Account.object
@@ -478,23 +478,6 @@
<searchResultsAdditionalFields>CORE.USERS.ALIAS</searchResultsAdditionalFields>
</searchLayouts>
<sharingModel>ReadWrite</sharingModel>
- <validationRules>
- <fullName>VAT_Number_10</fullName>
- <active>true</active>
- <errorConditionFormula>LEN(VAT_Number__c) < 10</errorConditionFormula>
- <errorDisplayField>VAT_Number__c</errorDisplayField>
- <errorMessage>VAT Number must be 10 characters</errorMessage>
- </validationRules>
- <validationRules>
- <fullName>Test_Min_5_Max_10</fullName>
- <active>true</active>
- <errorConditionFormula>OR(
- LEN(Test__c) < 5,
- LEN(Test__c) > 10
- )</errorConditionFormula>
- <errorDisplayField>Test__c</errorDisplayField>
- <errorMessage>Test__c should be between 5 and 10 characters long</errorMessage>
- </validationRules>
<webLinks>
<fullName>AltavistaNews</fullName>
<availability>online</availability>
$ metadata-xml-tool remove-element-matching listViews "<fullName>Ideas_Last_7_Days</fullName>" src/objects/Idea.object
diff --git a/src/objects/Idea.object b/src/objects/Idea.object
index 7a272cf..e2c9c0d 100644
--- a/src/objects/Idea.object
+++ b/src/objects/Idea.object
@@ -32,25 +32,6 @@
</picklist>
<type>Picklist</type>
</fields>
- <listViews>
- <fullName>Ideas_Last_7_Days</fullName>
- <columns>IDEA.CREATED_DATE</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.TITLE</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.CREATED_BY_NICKNAME</columns>
- <columns>VOTE_STATS.WEIGHTED_SUM</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.NUM_COMMENTS</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.STATUS</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.CATEGORIES</columns>
- <columns>COMMUNITY.NAME</columns>
- <columns>IDEA.IDEA_THEME</columns>
- <filterScope>Everything</filterScope>
- <filters>
- <field>IDEA.CREATED_DATE</field>
- <operation>equals</operation>
- <value>LAST_N_DAYS:7</value>
- </filters>
- <label>Last 7 Days</label>
- </listViews>
<recordTypes>
<fullName>InternalIdeasIdeaRecordType</fullName>
<active>true</active>
$ metadata-xml-tool remove-element-matching userPermissions "<name>ManageEncryptionKeys</name>" src/profiles/Admin.profile
diff --git a/src/profiles/Admin.profile b/src/profiles/Admin.profile
index e7939c7..33ca7e1 100644
--- a/src/profiles/Admin.profile
+++ b/src/profiles/Admin.profile
@@ -2596,8 +2596,4 @@
<enabled>true</enabled>
<name>ViewSetup</name>
</userPermissions>
- <userPermissions>
- <enabled>true</enabled>
- <name>ManageEncryptionKeys</name>
- </userPermissions>
</Profile>
$ metadata-xml-tool replace-tag-value runningUser ".*" "user@example.com" src/dashboards/CompanyDashboards/AdoptionDashboard.dashboard
diff --git a/src/dashboards/CompanyDashboards/AdoptionDashboard.dashboard b/src/dashboards/CompanyDashboards/AdoptionDashboard.dashboard
index 916f693..7c3c3ef 100644
--- a/src/dashboards/CompanyDashboards/AdoptionDashboard.dashboard
+++ b/src/dashboards/CompanyDashboards/AdoptionDashboard.dashboard
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
<useReportChart>false</useReportChart>
</components>
</rightSection>
- <runningUser>admin@universal.containers</runningUser>
+ <runningUser>user@example.com</runningUser>
<textColor>#000000</textColor>
<title>Adoption Dashboard</title>
<titleColor>#000099</titleColor>
MIT © Matthias Rolke
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CLI tool for processing Salesforce Metadata XML files
We found that metadata-xml-tool demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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