Deployments

Metaforce Deployments provides an intuitive, step-by-step wizard to deploy metadata changes between Salesforce organizations (e.g., from Sandbox to Production or between Developer Sandboxes) without managing complex ANT scripts or bulky change sets.

4-Step Guided Deployment Workflow

Step 1: Select Environments

Choose your Source Org and Target Org from your connected organizations.

Step 2: Select Metadata Components

Leverage the built-in Package XML Builder:

• Manual Component Selection: Browse 100+ metadata types sorted by last modified date and select components to package.
• Auto-Detect Changes: Specify a developer username and date threshold to automatically pull in all recently touched metadata.

Step 3: Configure Deployment Options

Fine-tune deployment safety controls before execution:

• Action Type:
  • Validation Only: Performs a dry-run validation against the target org to ensure zero errors without committing changes.
  • Deploy: Validates and commits metadata changes into the target org.
  • Destructive: Removes selected metadata components from the target org.
• Test Level:
  • Default: Follows Salesforce standard default behavior.
  • NoTestRun: No Apex tests are executed (applicable only to development sandboxes).
  • RunSpecifiedTests: Runs only user-selected test classes. Minimum 75% coverage required on deployed classes.
  • RunLocalTests: Runs all local org tests except installed managed packages (standard for Production).
  • RunAllTestsInOrg: Runs all tests in the org including managed packages.
• Diff Changes Review: When enabled, Metaforce loads a side-by-side comparison between your source package and the target org before pushing changes, preventing accidental overwrites.

Deployment Options

Side-by-Side Diff View

Step 4: Execute & Monitor

Click Start Deployment Now. Metaforce streams real-time deployment status, component-by-component progress, and detailed error messages if deployment validation fails.

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Metadata Zip Package Deployment & Retrieval

Metaforce also supports working directly with standard .zip metadata bundles:

1. Retrieve Metadata Zip File

Select components in the manifest builder and click Retrieve Zip. Metaforce downloads a self-contained metadata archive suitable for offline backups, CI/CD pipelines, or git versioning.

2. Deploy Metadata Zip File

Upload any valid Salesforce metadata .zip package:

• Preview Zip Contents: Inspect packaged files and directories before initiating deployment.
• Compare to Target Org: Review exact diffs against the destination organization.
• Pre-Deploy Target Org Backup: One-click download of corresponding metadata from the target org before deployment, ensuring you have an immediate rollback archive.