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graj
Metadata API object for Industry List
Hi,
In our system we have few picklist like Industry, JobTitle, Country, No Of Employees. I was told by SF that I need to use the Metadata API to retrieve this list. I am able to set the Metadata service and SF connection but what object do I need to query in order to get the list.
Any help is appreciated.
Goutam
What are you trying to do with these picklists? You can always print the list from setup. Just pull up the field and click printable view button.
I am working on a scheduled job in MVC3 to sync the list in SF with our local DB tables in Sql Server. I am trying to avoid the manual entry and the job will also help to keep the data in sync if a new entry is added to the list in SF.
So you need to query for all the objects in the system. Then each object will include the field details. Something like this in your package.xml file.
<types>
<members>*</members>
<members>Account</members>
<members>AccountContactRole</members>
<members>Activity</members>
<members>Asset</members>
<members>Campaign</members>
<members>CampaignMember</members>
<members>Case</members>
<members>CaseContactRole</members>
<members>Contact</members>
<members>ContentVersion</members>
<members>Contract</members>
<members>ContractContactRole</members>
<members>Event</members>
<members>Idea</members>
<members>JigsawSavedSearch</members>
<members>Lead</members>
<members>Opportunity</members>
<members>OpportunityContactRole</members>
<members>OpportunityLineItem</members>
<members>PartnerRole</members>
<members>Product2</members>
<members>Site</members>
<members>Solution</members>
<members>Task</members>
<members>User</members>
<members>UserLicense</members>
<name>CustomObject</name>
</types>
hi i have been woring on METADATA Api
and i have successfully create soap envelope to add new picklist value in picklist field
via
Now issues I am facing , is
Is there any way to update / edit any particular picklist value ???
e.g , Object : Lead , field : number__c, type : picklist , picklist values : new , old
any way i can edit "new " to "new_value" via meta data API .
Thanks in advance