![sfdc ant migration tool sfdc ant migration tool](http://www.sfdcnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/13-Validation1.png)
Go to and download the files to your local machine.The installation process should take a minute or two. If you do not have a version of the Java Development Kit (JDK), download the latest version from.Trust me, you will want this, especially if you aren’t familiar with all of the metadata types in package.xml files.
SFDC ANT MIGRATION TOOL FULL
Metadata API Guide – This link has the full guide, but I’ve put in the link to all metadata types on Salesforce.Make sure that you save these URLs before going any further, they will help you immensely: Why do I do this? It makes it much easier to search metadata components for references or to pipe the metadata into spreadsheets. For example, if I want to retrieve ALL custom objects in my organization, I have to write this one B-E-A-U-tiful line: ant bulkRetrieveCustomObject
![sfdc ant migration tool sfdc ant migration tool](https://anothersalesforceblogcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/color-logo-no-background-1-e1570067624269.png)
![sfdc ant migration tool sfdc ant migration tool](https://forcetalks.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/08184244/Salesforce-Deployment.jpg)
You may have to disable the usage of the tooling API.īut, all of that aside, ANT allows me to easily retrieve components I want easily with one line. It does do quite a bit of API calls to your organization to get all of the metadata though, so if you’re limited in this regard, just be mindful. Mavensmate, in my opinion, scales much better with your organization, looks pretty (and so much more 2016) and takes advantage of sublime text awesome features. Since I can’t do that with how many components I have in my organization, it’s mostly a lost cause. Half of the benefit of using a tool like the IDE though is the ability to retrieve the components you want in a single interface. It’s a good tool for newer organizations or if you retrieve your metadata through ANT or workbench and then load it into the IDE. It will not scale and times out on reads frequently. I don’t know about you but the IDE will not download all of the metadata in my organization and freezes up when doing retrieves. So, you might be asking yourself, why would I want to use a tool like this when there are good interfaces such as the IDE or Mavensmate? ANT allows you to retrieve lots of metadata efficiently, allows you to retrieve it in a repeatable way, provides you the benefit of being able to schedule your retrieves and can use windows command line functions to arrange or re-arrange your metadata. First of all, what is “ANT” (aka the migration tool)? ANT is a command line utility that allows for you to retrieve metadata or to deploy metadata to your organizations with ease.