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title: "Step 4. Select Metadata to Restore"
description: "At the Data step of the wizard, choose metadata files that you want to restore: Select a metadata type to search for all metadata files of this type that belong to the organization selected at step 3."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Salesforce Restore > Creating Restore Jobs > Restoring Metadata > Step 4. Select Metadata to Restore"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Step 4. Select Metadata to Restore
At the **Data** step of the wizard, choose metadata files that you want to restore:
1. Select a metadata type to search for all metadata files of this type that belong to the organization selected at [step 3](restore_file_organization.md). For a metadata type to be displayed in the list of available types, at least one file of this type must have a backup.
2. Click **Search** and select check boxes next to the necessary metadata files. You can also choose the version of each file — to do that, click the link in the **Version** column and select the necessary file version from the **Restore point** drop-down list.
::: tip
To help you choose a version, Veeam Backup for Salesforce displays both the content of the selected backed-up file and the content of the file currently stored in Salesforce. If you want to view only those fields that have changed since the backup was created, set the **Compare changes** toggle to *On*.
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By default, you can select up to 100 of metadata files for one restore session. To change this limit, modify the `backend.metadata.download.files` parameter value as described in section [Configuring Advanced Settings](advanced_settings.md).
::: important
If you want to restore a metadata file that no longer exists in Salesforce, you must choose a file version created while the file was not deleted from Salesforce.
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## Configuring Filtering Settings
Consider that Veeam Backup for Salesforce displays the maximum number of 500 metadata files per page. If you want to apply specific search conditions and reduce the number of search results, click **Customize** in the **Filters** field.
Veeam Backup for Salesforce provides a number of built-in conditional operators (such as *contains*, *equals*, *starts with*, *is null* and so on) that can be used to send requests to databases. Keep in mind that the time required to process a request depends on the operator you use — for example, processing a request with the *equals* operator will take less time than processing a request with the *contains* operator.
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The **Value** field is case sensitive for the following operators: *starts with*, *ends with*, *equals*, *in*, *not equal to*, *not in*.
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By default, filters are combined by the AND logical operator. That is, a record is displayed in the search results only if all the specified conditions are met. You can change this behavior by combining filters using different operators. To do that, set the **Use filter logic** toggle to *On*, and specify the filter logic expression using condition ordinal numbers, brackets and logical operators — for example, *1 AND (2 OR 3) AND NOT 4*.
[](images/restore_metadata_data.png){.toggle scale=60}
::: tip
To download metadata files to your local machine, select the necessary items and click **Download**. By default, you can download up to 100 metadata files. To change this limit, modify the `backend.metadata.download.files` parameter value as described in section [Configuring Advanced Settings](advanced_settings.md).
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