Restoring Metadata

Metadata restore jobs allow you to recover metadata of deleted objects as well as to restore metadata to another organization so that metadata of the object you want to restore matches metadata of the object in the target organization. For example:

  • If you want to restore the connected app configuration, restore the ConnectedApp metadata file first. For more information, see Salesforce Documentation.
  • If you want to restore the session settings, restore the ProfileSessionSetting metadata file first. For more information, see Salesforce Documentation.
  • If you want to restore the password policies, restore the ProfilePasswordPolicy metadata file first. For more information, see Salesforce Documentation.
  • Reports and dashboards are also types of metadata that can be restored using this type of restore job.

Important

After you restore the metadata of a deleted Salesforce object, you must perform backup of this object before you start a record restore operation. The backup is required for the object to be displayed at step 4 of the Restore Records wizard.

To create a metadata restore job, perform the following steps:

  1. Launch the Restore Metadata wizard.
  2. Specify a name and description for the restore job.
  3. Select Salesforce organizations.
  4. Select objects whose metadata will be restored.
  5. Review the restore list.
  6. Finish working with the wizard.