This extension can be used to find the references of a particular search text on the SFDC metadata and generate a readable excel report.
Features
Commands:
metadata-scanner: Scan Metadata
Helps to retrieve all the references of the search strings that user inputs from the selected metadata folder which contains all the Salesforce metadata files.
metadata-scanner: Scan Picklists
Helps to retrieve all the picklist fields and their values, along with Global value set and standard value sets from the selected metadata folder.
Steps:
Launch the extension by (Windows) Ctrl+Shift+P and typing any of the above commands
metadata-scanner: Scan Metadata
Select the Metadata folder (Github Repository or SFDX Project with retrived metadata), suggested to select the src folder if it is repository or directly the main/default folder if it is a SFDX project.
Select the folder to store the Output file/report.
Input the SearchString/s
For example: If you want to search for a field reference enter field API name --> FieldAPIName__c
To make logic search for multiple texts or fields concat the values with || --> FieldAPIName1__c||FieldAPIName2__c||Status||Health Care
Hardcode Value Check > User gets a pop up asking - "Do you want to check for hardcoded value? *Works well with field reference search." Yes / No
Selecting Yes will trigger a logic to check if the identified reference has a hardcoded value, this option works well with Field API searches
For Example - If you are searching for FieldAPIName__c, the same field is referenced on a Flow decision element equated with a Hardcoded value, then in the output report user will see a column "Contains Hardcoded Value" with value set to True.
User gets a pop up asking - "Do you want to include file type filter?" Files / Folders / No
a. Selecting Files user can specify the file types that the user wants to restrict logic to search.
For Example - The Metadata folder can have multiple file/metadata types like Fields, Layout, Flow, Apex, trigger, approvalprocess etc. If user wants to perform the search only on Flow and Apex metadata, then user can input something like
.flowxml,*.cls
b. Selecting Folders user will be provided with an Input box defaulted with all the folders from the selected root folder in step 1 as a comma separated value. User can specify what folders should be considered for the reference search.
Once all the above steps are completed, Logic start searching for the Searching Text/s provided.
metadata-scanner: Scan Picklists
Select the Metadata folder (Github Repository or SFDX Project with retrieved metadata)
Select the folder to store the Output file/report.
Requirements
NA
Extension Settings
NA
Known Issues
The Hardcode check works well only with Field API references
Release Notes
1.0.0
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