Metadata Archive

Metadata archive contains metadata components such as custom object definitions and page layouts, attributes, current user permissions, etc.

The mobile app downloads metadata using administrator credentials.
To update the metadata archive, go to the CT Mobile Control Panel: Tools tab and click the Refresh metadata archive button.

Metadata Components

The components listed below are downloaded in the ZIP archive.

Component	Attribute	Description
CustomLabel	*	Custom labels metadata.
CustomObject	ValidationRule	Validation rules verify that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record.
CustomObject/CustomField	Description	The description of optional fields is displayed on the screen of the CT Mobile app (iOS).
CustomObject/CustomField	LookupFilter	Lookup filters are administrator settings that restrict the valid values and lookup dialog results for lookup, master-detail, and hierarchical relationship fields.
CustomObject/CustomField	SummerizedField SummaryFilterItems SummaryForeignKey SummaryOperation	Data on summarized fields and their criteria. SummarizedField represents the field on the detail row that is being summarized; SummaryFilterItem represents the set of filter conditions for this field if it is a summary field; SummaryForeignKey represents the master-detail field on the child that defines the relationship between the parent and the child; SummaryOperation represents the sum operation, such as count, sum, min, and max, to be performed.
CustomObject/CustomField	VisibleLines	The number of lines displayed for fields of the TextArea and Rich Text types.
Dashboard	*	Data on dashboards that have been added. Due to Salesforce limits, CT Mobile downloads a maximum of 9999 of the most recently modified dashboards.
Report	*	Data on configurable reports that have been added. Due to Salesforce limits, CT Mobile downloads a maximum of 1000 of the last most recently modified reports.
ReportType	*	Data on types of configurable reports.
StandardValueSet	*	Set of values in the standard field with the Picklist type.

Component

Attribute

Description

CustomLabel

Custom labels metadata.

CustomObject

ValidationRule

Validation rules verify that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record.

CustomObject/CustomField

Description

The description of optional fields is displayed on the screen of the CT Mobile app (iOS).

CustomObject/CustomField

LookupFilter

Lookup filters are administrator settings that restrict the valid values and lookup dialog results for lookup, master-detail, and hierarchical relationship fields.

CustomObject/CustomField

SummerizedField

SummaryFilterItems

SummaryForeignKey

SummaryOperation

Data on summarized fields and their criteria.

SummarizedField represents the field on the detail row that is being summarized;
SummaryFilterItem represents the set of filter conditions for this field if it is a summary field;
SummaryForeignKey represents the master-detail field on the child that defines the relationship between the parent and the child;
SummaryOperation represents the sum operation, such as count, sum, min, and max, to be performed.

CustomObject/CustomField

VisibleLines

The number of lines displayed for fields of the TextArea and Rich Text types.

Dashboard

Data on dashboards that have been added. Due to Salesforce limits, CT Mobile downloads a maximum of 9999 of the most recently modified dashboards.

Report

Data on configurable reports that have been added.

Due to Salesforce limits, CT Mobile downloads a maximum of 1000 of the last most recently modified reports.

ReportType

Data on types of configurable reports.

StandardValueSet

Set of values in the standard field with the Picklist type.