Commit Templates
What are Commit Templates?
Commit Templates are predefined collections of metadata that you use regularly to commit, saving you time and eliminating the need to pick metadata each time you pull together. For example- If you frequently pull the two picklist fields Standard Case Reason field and the Custom Case Sub Reason field. Instead of having to search through each metadata type individually, it would be good if they were pre-bundled into a commit suite that included the standard value set, standard field, custom field, and common record type.
How do I create a new Commit Template?
To create a fresh commit template:
Sign in to your AutoRABIT account.
Click Create New > New Commit Template from the top navigation bar or hover your mouse over the Version Control tab and select Commit Templates. Click on New Commit Template.The Commit Templates screen is best viewed when the zoom setting is set to 75% on your chrome/firefox browser.
Give the template a Label Name.
Choose the Source Org. All available metadata will be fetched based on the source org selection.Important Note:The templates aren't dependent on the Source Org you choose. This means you can use this template to add/modify metadata components from different Salesforce Organizations.
Optional: Enter a description of the template.
Click Next.
Choose the metadata components (including their members) that should be included in the template. Use the search filter to quickly find and add any particular metadata member.
The Selected tab will show you all of the metadata you've chosen and are ready to use in the template.
Click Next.
The next screen will allow viewing the components you're going to use in the template one more time before you save it. You can also go back to the previous screen and add any metadata components that were overlooked.
Finally, click on Save Template.
You'll be redirected to the Commit Templates Summary page after confirmation, where you'll see your freshly created commit template at the top of the list.
For each commit template, you can find the below details:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
Template Name | Name of the template. |
Created By | The author who created the template |
Created Date/Timestamp | Date and Timestamp when the template was created |
Description | The template's description. If nothing appears, it means that no description was given at the time the template was created. |
Last Used | Timestamp when the template was last used. Note: The templates used for the commit process will be color-coded in GREEN for easier differentiation, while the unused templates will be color-coded in ORANGE. |
Share Template | Share your template with the rest of your team. Note: The text will appear as Shared Template if your org admin or sub-users shared their commit templates with you. |
Actions | Additional actions for each template:
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Filtering Commit Templates
You can search for commit templates within a particular salesforce organization or view the templates that are created by yourself. To see all your teammates commit, simply turn Created By Me toggle bar to the left side, and all the commits templates will be shown there.
It is also possible to search for templates based on the content. To filter the exact result, you need to enter the commit template label or title in the search field.
It's always a good idea to break data into multiple pages when dealing with multiple templates records. You can browse 25, 50, 75, or 100 records on a single page, or you can navigate to the previous or next page using the Previous and Next buttons.
Using a Commit Template during EZ-Commit
You can use the predefined components included in the template for your commit operation. To do so,
Go to the New EZ-Commit screen.
Select your Source Org and its related Author.
Select your Version Control Repository and Branch.
On the Fetch Changes tab, select the Components as Metadata Components.
Select the Use Commit Template option and choose your template from the drop-down list.
Under the Perform tab, select the commit process (prevalidate commit or commit only).
Leave the rest of the field as default and proceed to the next screen. Click Next.
The next screen will be divided into 3-4 different tabs:
Added/Modified Metadata Components: On this page, you'll notice that some of the components are selected by default, while others are disabled. The auto-selected components are a part of both the commit template and your source org. The disabled components mean that they are part of the commit template, but they are missing from your source org.
Deleted: AutoRABIT compares the change with the source org and the version control branch and lists all the components that are available in the branch. If you like to delete those components from the branch while committing, you can select those components in this tab.
All Metadata Components: All of the metadata components that are available for your source org will be listed here. Select the components you like to commit to the Version Control branch.
Selected: Total components that you have selected will get displayed in this tab. The metadata components that will be newly added or updated in the destination branch will be shown as A/M (Added/ Modified) and the components that will get deleted from the destination branch will be shown as D (Deleted) under the Action tab.
Click Next.
On the final screen, fill in with the necessary Commit Setting details.
To create a fresh template using the selected metadata components, select the checkbox: Use Selected Metadata and Create a Commit Template
Give the template a unique name and a short description of it. Adding a description is optional.
Click on Save and Commit.
You'll be taken to the Commits screen, where you can monitor the progress of the most recent commit. The newly generated template will appear at the top of the Commit Templates screen.
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