Metadata Field Types

These field types extend the field types described in the Web Services API Developer's Guide.

Field Type	Objects	What the Field Contains
CustomField	Custom object Custom field	Represents a custom field.
DeploymentStatus	Custom object Custom field	A string which represents the deployment status of a custom object or field. Valid values are: `InDevelopment` `Deployed`
FieldType	Custom field	Indicates the type of a custom field. Valid values are: `AutoNumber` `Lookup` `MasterDetail` `Checkbox` `Currency` `Date` `DateTime` `Email` `EncryptedText` `Number`¹ `Percent` `Phone` `Picklist` `MultiselectPicklist` `Summary` `Text` `TextArea` `LongTextArea` `Summary` `Url` `Hierarchy` `File` `CustomDataType` `Html` ¹ A `Number` custom field is internally represented as a field of type double. Setting the scale of the `Number` field to 0 gives you a double that behaves like an int.
Gender	Custom object	Gender of the name to support translation for languages that indicate gender in nouns. Valid values are: `Neuter` `Masculine` `Feminine`
Picklist	Custom field	Represents a picklist, a set of labels and values that can be selected from a picklist.
SharingModel	Custom object Custom field	Represents the sharing model for the custom object or custom field. Valid values are: `Private` `Read` `ReadWrite`
StartsWith	Custom object Custom field	Indicates whether the name starts with a vowel, consonant, or is a special character. This is used for languages where words need different treatment depending on the first character. Valid values are: `Consonant` `Vowel` `Special`
TreatBlanksAs	Custom field	Indicates how blanks should be treated. Valid values are: `BlankAsBlank` `BlankAsZero`