Which Metadata Components are Accessible?

The following table lists all of the metadata types that can be retrieved or deployed with the Metadata API, the XML name used in the package.xml file for the metadata type, the folder the component is retrieved into, whether or not the component may be retrieved with the wildcard (*) symbol in package.xml, and notes about this component, where applicable.

Component	XML <name> Metadata Type	Folder	*	Notes
Account Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	accountSharingRules	yes	AccountCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the AccountSharingRules component.
Account Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	accountSharingRules	yes	AccountOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the AccountSharingRules component.
Action Override	`ActionOverride`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Account Territory Sharing Rule	`rules`	accountTerritorySharingRules	yes	AccountTerritorySharingRule is represented as `rules`, contained in the AccountTerritorySharingRules component.
Analytic Snapshot	`AnalyticSnapshot`	analyticsnapshots	no
Apex class	`ApexClass`	classes	yes
Article Type	`ArticleType`	objects	yes
Visualforce component	`ApexComponent`	components	yes
Visualforce page	`ApexPage`	pages	yes
Apex trigger	`ApexTrigger`	triggers	yes
Business process	`BusinessProcess`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Campaign Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	campaignSharingRules	yes	CampaignCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the CampaignSharingRules component.
Campaign Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	campaignSharingRules	yes	CampaignOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the CampaignSharingRules component.
Case Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	caseSharingRules	yes	CaseCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the CaseSharingRules component.
Case Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	caseSharingRules	yes	CaseOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the CaseSharingRules component.
Contact Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	contactSharingRules	yes	ContactCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the ContactSharingRules component.
Contact Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	contactSharingRules	yes	ContactOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the ContactSharingRules component.
Custom Object Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	customObjectSharingRules	no	CustomObjectCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the CustomObjectSharingRules component.
Custom Object Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	customObjectSharingRules	no	CustomObjectOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the CustomObjectSharingRules component.
Custom application	`CustomApplication`	applications	yes
Custom field	`CustomField`	objects	no	Custom fields are retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name. Individual custom fields cannot be retrieved with the wildcard (*) symbol, but must be explicitly named in package.xml, unless their object is named in the `CustomObject` section.
Custom label	`CustomLabels`	labels	yes	Custom labels that can be localized for use in different languages, countries, and currencies.
Custom object or standard object	`CustomObject`	objects	yes	Standard objects cannot be retrieved with the wildcard (*) symbol, but must be explicitly named in package.xml, and only custom fields and standard picklist fields are included.
Custom object translation	`CustomObjectTranslation`	objectTranslations	yes
Custom page web link	`CustomPageWebLink`	weblinks	yes	Web links are defined in a home page component.
Custom site	`CustomSite`	sites	yes
Custom tab	`CustomTab`	tabs	yes
Dashboard	`Dashboard`	dashboards	no
Data Categories	`DataCategoryGroup`	datacategorygroups	yes	Includes a category group and its categories.
Document	`Document`	document	no
Email template	`EmailTemplate`	email	no
Entitlement Template	`EntitlementTemplate`	entitlementTemplates	yes
Field set	FieldSet	objects	yes
Flow	`Flow`	flows	yes	A .flow file is an XML representation of a flow definition.
Group	`Group`	groups	yes
Home page component	`HomePageComponent`	homePageComponents	yes
Home page layout	`HomePageLayout`	homePageLayouts	yes
Page layout	`Layout`	layouts	yes
Letterhead	`Letterhead`	letterhead	no
List view	`ListView`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Lookup filter	`NamedFilter`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Lead Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	leadSharingRules	yes	LeadCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the LeadSharingRules component.
Lead Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	leadSharingRules	yes	LeadOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the LeadSharingRules component.
Opportunity Criteria Based Sharing Rule	`criteriaBasedRules`	opportunitySharingRules	yes	OpportunityCriteriaBasedSharingRule is represented as `criteriaBasedRules`, contained in the OpportunitySharingRules component.
Opportunity Owner Sharing Rule	`ownerRules`	opportunitySharingRules	yes	OpportunityOwnerSharingRule is represented as `ownerRules`, contained in the OpportunitySharingRules component.
Permission set	`PermissionSet`	permissionsets	yes	The contents of a permission set retrieved depends on the contents of the organization. For example, permission sets only include field-level security for fields included in custom objects returned at the same time as the permission sets.
Portal	`Portal`	portals	yes
Profile	`Profile`	profiles	yes	The contents of a profile retrieved depends on the contents of the organization. For example, profiles will only include field-level security for fields included in custom objects returned at the same time as the profiles.
Queue	`Queue`	queues	yes
Record type	`RecordType`	objects	yes	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Remote site setting	`RemoteSiteSetting`	remoteSiteSettings	yes
Report	`Report`	reports	no
Report type	`ReportType`	reportTypes	yes	Custom report types allow you to build a framework from which users can create and customize reports.
Role	`Role`	roles	yes
Scontrol	`Scontrol`	scontrols	yes
Sharing reason	`SharingReason`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Sharing recalculation	`SharingRecalculation`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Static resource	`StaticResource`	staticResources	yes
Territory	`Territory`	territories	yes
Translation Workbench	`Translations`	translations	yes
Validation rule	`ValidationRule`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Web link	`Weblink`	objects	no	This type is retrieved or deployed as part of a custom object file. You must dot-qualify the object name before the component name.
Workflow	`Workflow`	workflows	yes	A .workflow file is a container for the individual workflow components associated with an object, including `WorkflowAlert`, `WorkflowFieldUpdate`, `WorkflowOutboundMessage`, `WorkflowRule`, and `WorkflowTask`.

Not everything in a Salesforce organization is available as a metadata component. With each release of Salesforce, more and more metadata components are added to the Metadata API.

The following components cannot be retrieved or deployed in the Metadata API, and changes to them (in a production organization or development environment) require manual migration:

Account Contact Roles
Account Partner Roles
Account Teams
Activity Button Override
Activity Settings
Approval Process
Auto-number on Customizable Standard Fields
Business Hours
Call Center Case Contact Roles
Campaign Influence
Case Assignment Rules
Case Team Roles
Case Escalation Rules
Console Layouts
Contracts Settings
Delegated Administration
Dependent picklist rules
Email Bounce Administration
Email-to-Case
Fiscal Year
Forecasts
HTML Document and Attachment Settings
Label Renames
Lead Assignment Rules
Lead Processes
Lead Settings
List Views on Standard Objects
Ideas Comment Validation Rule
Ideas Communities
Ideas Settings
Mail Merge Templates
Mobile Administration
Mobile Users and Devices
Offline Briefcase Configurations
Opportunity Big Deal Alert
Opportunity Competitors
Opportunity Contact Roles
Opportunity Sales Processes
Opportunity Settings
Opportunity Update Reminders
Organization Wide Defaults
Partner Management
Picklist Standard Fields—custom picklist fields on standard objects work in the Metadata API, but not standard picklists
Predefined Case Teams
Product Schedule Setup
Product Settings
Public and Resource Calendars
Public Groups
Queues
Role Hierarchies
Salesforce to Salesforce
Sales Team and Account Team Roles
Search Layouts on Standard Objects
Search Settings
Self-Service Public Solutions
Self-Service Web-to-Case
Self-Service Portal Settings
Self-Service Portal Users
Self-Service Portal Font and Colors
Sharing Rules
Solution Categories
Solution Settings
Solution Processes
Support Processes
Support Settings
Support Auto-Response Rules
Tab renames
Tag Settings
Territory Assignment Rules
User Interface Settings
Web Links on PersonAccount page layouts
Web-to-Lead
Web-to-Lead Auto-Response