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Stop Reordering Package.xml
We would like to keep our package.xml file in alphabetical/lexicographical order by the <type> element. Gearset appears to change the order so that datatypes that include all <members> elements (i.e. use an asterisk) are placed at the bottom of the file. This inconsistent sort order makes datatypes harder to find when viewing or amending the file.
2 votesThis is now done. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Dependency Enhancement for App Menu metadata
Currently, when we compare App Menu metadata, the "Depends On" tree is empty, even though it definitely has dependencies on connectedApps and customApplications.
Please add dependency analysis for App Menu metadata,
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Include support for new metadata type 'PermissionSetGroup' (Winter '20)
As feature has moved from pilot to beta in Winter '20 release, looking for support in differencing and deploying the new 'PermissionSetGroup' metadata type.
20 votesYou can now deploy permission set groups in Gearset!
PermissionSetGroup isn’t included in the default metadata filter, so you’ll need to include it in any comparison filters you’re using.
Please get in touch if you spot any problems.
Thanks,
Tom -
Add Prompt metadata type
Please add the new Prompt metadata type
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Optimize "Refresh Comparison" to only pull metadata that has been changed since the last comparison
Currently, clicking Refresh Comparison does not optimize the comparison in any way, it just allows you to skip selecting some of the configuration steps from running a new comparison.
This means that it takes the same amount of time actually comparing the orgs.
It would be nice if on clicking of "refresh comparison" the logic didn't run a full compare and instead just looked at metadata that had been changed since the last compare in order to reduce the comparison time.
21 votesHi everyone
We have now shipped the three key improvements to refreshing a comparison.
You are now able to:
- refresh a single item (right-click an item in the grid or use Refresh Item button in the Diff viewer)
- refreshing selected items (right-click a selected item in the grid)
- refresh only additional types in the filter (via Refresh comparison -> Filter dialog)
We hope these enhancements will greatly reduce the comparison time for you.
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Unscramble order of <excludeButtons> tags in Layout metadata
Page Layouts use the <excludeButtons> element to indicate the presence or absence of standard buttons on a layout.
But this element appears in an arbitrary order when retrieved. Unlike other metadata which gets canonicalized by sorting alphabetically.
Gearset could sort these elements to avoid the random order causing random diffs to appear in metadata comparisons when in reality there is no difference.
4 votesWhen Gearset detects that the only differences in your Layout are the result of reordering, and so there aren't any real differences to show you, it will automatically consider this metadata to be unchanged. As a result, this Layout won't appear in the list of changed metadata and will no longer clutter up your comparison results.
If there are any material differences in your Layouts, they will still appear in your comparison results as normal.
And you'll be able to use the Hide reordering checkbox to filter out any immaterial differences, just as you would for other metadata types.
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Deploy single layoutitems
In Layouts there are multiple layoutItems. it would be helpful if we could to deploy single <layoutItems> from a Layout without affecting other <layoutItems>.
10 votesYou can now deploy single layout Items using Gearset's new Precision deployments feature: https://docs.gearset.com/en/articles/6407322-getting-started-with-precision-layout-deployments
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provide a verification that a metadata filter is to be deleted.
It's far too easy to delete a custom metadata filter. When deleted, there is no way to retrieve it. Currently, I create backups of the filter by storing them with the same filter name and datetime. It's in case someone or even myself accidentally deletes the filter.
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Enhance XML meta data comparison to ignore changes in XML order
In org monitoring we frequently get notification about changes an the only thing is a change to the order of the XML elements returned.
The XML is virtually the same but the order of elements returned changed from one day to the other.It makes differentiating "real" changes from those false positives time-consuming.
It would be great if those kind of changes could be ignored or if there was an option to configure the XML comparison behavior for each monitoring job.
15 votesWe’ve made this option available now. See https://docs.gearset.com/en/articles/2413367-why-is-xml-order-of-some-metadata-in-the-comparison-results-different for more information.
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Compare to a Specified Source Control Folder vs. Root of Source Control Repository during Comparisons.
I would like the ability to specify a file folder when comparing a sandbox to version control. Most of my salesforce projects have a SRC folder with the contents of my package.xml. By not allowing a source folder when selecting the branch to compare, it renders this comparison useless as all files show as new. Please implement this feature to allow a directory for comparison so that I can justify using / selling this tool.
0 votesHi Ben,
I’m glad that the issue was resolved for you with the adjustment in the location of the package.xml.
Regards,
Stephen
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Fix Keyboard shortcuts for selecting differences
When I have a lot of changes to review I'd like to use arrow keys to go up/down and expect "space" to toggle the checkbox for that. However the checkbox focus doesn't move with the highlighted row - so it doesn't work :(
1 voteThis has been completed and Gearset now has the shortcut keys you’d expect.
Thanks,
Kevin -
Have a way to exclude objects from comparison
Before using Gearset we used the Force.Com migration tool. We got to learn that several things just can't be deployed to sandboxes so we always excluded them from source control, or learnt to not merge them.
Gearset has filters which mean you can specify things to include, but it would be nice to have things it would automatically exclude for you (i.e. not show in comparison). Some of these it already knows not to try and deploy. Things like
Admin.ProfileUserPermission.EditBillingInfo
Admin.ProfileUserPermission.ManageSandboxes
etc.but there's a few other random pieces that I have to remember to untick each time or deployment…
9 votesYou can now exclude specific items in your custom metadata filters in a similar way to how you include specific items.
This won’t cover some cases, such as excluding subcomponents like specific user permissions within a profile, but for those cases let’s open a new specific feature request.
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Include select all option for Manage Custom Filters
Selecting individual items to include for custom filters is a laborious process. We have to exclude 6000 items and we are unable to do this manually. Please add the select all option when using a filter in the manage custom filters dialog so multiple items can be selected at once.
1 voteGearset now has a `Select all` option for named items on custom filters.
Thanks for your feeback!
Thanks,
Kevin
CEO, Gearset -
Include ability to add inclusion/exclusion option for custom filters
For custom filters we need to exclude objects that are non-relevant. Most often these are managed packages (eg. fflib*, al, rstk__, etc). The only way to do this currently is to deselect all items and manually select each item individually. Not only is this a laborious process, this means that anytime any other new objects are created, these custom filters will ALWAYS need to be updated in order to include them. An inclusion/exclusion filter offers greater flexibility and is maintainable. The current approach is neither a manageable nor scalable process for a large development team. Alternatively, add…
2 votesGearset now supports regular expression in custom filters, so you can write these kinds of rules
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Display API version underneath source and target on Comparison In Progress and other pages
When deploying from org to GIT or vice-versa, the API version being used should be echoed (small font) everywhere the source and target names are shown (such as at top of Comparison in Progress)
This is especially important for GIT where Gearset in the absence of other info will default to V37 that in turn causes issues with picklist comparisons. It can also be important during Sandbox Preview of new releases
1 voteWe’ve now shown this on the `In Progress` page.
If there are other places you’d like to see it, then feedback always welcome to submit an idea for that specific page!
Kevin
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Export Comparison details all items
In the comparison details the tab "all items" it should have the ability to export the table
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Refresh comparison
In the Deployments > Comparison History view, there is currently the action to "View Comparison" but it would also be nice to have a "Refresh Comparison" button next to it.
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When exporting from the comparison reports page, the currently selected items should show in the export
Today when you are on a comparison results screen there is an export button that will export the entire list of comparison results to a csv. However the current export does not include a column indicating items that have been selected for the current deployment. Having this column would help in reviewing the list of data outside of gearset.
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Filter comparions by date since x
The current functionality for filtering by date is welcomed, but I would like to suggest the ability to filter by date range.
Just some examples:
Date >= x
Date <= x
Date >= x and <= y2 votesGearset now has the ability for custom data ranges using a date picker, which should allow you to filter to all the examples that you’ve shown.
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Remember last used Custom Filter, or set a Default Filter
It would be nice to be able to set a default custom filter.
Since the default "Default comparison" filter doesn't suffice for me.15 votesGearset will now remember the last used comparison filter.
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