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  1. re-add "re-authorize" link on compare view

    After refreshing a sandbox, you have to re-authorize the sandbox-org. A while ago, there was a link to do so. Now we have to navigate to the list of orgs to re-authorize there.

    Please give us back the re-authorize shortcut :)

    4 votes

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    We have now added a 'Re-authorize' button to the access token expiry warning message that will typically appear when selecting Salesforce orgs with an expired token on the initial 'Compare and deploy' page.

  2. Option to sort Custom Application XML

    While this can be done with VSC custom plugins for SFDX, I think it would be really beneficial if Gearset offered the ability to sort Custom App XML in comparisons in order to see what's actually changing between a source and target for lightning page activations. Due to the way SFDC generates this XML, the way page activations are ordered is very difficult to follow, and I think it's an opportunity to make that easier especially for declarative config users of Salesforce.

    5 votes

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  3. Offer Canadian data residency.

    We have clients in Canada that require data residency for data backups/deployments and even metadata deployments/processing.

    Please add the option for a Canadian hosted Gearset account.

    6 votes

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  4. Allow users to specify when to apply Environment Variables

    A good feature would be to have some setting that lets you declare when you should apply environment variables. Since right now it is applied automatically during manual deployments and CI deployments. Perhaps in the wizard when you configure deployments there should be some option there to declare if environment variables should be applied or not?

    We have some Custom Metadata and Custom Settings that always need to be updated post-refresh based on the new sandbox instances and it would be useful to use environment variables to set these values and deploy them one-time without them being deployed in every…

    2 votes

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    Environment variables will only be applied if its configuration as specified by the user (metadata type, item name, and a field for some types) matches the type and item name in the deployment package. 

    In all other cases, environment variables won't apply. 

    Added clarification in the Environment Variables config page: 

    "Environment variables will be applied automatically during both manual deployments and continuous integration deployments if the metadata item is included in the deployment package."

  5. add an option to sign commits with GPG key

    If a source control space has enforced GPG key signature for all commits, gearset is not able to push any commits.

    2 votes

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  6. Add an option to ignore location changes for Flow

    Hi, when reviewing changes for flows that are being deployed, it would be great to have a toggle option to hide or alternately color location changes which are just the location of elements on the flow canvas editor.
    <locationX>1353</locationX>
    <locationY>1305</locationY>

    Sometimes there are hundreds of location changes and it obscures the important information about what else changed.

    21 votes

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    The "simply differences" toggle in the comparison grid now hides location changes in flows to make it easier to identify important changes. The location changes are still included when deploying changes to the flow.

  7. Identify that metadata is the same, even if ordered differently by metadata API

    There are a lot of instances where the comparison will identify metadata as different, but the only difference is the way the API is ordering the XML. I've seen it happen a lot with picklist values on multi-select picklist fields. It would be nice to be able to turn this on/off somehow so that metadata that isn't truly different won't show up in the difference compare.

    13 votes

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  8. Populate Pull Request Templates from git providers

    When creating a pull request directly in Gearset, it would be ideal to pull in the existing templates defined in BitBucket or GitHub.

    A middle of the road solution (if GiHub or BitBucket's API doesn't support this) could be defining a pull request template in Gearset.

    2 votes

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  9. Ability to activate / deactivate Flows / Processes as part of the meta data and/or data deployment process

    It should be possible to have gearset to deactivate flows and/or processes based on a selection. And to roll-back afterwards. Similar to what has been created here: https://sfswitch.herokuapp.com/

    10 votes

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    Hi, thank you for voting on this UserVoice. 

    Flows can now be deactivated in Gearset alongside validation rules and triggers before data deployments. 

    Click the View and disable rules... button in the bottom-right of the pre-deployment summary page (next to DEPLOY DATA) to prepare a special metadata comparison.

    To deactivate a flow, simply select & deploy its corresponding flow definition.

    https://docs.gearset.com/en/articles/4536761-disabling-validation-rules-triggers-and-flows

  10. Clone CI job without delta enabled

    As the Gearset administrator for my team I want to be able to clone a CI job that is set as a delta job without the delta flag enabled so that I have less effort to create a brand new CI job.

    Acceptance criteria:

    1. When closing a CI job with the delta flag enabled, give the option for the new job to now have the delta flag enabled.
    2. If the source and target are the same as an existing job, provide a visual warning of the potential consequences of replication of the job.
    1 vote

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  11. Ability to Name a Backup Run

    It would be great if you could name a backup run.

    Sometimes when backing up its handy to label in in case it was done for example before a deployment or large data load. Then this can be identified in the future or to refer back to it. Otherwise you need to remember the date and times! :)

    1 vote

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  12. Support org shape parameter for creating Scratch Orgs

    Currently definition files are required for creating scratch orgs but there is no support in GearSet for the use of the sourceOrg parameter as per the sfdx documentation here : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_dev.meta/sfdx_dev/sfdx_dev_shape_scratch_def.htm

    4 votes

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  13. Show deployment friendly name on Deployment successful page

    On the "Deployment successful" page, I'd like to see the Deployment friendly name displayed. This would be much more useful than the Salesforce Id that is currently displayed.

    3 votes

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  14. Select the fields to deploy during a data deployment

    Hi we use the data deployment feature is it possible to only select some fields to deploy data from one org to another and not always all the fields on an object.

    19 votes

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  15. Select individual fields in a Data deploy

    Having the option to move up only selected fields in a Data deployment is needed. If we are required to move up all fields in each deployment, there are scenarios where our work will get bottlenecked in a sandbox on the way to production and at that point all the deployments will be identical.

    4 votes

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  16. Gearset silently removes SocialPost Layout Permission when deploying

    When deploying from one org to a git repo (or other org) and selecting Layout + Profiles gearset will display a Layout Permission for the "SocialPost" object. However when completing the deployment "SocialPost Layout Permission" is removed because deploying it would cause Salesforce validation errors. This is not displayed anywhere and always causes "SocialPost Layout Permission" to show as "New" when doing a comparison.

    2 votes

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    This behaviour was converted to a problem analyzer as of July 23rd 2021.


    You should now be able to include these Layout Permissions in your deployment by ignoring the suggestions from the "Items that can't be deployed through the Salesforce metadata API" analyzer

  17. Restore specific Salesforce files from backup

    From the user interface, allow a backup user to select and restore a specific file from a backup job.

    1 vote

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  18. Refresh specific item in comparison through context menu

    It would be great to refresh a specific item within a comparison that I know has changed since the last comparison.

    107 votes

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    Gearset now supports:

    - Refreshing a single item - available either from the context menu (by right-clicking an item in the comparison results table) or by using the "Refresh item" button in the XML preview window

    - Refreshing selected items - available from the context menu once one or more items are selected


    Thank you for commenting on and upvoting this request. We hope this new Gearset feature is going to speed up your workflow!

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  19. Desktop notification when deployment is complete

    When you launch a deployment to a target org the browser tab (which will be one of many in your browser) shows Depl...

    Since the user is multi-tasking, it would be helpful to add a desktop notification and change the browser tab to alert user when deployment is done (like what Gearset does when a comparison is completed)

    This could be a D ✅ or D ❌ depending on whether deploy succeeded or failed

    2 votes

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  20. More granular control over CI job schedules

    Currently, a CI job that deploys from a Salesforce Org to another org or source control can only be scheduled to run at 4 hours intervals. Additionally, there is no mechanism of specifying when these jobs will run - instead, the job is scheduled randomly within the first 4 hours it was created and every 4 hours after that point.

    Providing a smaller interval (ex. every 1hr) and/or more granular control over the job execution time seems like a common sense enhancement.

    14 votes

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