Retrieving in metadata format instead of source format

[Ryan Baronda]

My project was created in source format and is doing well. However, there a times that I need the metadata format. Is there a way I can retrieve from a sandbox and/or convert source format into metadata format using IC2?

[Scott Wells]

Not in the same project, at least not using IC2 alone...you could certainly use the "force:mdapi"retrieve" CLI command to retrieve things in metadata format. However, you can create a new non-SFDX project against the same connection and metadata will be retrieved in metadata format. Perhaps not quite what you were looking for, but it's a pretty straightforward workaround.

Regards,

Scott Wells

[Ryan Baronda]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the response. I tried creating a non-sfdx project but I'm still getting the source format on the report metadata. Can you refer me to the steps on how to do this with IC2?

Regards,

Ryan Baronda

[Scott Wells]

If you create a project using this generator it will be metadata format:

Just choose the same connection you use for your source format project, and when it gets retrieved, it'll be in metadata format as IC2 will use the API directly instead of the CLI (which is responsible for the native metadata format-to-source format conversion).

Regards,

Scott Wells

[Scott Wells]

If you're doing that and it's still retrieving reports in source format...well...that's confusing, for sure. The Metadata API should only be retrieving files in raw metadata format. It has no knowledge of source format. That's a "decoration" applied by the CLI's "source" commands. If you're seeing that behavior, please enable debug logging for metadata retrieval, reproduce it, and send over your idea.log (Help | Show Log in Explorer/Finder/Files) for review. You can email it to sup...@illuminatedcloud.com.

Regards,

Scott Wells

[Ryan Baronda]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the info. I will try again and send the logs later.

Best regards,

Ryan Baronda