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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Perform restores using Administration portal
  4. About Salesforce Data, Metadata, and CRM Content restore and Sandbox seeding
  5. Key considerations for Salesforce Metadata restore
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Key considerations for Salesforce Metadata restore

Before initiating metadata restore, you must consider the following points:

  • The Document object records are backed up by both Data and Metadata backups. However, for restoring the Document object records, use the Metadata restore method.

  • Always select the related metadata component files along with the specific metadata component file that you want to restore. The related metadata component files include *meta.xml and .html files.

    For example, if you want to restore the ApexClass component file named Calculator.cls, you must select the related metadata file named Calculator.cls-meta.xml for restore.

  • To restore a LightningExperienceTheme, you must first restore the associated BrandingSet linked to the LightningExperienceTheme being restored.

    To identify which BrandingSet is associated with the LightningExperienceTheme, start restoring the LightningExperienceTheme. After the restoration is complete, an error message appears that displays the name of the associated BrandingSet, which needs to be restored first before restoring the LightningExperienceTheme.

  • If you are restoring metadata component for Profile metadata type and the targeted Salesforce organization does not have the Quick Text settings enabled, the restore fails with an error.

    To address this issue, do the following:

    • Enable the Quick Text settings in the Salesforce organization for Classic and Lightning modes.

    • Go to the Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administration portal and initiate the restore process. Select the Remove Standard tab settings for QuickText check box in Advanced options. This action removes the tab settings for Quick Text during the restore process.

    • Set the activateRSS value to False.

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