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What Does Flashlight Document?

Flashlight documents over 120 Salesforce metadata types. For display within the Flashlight application, metadata is organized into eight categories.Open the Documented Metadata Types topic for a complete list of Metadata sorted by Type and by Category.

Metadata CategoryDescription
CodeApex classes and triggers; Visualforce pages and components; Aura components; Lightning Web Components
Data ModelObjects, Fields, and Custom Metadata
AutomationFlows, Process Builders, and Workflows; Approvals; Business Processes
Sharing and VisibilityProfiles, Permission Sets, Roles, Groups, Sharing Rules
IntegrationSettings such as Remote Site Settings, Named Credentials, Certificates, and AuthProviders
Display / UITemplates, Layouts, Labels, Translations, and Applications
AnalyticsReports, Dashboards, List Views, and Einstein
ConfigurationData Quality settings such as Duplicate Rules, Matching Rules, and Validation Rules. Other general settings

Metadata Categories