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    Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is the difference between Custom Settings and Custom Metadata Types?

    Tagged: Custom Metadata Type, Custom Setting, Difference, Metadata, Salesforce Spring 15, Settings

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      What is the difference between Custom Settings and Custom Metadata Types?

      Posted by Himanshu on April 30, 2016 at 6:19 PM

      What is the difference between Custom Settings and Custom Metadata Types?

      SFDCHacker replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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    • SFDCHacker

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      May 16, 2016 at 9:25 AM

      Custom Metadata is a relatively new feature introduced in spring 2015 release. Custom Metadata can do anything that a list custom settings can do.

      In short custom metadata types are primarily used to develop peers of Salesforce standard metadata types such as custom fields, tabs, workflows etc.

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