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RecordAlertCategory

Represents a category to group and present record alerts.

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Important

Parent Type

This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

File Suffix and Directory Location

RecordAlertCategory components have the suffix recordAlertCategory and are stored in the recordAlertCategories folder.

Version

RecordAlertCategory components are available in API version 54.0 and later.

Fields

Field Name	Description
description	Field Type string Description The description of the record alert category.
masterLabel	Field Type string Description Required. The user-interface name of the record alert category.
severity	Field Type string Description Indicates the degree of impact that an alert in this category can have. Possible Education Cloud values are: `High` `Low` `Medium` Possible Financial Service Cloud values are: `Error` `Info` `Minor` `Warning`

Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of a RecordAlertCategory component.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<RecordAlertCategory xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <description>Tracks Financial Account Fraud Alerts</description>
4    <masterLabel>Fraud</masterLabel>
5    <severity>Error</severity>
6</RecordAlertCategory>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <types>
4        <members>Fraud</members>
5        <name>RecordAlertCategory</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>54.0</version>
8</Package>

Wildcard Support in the Manifest File

This metadata type supports the wildcard character * (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File.

Metadata API Developer Guide