1. Configuring Applications Using Application Composer
  2. How to View Application Composer Changes

How to View Application Composer Changes

Use the Configuration report to view a detailed list of Application Composer changes made by administrators in your environment. Access the report under Metadata Manager in the Common Setup pane in Application Composer.

You can generate the report as many times as needed, each time overwriting the previously generated version of the report.

Configuration Report

The Configuration report lists changes in your environment that were created in Application Composer, as described in the following list. You can download the report in HTML, in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format, or in Microsoft Excel Worksheet (.xlsx) format.

The report includes:

Report Item

Description

Configuration Summary

Provides a summary of changes such as the number of objects and fields, relationships created, and object validations.

Global functions

Includes a listing of the global functions created.

Relationships

Includes a listing of all the relationships created.

Object summary

Select All modified objects to include all the changes that have been made to any objects.

Select Selected objects to include all the changes for only a subset of objects.

Tip: To include layout details, select up to five objects only.

Fields

Includes custom fields and standard fields that have been modified for the objects that you selected.

Server scripts

Includes object validations, object functions, object triggers, and global functions for the objects that you selected.

Object workflows

Includes object workflows for the objects that you selected.

Page layout summary

Includes a listing of dynamic page layout names and layout conditions for the objects that you selected.

Select Layout details to include a list of all the actions, buttons, subtabs, and field names exposed in each subtab of a dynamic page layout.

Custom object details

Includes details of custom objects and fields that you have created.

To view the details of a custom object, simply click its name in the report.

You can retrieve details such as the Table Name, which indicates what table the custom object or field belongs to. You can also identify the fields or objects in that table using the Column Name attribute.

To submit the report:

  1. Confirm that you're not in a sandbox session.

  2. In Application Composer, select Metadata Manager in the Common Setup pane.

  3. Click Generate.

  4. In the Generate Configuration Report dialog, indicate the items that you want to include in the Configuration report.

  5. Click Generate.

  6. Download the report by selecting either the HTML or Excel format.

The report doesn't include the following:

  • Value map with the Parent Choice List set in the custom field "Choice List<Fixed>"
  • Data Filter (Advanced Filter) set in the custom field "Choice List<Dynamic>"
  • Security of custom objects
  • Actions and links of custom objects
  • Web services
  • Copy map
  • Email templates