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Manish Thaduri

Need 'Lookup' field in Custom Metadata Types

Customization & App Building

I was very glad with the release of Custom Metadata Type Settings. But there are limited type of field types that we can create (similar to custom settings). It would be awesome if we can create "Lookup" field types to reference other custom data objects.

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A.A. Ron - 4 years ago

This is in pilot and available in all DE and sandbox orgs. You can create relationships from records of custom metadata types to records of other custom metadata types or to standard and custom object definitions. Relationships to standard and custom field definitions are on the roadmap.

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feer ee - 4 years ago

Custom metadata rows resemble custom object rows in structure. You create, edit, and delete custom metadata rows in the Metadata API or in Setup. Because the records are metadata, you can migrate them using packages or Metadata API tools. Custom metadata records are read-only in Apex and in the Enterprise and Partner APIs.

With custom metadata types, you can issue unlimited Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) queries for each Apex transaction.

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feer ee - 4 years ago

With custom metadata types, you can issue unlimited Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) queries for each Apex transaction.

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A.A. Ron - 4 years ago

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Cameron Mathers - 4 years ago

It would also be useful to be able to create a lookup from another object to a Custom Metadata Type.
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Avrom Roy-Faderman - 5 years ago

This (well, a sort of relationship field, though its properties will be a little different from a standard lookup) is something that the team is actively working on.
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