User Grid - Deployment Process
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GridMate offers two deployment options for User Grids: a graphical interface through the Admin Cockpit and . The scenario in this tutorial is to create Accounts and Contacts User Grids and move them from org to another. User Grids exported in Salesforce metadata like format (JSON), can be easily modified using popular tools like VS Code before importing them back.
Go to setup, and on the quick find Box search for Users.
Click on the desired Full Name.
Click on Permission Set Assignments.
Click on permission set assignments.
Click on edit assignments.
Enable GridMate Advanced User.
Go to setup, and on the quick find Box search for Permission Sets.
Click on the GridMate Cockpit User.
Click Manage Assignments.
Ensure the existence of desired user, if not, click Add Assignment to add it.
Clone the repository.
Go to the plugin directory and Install npm modules.
Link the plugin to your cli installation.
We are now ready to start using the GridMate User Grid to create Accounts and Contacts Grids.
On the App Launcher search for GM - User Grids.
Click New.
Create Accounts User Grid:
Object Name: Account
List View: All Accounts
Grid Name: Accounts
Create Contacts User Grid:
Object Name: Contact
List View: All Contacts
Grid Name: Contacts
Go to Config Wizard on the Accounts User Grid.
Select the inline Components tab.
User Grid : Contacts.
Condition :
The Accounts and Contacts User Grids are created and the inline component is also configured, we can start the Deployment using Admin Cockpit.
On the App Launcher search for the GM - Admin Cockpit.
Select the User Grid Maintenance.
Select the the Accounts and Contacts User Grids.
Click Export to export them.
Open the Accounts User Grid using Visual Studio Code for example:
Change the Owner Username to the match the target org.
Open the the Contacts User Grid using Visual Studio Code.
Change the Owner Username to the match the target org.
Moving to the target org (Demo 13 in our example).
Import the Accounts and Contacts User Grids using the GM-Admin Cockpit
First import the Contacts User Grid. Inline grids should be always imported first to be able to link them when parent grids are imported.
Second import the Account User Grid.
Using either the Admin Cockpit or the SF CLI Plugin to obtain the desired results, On our target org (Demo 13), locate the Accounts User Grid and Contacts Grid as an inline component.
After completing the , we can now Export/import the User Grids.
Export the User Grid Using
Change the Owner of the User Grids as explained in
Import the Contacts User Grid Using
Import the Account User Grid Using
