Description
Most deployment tools force all-or-nothing decisions. Want to add one field to a layout? You deploy the whole layout. Need to update one permission on a profile? You overwrite the entire profile.
This causes real problems. Tests get deployed accidentally, teammates’ changes get overwritten, and large metadata items like profiles become deployment nightmares. Teams spend time manually editing XML just to work around tools’ limitations.
Gearset’s precision deployments let you cherry-pick exactly what to deploy. You can select specific changes within metadata items, right down to the individual line of XML.
You’ll learn how to:
- Select individual fields within page layouts without deploying the entire layout
- Deploy single field-level security changes without touching other profile settings
- Preview selections before deployment to confirm only your changes are included
- Work confidently in shared sandboxes knowing you won’t overwrite teammates’ work
- Avoid deploying work in progress or test fields that aren’t ready
Multiple team members can work in the same sandbox and deploy through Gearset with confidence. You exclude work in progress and avoid conflicts over who deploys when or where.
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Transcript
Hi there. In today's demo, we're going to take a look at how Gearset can support precise deployments, enabling teams to select only the specific individual fields, permissions, and lines of code required, Not needing to ship all changes, deploy work that's not ready yet, or even worse, overwrite the work of your wider team.
Let's jump in.
Most deployment tools force you to deploy entire metadata items.
Want to add one field to a layout? Well, you're gonna have to deploy the whole layout. Need to update one permission on a profile? Looks like you're overwriting the entire profile.
This causes real problems. Tests get deployed accidentally, teammates changes get overwritten, and large metadata items like profiles become deployment nightmares. Teams end up having to spend the time they don't have on manually editing XML just to work around these tools limitations.
In contrast, Gearset's precision deployment capability allows users to cherry pick exactly what you need to deploy, allowing only the specific changes within metadata items to be made right down to the individual line of XML.
In this way, you can simply run a comparison between your source and your target, select the relevant metadata item, and just check the boxes of the individual changes you want.
Preview those selections and then deploy with confidence.
If we take page layouts as an example, with other tools, you risk overwriting teammates changes or deploying test fields that aren't ready. With Gearset you can see exactly what's changed, select specific fields to include or exclude, and relevant permissions are bundled automatically. Likewise, profiles which contain field level security for every field, object permission, tab visibility, and more, all in one massive file. Other tools deploy the entire profile or nothing. Gearset breaks profiles into individual components so you can deploy a single FLS change without touching anything else.
In this way, multiple team members working in the same sandbox can deploy through Gearset with the confidence that only their changes are being deployed, excluding any work in progress and avoiding the unknown of who deploys when or where. Thanks for watching this short demonstration on Gearset's precision deployments.
