Deploy Metadata and Data from DX Inspector

Quickly move metadata and configuration data from your current Salesforce org (source org) to a target org in a single orchestration. You can access this feature from the Change Management tab in DX Inspector. This type of direct deployment is ideal for moving small, specific changes without using a full DevOps pipeline.

Note

Metadata deployment is a beta feature, and data deployment is a developer preview feature.

If you’re looking for an alternative to Change Sets, try this feature. Metadata and data deployment feature deploys metadata first and then the related data. It retrieves selected records from the source org and migrates them to the target org. To maintain data integrity, it migrates records based on their relationships. For example, the feature migrates parent records first to capture their new record IDs, and then it migrates and maps child records to the correct parent records by using these IDs. If external IDs are present, they’re used to upsert records, preventing duplicates and ensuring existing records in the target org are updated with the latest changes.

Interested in learning more about this feature? See Metadata (Beta) and Data (Developer Preview) Deployment.