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# CareLimitType

Defines the characteristics of limits on benefit provision.

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#### Important

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## Parent Type

This type extends the [Metadata](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_meta.meta/api_meta/metadata.htm "HTML (New Window)") metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

## File Suffix and Directory Location

CareLimitType components have the suffix .careLimitType and are stored in the careLimitTypes folder.

## Version

CareLimitType components are available in API version 52.0 and later.

## Fields

| Field Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| isProtected | 
Field Type

boolean

Description

An auto-generated value that doesn’t impact the behavior of the metadata type.



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| limitType | 

Field Type

string

Description

Source of limit on benefit provision, such as a co-insurance requirement.



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| masterLabel | 

Field Type

string

Description

Required.

Name of the limit type.



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| metricType | 

Field Type

CareLimitTypeMetricType (enumeration of type string)

Description

Metric to be used for calculating and displaying the benefit limit, such as number of visits, amount spent, or percentage of allowed expenditure.

Valid values are:

- Amount
- Money
- Percentage
- Text





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## Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

This is an example of a CareLimitType component.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CareLimitType xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <limitType\>test</limitType\>
    <masterLabel\>test</masterLabel\>
    <metricType\>Money</metricType\>
    <isProtected\>false</isProtected\>
</CareLimitType\>

This is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types\>
        <members\>\*</members\>
        <name\>CareLimitType</name\>
    </types\>
    <version\>52.0</version\>
</Package\>

## Wildcard Support in the Manifest File

This metadata type supports the wildcard character \* (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see [Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_meta.meta/api_meta/file_based_zip_file.htm "HTML (New Window)").