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description: Represents the section of the Lightning Experience help menu that the admin added to display custom, org-specific help resources for the org. The custom section contains help resources added by the admin. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.
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# CustomHelpMenuSection

Represents the section of the Lightning Experience help menu that the admin added to display custom, org-specific help resources for the org. The custom section contains help resources added by the admin. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

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#### Important

Where possible, we changed noninclusive terms to align with our company value of Equality. We maintained certain terms to avoid any effect on customer implementations.

## File Suffix and Directory Location

CustomHelpMenuSection components have the suffix .customHelpMenuSection and are stored in the customHelpMenuSections folder.

## Version

CustomHelpMenuSection components are available in API version 45.0 and later.

## Fields

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| customHelpMenuItems | CustomHelpMenuItems\[\] | Items included in the custom section. Specify up to 15 items. |
| masterLabel | string | Required. Name of the custom section. Only one custom section can be added to the Lightning Experience help menu. Specify up to 80 characters. |

## CustomHelpMenuItems

Items included in the custom section. Specify up to 15 items.

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linkURL | string | Required. The URL for the resource. |
| masterLabel | string | Required. The name of the resource. Specify up to 100 characters. |
| sortOrder | int | Required. The order of the item within the custom section. Valid values are 1 through 15. |

## Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of a CustomHelpMenuSection component.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CustomHelpMenuSection xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <masterLabel\>MyOrgCustomHelp</masterLabel\>
    <customHelpMenuItems\>
        <linkUrl\>https://www.yourcompanyhelp.com/gettingstarted</linkUrl\>
        <masterLabel\>Getting Started</masterLabel\>
        <sortOrder\>1</sortOrder\>
    </customHelpMenuItems\>
    <customHelpMenuItems\>
        <linkUrl\>https://www.yourcompanyhelp.com/features</linkUrl\>
        <masterLabel\>Feature to Start Using Right Away</masterLabel\>
        <sortOrder\>2</sortOrder\>
    </customHelpMenuItems\>
    <customHelpMenuItems\>
        <linkUrl\>https://www.yourcompanyhelp.com/salestips</linkUrl\>
        <masterLabel\>Tips for Sales Team Members</masterLabel\>
        <sortOrder\>3</sortOrder\>
    </customHelpMenuItems\>
</CustomHelpMenuSection\>

The following 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\>MyOrgCustomHelp</members\>
        <name\>CustomHelpMenuSection</name\>
    </types\>
    <version\>45.0</version\>
</Package\>