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description: Represents a date feature parameter in the Feature Management App (FMA). Feature parameters let you drive app behavior and track activation metrics in subscriber orgs that install your package. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.
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# FeatureParameterDate

Represents a date feature parameter in the Feature Management App (FMA). Feature parameters let you drive app behavior and track activation metrics in subscriber orgs that install your package. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field.

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#### Important

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## File Suffix and Directory Location

FeatureParameterDate components have the suffix .featureParameterDate. The components are stored in the featureParameters folder, which contains components for all the feature parameter metadata types.

## Version

FeatureParameterDate components are available in API version 41.0 and later.

## Special Access Rules

Available to package developers who have access to the Feature Management App (FMA). For details, see [Manage Features](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pkg2_dev.meta/pkg2_dev/fma_manage_features.htm "HTML (New Window)") in the Second-Generation Managed Packaging Developer Guide.

## Fields

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dataFlowDirection | [FeatureParameterDataFlowDirection](#FeatureParameterDataFlowDirection) | After a package containing the components is installed, indicates whether the feature parameter’s value is editable in your License Management Org (LMO) and read-only in your customer’s org or the other way around. |
| masterLabel | string | The feature parameter name that appears in the user interface. |
| value | date | The default value for this feature parameter. You can reference this value in your code, just like you reference other values in a subscriber’s org. |

## FeatureParameterDataFlowDirection

Represents the direction of the data flow between your License Management Org (LMO) and the customer’s org.

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          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d498875e190">Field Name</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d498875e193">Field Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d498875e196">Description</th>

            </tr>

          </thead>

          <tbody class="tbody">
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d498875e190" data-title="Field Name"><span class="keyword parmname">FeatureParameterDataFlowDirection</span></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d498875e193" data-title="Field Type">string</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d498875e196" data-title="Description">
                <p class="p">After a package containing the components is installed, indicates whether
                  the feature parameter’s value is editable in your License Management Org (LMO) and
                  read-only in your customer’s org or the other way around.</p>
                <ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">LmoToSubscriber</samp></li>

                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">SubscriberToLmo</samp></li>

                </ul>
              </td>

            </tr>

          </tbody>

        </table>

## Declarative Metadata Sample Definition

The following is an example of a FeatureParameterDate component.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FeatureParameterDate xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <dataflowDirection\>SubscriberToLmo</dataflowDirection\>
    <masterLabel\>Activation Date</masterLabel\>
    <value\>2017-10-23</value\>
</FeatureParameterDate\>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition (and the definitions for the other feature parameter types).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types\>
        <members\>\*</members\>
        <name\>FeatureParameterBoolean</name\>
    </types\>
    <types\>
        <members\>\*</members\>
        <name\>FeatureParameterDate</name\>
    </types\>
    <types\>
        <members\>\*</members\>
        <name\>FeatureParameterInteger</name\>
    </types\>
    <version\>41.0</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).