--- schema_version: "1" id: 7ee5a8824e9295178fa87e326860cde17f6afac24019b4ad16579e2cc6cd93eb title: Metadata Field Types collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/api_meta/meta_field_types.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_field_types.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 55601c7b49ffa15847670ad314b698089ac61b07c0ccd517d4fb2367084e7929 description: These field types extend the field types described in the Salesforce Object Reference. --- # Metadata Field Types These field types extend the field types described in the _Salesforce Object Reference_. ![Important](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/images/icon_note_important.png) #### 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.

Field Type	Objects	What the Field Contains
CustomField	Custom object Custom field	Represents a custom field.
DeleteConstraint	Custom field	A string that represents deletion options for lookup relationships. Valid values are: `SetNull` `Restrict` `Cascade`
DeploymentStatus	Custom object Custom field	A string that represents the deployment status of a custom object or field. Valid values are: `InDevelopment` `Deployed`
FieldType	Custom field	Indicates the type of a custom field. Valid values are: `Address` `AutoNumber` `Lookup` `MasterDetail` `MetadataRelationship` `Checkbox` `Currency` `Date` `DateTime` `Email` `EncryptedText` Note This page is about Classic Encryption, not Shield Platform Encryption. What's the difference? `ExternalLookup` `IndirectLookup` `Number`¹ `Percent` `Phone` `Picklist` `MultiselectPicklist` `Summary` `Text` `TextArea` `LongTextArea` `Url` `Hierarchy` `File` `Html` `Location` (use for geolocation fields) `Time` `Array` `Integer` `Long` ¹ A `Number` custom field, internally represented as a field of type double. Setting the scale of the `Number` field to 0 gives you a double that behaves like an int.
Gender	Custom object	Indicates the gender of the noun that represents the object. Used for languages where words need different treatment depending on their gender. Valid values are: Masculine Feminine Neuter AnimateMasculine (Slavic languages—currently Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian) ClassI, ClassIII, ClassV, ClassVII, ClassIX, ClassXI, ClassXIV, ClassXV, ClassXVI, ClassXVII, ClassXVIII (African languages—currently Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu) Note The following genders appear on the Rename Tabs and Labels page in Setup but are stored internally as “Feminine”. When setting them through the Metadata API, use “Feminine”. Euter (Swedish) Common (Dutch)
Picklist (Including Dependent Picklist)	Custom field	(This field type isn’t used in Metadata API. CustomField includes this field type for Tooling API support). Represents a picklist, a set of labels and values that can be selected from a picklist.
SharingModel	Custom object	Represents the sharing model for the custom object. Depending on the object, valid values are: `Private` `Read` `ReadWrite` `ReadWriteTransfer` `FullAccess` `ControlledByParent` `ControlledByCampaign` `ControlledByLeadOrContact` For example, the User object supports `Private` and `Read` values. Accounts, opportunities, and custom objects support `Private`, `Read` and `ReadWrite` values. Campaign members support `ControlledByCampaign` and `ControlledByLeadOrContact`.
StartsWith	Custom object Custom field	Indicates whether the noun starts with a vowel, consonant, or is a special character. This is used for languages where words need different treatment depending on the first character. Valid values are: Consonant Vowel Special (for nouns starting with z, or s plus consonants)
TreatBlanksAs	Custom field	Indicates how blanks should be treated. Valid values are: `BlankAsBlank` `BlankAsZero`
ValueSet	Custom field	Represents a set of values that can be selected from a custom picklist field. Defines the valueSet of a custom picklist field.

## ValueSet Represents a set of values that can be selected from a custom picklist field. Defines the valueSet of a custom picklist field. | Field Type | Field Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | controllingField | string | The fullname of the controlling field if this is a dependent picklist. A controlling field can be a checkbox or picklist field, but in this case it’s a picklist. The controlling picklist filters the available values in the dependent picklist. | | restricted | boolean | Whether the picklist’s values are limited to only the values defined by a Salesforce admin. Values are true or false. | | valueSetDefinition | ValueSetValuesDefinition | Defines value-specific settings for a custom dependent picklist. Indicates whether the value set of the custom picklist field is sorted alphabetically. | | valueSetName | string | The masterLabel of the global value set to be used for this picklist field. | | valueSettings | ValueSettings | Used for the settings that describe a value in a custom picklist field. The picklist can have its own unique value set, or inherit the values from a global value set. You can add field dependency values via the Metadata API but not remove them. | ## ValueSetValuesDefinition | Field Name | Field Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | sorted | boolean | Whether the picklist’s value set is displayed in alphabetical order in the user interface. | | value | CustomValue | Required. The list of values for this local, custom picklist. | ## ValueSettings | Field Name | Field Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | controllingFieldValue | stringstring\[\] | Applies only to dependent custom picklists. A list of values in the controlling or parent picklist (that the custom picklist values depend on). You can add field dependency values via the Metadata API but not remove them. | | valueName | string | Defines the values in the custom dependent picklist. | - [← Previous](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_weblink.htm "WebLink")

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