Salesforce Metadata Backup
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As of April 2025, GRAX only performs incremental metadata backups. GRAX will take a snapshot of any new files or ones that have changed since the previous backup. For example if a file was added Monday, modified Wednesday and rolled back to the original version Friday, GRAX will only save the three versions from Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
GRAX supports periodic backup of all possible metadata objects from Salesforce. GRAX stores your metadata in the customer-owned storage solution (S3, Azure etc) and the version history is available in the GRAX Diagnostics and Tools page.
By default, GRAX checks for any new or changed metadata once per day. To change the metadata backup frequency, simply select a backup interval in the General Settings tab.
The metadata backups are stored in the customer-owned storage solution (S3, Azure etc) and can be accessed with the Salesforce Metadata viewer in the GRAX Diagnostics and Tools page.
Metadata files are grouped by Salesforce Object Type
To view the contents of a metadata file version: click on the Visibility / Eye icon for the desired version, the file will be displayed above the version list.
To see the differences between 2 versions of a metadata file:
Click the "Compare" icons to select the 2 versions you want to diff.
Once 2 versions have been selected the "Compare" button above the version list will be enabled. Click it to open a list of the changes between the 2 selected versions.
