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Metasync Concepts

This page goes through various concepts that needed to be understood before using the Metasync.

Connection​

Connection refers to a Connection record that captures network connectivity and authentication information about an external system like Salesforce, Google, Aws, GitHub etc.,

Sfdc Org​

Sfdc Org is a record that represents a Salesforce Org. Sfdc Org allows you to abstract a Sfdc Org from its network credentials. See [page here] for more info.

Git Repo​

Git Repo is a record that represents a Git Repository and its associated details. See [page here] for more info.

Job​

Job is kind of work configuration that allows you to run various type of things. As of now Job supports Metadata Backup, Metadata Alerts and Apex Testing.

There are other worker configuration specialized for specific purpose. For ex., CICD Job or Deployment Jobs for Continuous Integration and Org to Org Deploy respectively.

Notifications​

Settings that you can configure at Job/Deployment/CICD level which identifies when and where to notify about Action outcome

Metadata Backup​

Type of Job that allows you to configure continuous metadata back of your org into Git. See [this] for more info.