Knowing which metadata components use or are used by other metadata components is key to quick and bug-free changes.
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Prerequisites
Salesforce dependencies
List of supported dependencies
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Prerequisites
Registered and verified Elements account
Salesforce dependencies
When you have connected Elements space with your Salesforce org, as part of the automatic sync we look for references to specific metadata types in a metadata component.
This allows us to display by which other metadata is the selected metadata used by or which metadata the selected component uses.

List of supported dependencies
We are constantly working on adding new automatic dependency detection into our Salesforce sync. The list below outlines currently supported dependencies:
Apex classes used by:
Apex Classes
Apex Triggers
Flows
Process Builder Workflows
Visualforce Pages
Aura component bundles used by:
Lightning component bundles
Custom objects used by:
Apex Classes
Apex Triggers
Lightning Pages
Report Types
Email Alerts used by:
Flows
Process Builder Workflows
Email Templates used by:
Assignment Rules
Fields used by:
Apex Classes
Apex Triggers
Apex Pages
Approval Processes
Assignment Rules
Buttons & Links
Email Templates
Fields
Field Sets
Flows
Global Actions
Page Layouts
Process Builder Workflows
Reports
Sharing Rules
Validation Rules
Workflow Field Updates
Workflow Rules
Flows used by:
Apex Classes
Flows
Lightning Pages
Process Builder Workflows
Global value sets & Standard value sets used by:
Picklist fields
Picklist values used by:
Assignment Rules
Formula Fields
Queues used by:
Assignment Rules
Record types used by:
Apex Classes
Formula Fields
Flows
Process Builders
Reports
Reports used by:
Dashboards
Report Types
Report types used by:
Reports
Standard Objects used by:
Apex Classes
Lightning Pages
Report Types
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