platform-custom-field-generate

To generate Salesforce custom field metadata without deployment errors, define the field type, enforce mandatory descriptions, apply precision and scale limits, and wrap formulas in CDATA tags before validating the XML structure for your object.

Salesforce master-detail and roll-up summary field deployments fail due to forbidden Master-Detail attributes, malformed roll-up summary references, and invalid numeric settings. Validating relationship constraints and correct summary formats prevents these blockers.

Adding inline help text and descriptions when creating Salesforce picklist and lookup fields requires defining mandatory description attributes, valid relationship names, and help text within the custom field metadata XML before deployment.

Salesforce DX supports CDATA-wrapped formulas for geolocation and formula fields by enforcing correct metadata formats. Generating valid XML with proper CDATA wrapping prevents deployment errors in object metadata workflows.

Precision and scale limits for number fields in Salesforce custom field metadata restrict numeric values to valid ranges. Enforcing these constraints during field generation prevents invalid numeric settings from blocking deployments.

You need to validate relationship constraints for Salesforce lookup fields when generating custom field metadata to ensure valid relationship names and deployment-safe constraints are applied before releasing the object metadata.