Feature guides

Starting a free trial of Gearset

Try out everything Gearset has to offer, free for 30 days, with nothing to install in your orgs

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Running your first comparison

Compare metadata between two environments

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Exploring comparison results

View the metadata differences between your source and target

Written by Pearl Oyunbaatar
Updated over a week ago

Running your first deployment

Synchronize your source and target metadata with a few clicks

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Adding team members

Work with colleagues on your deployments? Invite them to your team for easy collaboration

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Gearset supported software integrations

A quick reference for all supported third-party integrations in Gearset

Written by Jaime Esqueda
Updated over a week ago

An introduction to Gearset Live Comparisons

A faster way to compare and deploy in Gearset

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Which metadata differences are the same between different Gearset comparisons

In delta CI, combining and cloning packages a second comparison is run.

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Improved XML difference visualization

Documenting improvements made in June 2022

Written by Gwilym Kuiper
Updated over a week ago

Gearset suggested Apex tests

Written by David Emmerson
Updated over a week ago

Managing Salesforce org connections

Add, remove, and re-authorize saved connections to your Salesforce orgs

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Custom metadata filters

Create and save metadata filters to specify which items to retrieve and compare with Gearset

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Using regex in custom metadata filters

Including and excluding items from your filter

Written by Catherine Bacon
Updated over a week ago

Configuring comparisons

Choose your source and target metadata location and compare them for differences

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Configuring SFDX scratch orgs with Gearset

Create, compare, and develop your Salesforce DX scratch orgs from within Gearset

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Comparing managed package metadata with Gearset

How to compare and deploy changes to your managed packages

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Using regex to filter comparison results

Written by Ali Daw
Updated over a week ago

An introduction to Gearset's problem analyzers

Understanding how Gearset's problem analyzers help make your deployments more reliable

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Setting Apex test levels

A guide to running tests when deploying with Gearset

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Draft deployments

Save org metadata snapshots and share drafts for simple collaboration on deployments in development

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Validated packages

Test your deployment prior to release, utilise quick deploy, schedule automatic deployment, and verify team members' packages

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with Jira (hosted)

Add your Jira ticket reference and Gearset will automatically post updates to your Jira ticket and provide a direct link to your deployments

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Connecting to an on-prem version of Jira

This article will take you through the steps of connecting a Self-hosted version of Jira to Gearset

Written by Claudia McPhail
Updated over a week ago

Comparison history

View a history of previous comparisons and create deployments from them

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Deployment history

View a history of previous deployments, download deployment reports, start a rollback or clone a package

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Deployment rollback

Perform full and partial metadata rollback for any org

Written by Michael Krumwiede
Updated over a week ago

Cloning deployment packages

Quickly migrate changes down your release pipeline by cloning a previous deployment

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Combine multiple deployments into one single deployment package

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Deploy package straight to target

Skip the comparison and analysis steps by deploying an existing package to a new target from the deployment history page

Written by Kevin Slattery
Updated over a week ago

Using environment variables in Gearset

How to replace specified fields in metadata with custom values during a deployment

Written by Sam Williams
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with Azure DevOps Server

Written by Jonathan Plumridge
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with GitHub

Deploy to and from your hosted GitHub source control provider

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with Bitbucket

Deploy to and from your hosted Bitbucket source control provider

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Managing source control connections in Gearset

Add and remove saved connections to your source or version control repositories

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with GitLab

Deploy to and from your hosted GitLab source control provider

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with GitHub Enterprise

Deploy to and from your own GitHub instance

Written by Dan Fenner
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with Azure DevOps

Deploy to and from your hosted Azure DevOps source control provider

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with Bitbucket Server

Deploy to and from Bitbucket Server

Written by Ali Daw
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with AWS CodeCommit

Deploy to and from AWS CodeCommit

Written by Dan Fenner
Updated over a week ago

Integrating with self-managed GitLab

Deploy to and from your own GitLab instance

Written by Gwilym Kuiper
Updated over a week ago

How to set up a new source control repository

A practical guide to setting up a new source control repository, ready to use as the source of truth in a Gearset release pipeline

Written by Toby Newman
Updated over a week ago

Pilot feature: Source control setup for LWC test runs

Instructions on the correct format and setup that your git repository needs to run LWC tests as part of a CI job run in Gearset.

Written by Stephen Chambers
Updated over a week ago

Filtering comparison results by package.xml

How Gearset applies package filtering to your comparison results

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Create pull requests from deployment summary

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

What does Gearset’s repo dependency cleaner do?

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Getting started with AWS CodeCommit webhooks

How to set up a CI job to deploy changes from an AWS CodeCommit repository when the source branch changes

Written by Ali Daw
Updated over a week ago

Managing status check rules in GitHub

How to enable or disable the requirement for Gearset-related status checks to pass before merging a pull request in GitHub

Written by Gabriel Cowley
Updated over a week ago

Continuous integration

Automatically deploy changes from one metadata location to another with CI and CD from Gearset

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated this week

How do I add Gearset notifications to a Slack channel?

Update your Slack channel when action is needed or just to get visibility.

Written by Samuel Crossland
Updated over a week ago

EventBridge configuration for the users using AWS CodeCommit

Additional configuration required for triggering CI validation upon creation of pull request for the users using AWS CodeCommit.

Written by Amrutraj Patil
Updated over a week ago

Delta CI

Also known as commit-by-commit deployment

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Transferring CI job ownership

Written by Ben Scabbia
Updated over a week ago

Outgoing webhooks in continuous integration jobs

How to add outgoing webhooks to CI jobs to trigger third party services

Written by Catherine Bacon
Updated over a week ago

Standard CI outgoing webhook payload

An example of a payload format for your CI jobs

Written by James Potter
Updated over a week ago

Integration with Glip

Written by James Potter
Updated over a week ago

How to spin up Salesforce scratch orgs from CI jobs

Deploy metadata from source control to a new scratch org with Gearset CI

Written by Valerio Chang
Updated over a week ago

Problem analyzer templates

How to create problem analyzer templates and assign them to CI jobs

Written by Ana Juvandes
Updated over a week ago

Org monitoring: automating org change tracking and metadata backup

Get daily org snapshots, change reports and audit history, take on-demand metadata backups and inspect Apex code quality

Written by Pearl Oyunbaatar
Updated over a week ago

Automating Salesforce org unit testing

Run your tests daily, track code coverage, and get notified of test failures

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago

Configuring static code analysis

Gearset's automatic static code analysis allows you to examine your Apex code for issues during your deployment

Written by Stephen Chambers
Updated over a week ago

How do I add Gearset notifications to a Microsoft Teams channel?

Update your Microsoft Teams channel during continuous integration, change monitoring or test monitoring when action is needed

Written by Kevin Boyle
Updated over a week ago

Managing Gearset desktop notifications

Enabling and disabling browser notifications permissions

Written by Gabriel Cowley
Updated over a week ago

How can I change the time zone setting in Gearset?

Setting your timezone ensures your audit history and automated jobs display the correct information

Written by Jack McCurdy
Updated over a week ago

Integrating Gearset with CruiseControl

See your Salesforce org test results on your desktop

Written by Jason Mann
Updated over a week ago