Gearset CPQ deployment solution treats CPQ configuration just like Salesforce metadata, which has several benefits, including providing an easy way to see differences between your CPQ configuration, deploying it alongside Salesforce metadata, and increasing the likelihood of deployments working the first time.

Before you can compare and deploy any CPQ configuration with Gearset, both the source and target org CPQ and related objects must contain the Gearset external ID field. We've built a 1-click external ID setup feature to automatically add the external ID field for you.

Gearset's external ID setup process on both orgs. For more information about how to run the setup process on your Salesforce orgs, see our external ID setup walkthrough.

To launch the external ID setup process, visit your Salesforce connections page. For each org that you want to compare and deploy your CPQ configuration for, choose the Run CPQ external ID setup option and complete the process.

Once your source and target orgs have had the external ID setup process run successfully, you're almost ready to start comparing your configuration data.

The next step is to correctly configure and choose the CPQ objects and related metadata that you wish to include in your comparison, using the comparison filter dialog.

The Gearset CPQ configuration is preconfigured to include recommended core metadata and CPQ objects which you can further configure and save as your own filter should you wish.

To correctly configure your filter for CPQ comparisons and deployments, you should include the following in the filter dialog:

Note: Deployment failures can often result from not having configured your comparison correctly to include metadata which your CPQ config has a dependency upon.

You can also choose to include Advanced Approvals and Billing objects in the comparison.

CPQ config data is displayed in the results grid, just like Salesforce metadata. You can select and deploy both metadata and CPQ config data as part of the same deployment.

CPQ data will be indicated in the metadata type column using the CPQ prefix (e.g. CPQ product, CPQ template, CPQ product options, etc.):

Expanding a CPQ item in the comparison results will display any components or dependencies for that particular item that you can also include in your deployment:

As part of the final deployment stage process, Gearset will automatically handle the population of the record ID for any new items being deployed.

To proceed with the deployment, select the items to be deployed and then click on the NEXT button:

Just as with metadata, any deployment package including CPQ items will undergo a series of checks to detect common issues that might cause your deployment to fail. These include checks for missing config dependencies and any metadata that must also be included if the CPQ deployment is to succeed.

If all goes well, you'll see a summary screen like the following:

Otherwise, you'll see suggested fixes, warnings, and so on:

The pre-deployment summary will show the full list of CPQ records and associated metadata being deployed, including any that have been added through the problem analyzers. You can add a name and deployment notes for the deployment, with these then showing in the metadata deployment history.

Once the deployment process has started, Gearset will first deploy any metadata included in the deployment package.

Should this deployment fail, Gearset will follow its current behavior of stopping the deployment and rolling back any metadata changes, which means that your Salesforce org will be left in its original state. No CPQ deployment will then be attempted.

Once the metadata has been deployed successfully, any tests will then run. Assuming all tests pass, your CPQ configuration data will then be deployed.
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Note: only changed CPQ items can be rolled back at this time.

From the deployment success page, you can see the summary of items deployed, with a direct link to each record for easy navigation. The deployment summary will also be added to your deployment history.

And that's it! You've deployed the selected CPQ configuration changes from your source to your target.

By clicking on the Deployed CPQ config data items tab, you can view a list of all the CPQ config data items that have been deployed: