Vision

Atlas is a one-stop shop documentation toolkit for your Salesforce project. It uses all the information stored in your Salesforce metadata files and outputs all that information in a structured, user-readable form, in multiple formats.

How to install

1. Install Node in your system. In case of doubt, go with the LTS installation.

2. Install the Salesforce CLI using npm:

   npm install --global @salesforce/cli

3. Install Atlas as a Salesforce CLI plugin:

   sf plugins install plugin-atlas

How to update

1. Update the Salesforce CLI. It is the same command as installing it from scratch:

   npm install --global @salesforce/cli

2. Update all the Salesforce CLI plugins:

   sf plugins update

If the update fails, you can uninstall the plugin with sf plugins uninstall plugin-atlas and then reinstall it.

Features

Currently supported output format:

• Excel spreadsheet (xlsx), with each metadata type (objects, fields, list views, etc) in separate tabs.

Currently supported metadata types:

• Objects
• Fields
• Record types
• Fieldsets
• Layouts
• List views
• Compact layouts
• Tabs
• Quick actions
• Validation rules
• Weblinks
• Flexipages (Lightning pages)
• Apex classes and triggers
• Visualforce pages and components
• Aura components
• Lightning web components
• Flows
• Workflow rules
• Profiles
• Roles
• Permission Sets
• Permission Set Groups
• User Access Policies

Roadmap

Features

• Additional output formats:
  • Multiple spreadsheets
  • Multiple CSV files
  • Markdown websites
  • HTML websites
• Enhance existing functionality:
  • Increase the number of metadata types included in the output
  • Make more information available for existing types
  • Quality of life improvements:
    • Choose the target file name and location
    • Select which metadata types should be included

Maintenance and internal

• Increase test coverage
• Set up an automated release pipeline
• Continue to maintain

Commands

• sf atlas generate csv
• sf atlas generate xlsx

sf atlas generate csv

Generate CSV files from the contents of your local project, with a separate file for each supported metadata type.

USAGE
  $ sf atlas generate csv [--json] [-d <value>]

FLAGS
  -d, --output-dir=<value>  [default: PROJECT_FOLDER/atlas/csv/YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS/] Folder where the CSV files will be
                            saved.

GLOBAL FLAGS
  --json  Format output as json.

DESCRIPTION
  Generate CSV files from the contents of your local project, with a separate file for each supported metadata type.

  You must run this command from within a project.

EXAMPLES
  $ sf atlas generate csv

FLAG DESCRIPTIONS
  -d, --output-dir=<value>  Folder where the CSV files will be saved.

    More information about a flag. Don't repeat the summary.

sf atlas generate xlsx

Generate an XLSX spreadsheet from the contents of your local project, with a sheet for each supported metadata type.

USAGE
  $ sf atlas generate xlsx [--json] [-f <value>]

FLAGS
  -f, --output-file=<value>  [default: PROJECT_FOLDER/atlas/xlsx/atlas-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.xlsx] Name and path of the XLSX
                             file to be generated.

GLOBAL FLAGS
  --json  Format output as json.

DESCRIPTION
  Generate an XLSX spreadsheet from the contents of your local project, with a sheet for each supported metadata type.

  You must run this command from within a project.

EXAMPLES
  $ sf atlas generate xlsx

FLAG DESCRIPTIONS
  -f, --output-file=<value>  Name and path of the XLSX file to be generated.

    More information about a flag. Don't repeat the summary.