Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Salesforce ISV Technical Enablment Plugin?
A: Salesforce ISV Technical Enablment Plugin (ISVTE Plugin) is a Salesforce CLI plugin that helps developers take full advantage of the Salesforce Platform while avoiding potential pitfalls.
The plugin generates a detailed inventory of your application metadata. Based on that, it identifies helpful resources, relevant alerts and other best practices. You can run the plugin on-command in the CLI, or integrate it into your CI/CD framework so you can run it against every code change.
Q: What else do I need before I can use ISVTE Plugin?
A: The ISVTE Plugin requires you to install the Salesforce CLI on your computer. Then you can install the ISVTE Plugin with the command sfdx plugins:install isvte-sfdx-plugin.
See Getting Started for more information.
Q: How do I update the ISVTE Plugin?
A: Update the plugin to the latest version by following the instructions listed here
Q: Is ISVTE Plugin part of the App Exchange security review process?
A: The ISVTE Plugin can help you with the security review process by guiding you toward security best practices, but it is not a part of the overall process
Q: How do I add new rules?
A: Check the Extending the Plugin section for information on how the plugin rules work and how to create your own.
Q: How can I use ISVTE Plugin in my CI/CD?
A: You can use the sfdx isvte:mdscan command in any scripts used by your CI/CD. You’ll also probably want to do the following:
- Use the
--jsonflag to create the report as a JSON object which can be acted upon programatically. - Or pipe the output to a text file so you can retain an artifact of the execution
sfdx isvte:mdscan -d metadata | out.txt.
Q: How do I run the ISVTE Plugin against an sfdx project?
A: The ISVTE Plugin starts its work based on a package.xml file and so it natively supports metadata format, not sfdx source format. If you’re using an sfdx project, you can either pass your own package.xml using the -p flag or you can convert your app to metadata format using the sfdx command sfdx force:source:convert.