Frequently Asked Questions

No, there are no limits on number of fields or field types. User can upto 500+ fields in few minutes with simple clickable UI.
Yes, BOFC can clone fields to a new object or to an existing object
Yes, BOFC Clone Field feature can help you Clone a specific set of fields
Yes, once the Clone Process is completed, BOFC list out the source fields (which get error out) with the reason
Yes BOFC has a easy and quick way to clone any number of layouts of an object in few clicks
Yes, BOFC can clone any type of field from the same or external non-linked Salesforce org.
Yes, BOFC can clone all the validation rules for an object in few clicks
Yes, BOFC has a capability to clone an object from same org or any external non-linked org
Yes we can clone an object with Object details, Custom Fields (of all types), Validation Rules, Layouts.
User can Export, Clone or Update any type of Custom Settings or Custom Metadata Types using BOFC. Once the app is installed in the SF org, user can perform below operations:
  • Export - Single or multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types in single click.
  • Clone - User can clone multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types from the same org (in which BOFC is currently installed) or from any external SF org in few clicks.
  • Update - User can update multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types from any external SF org in few clicks.
Yes, definately. User can easily clone multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types from any external SF org to the current org (in which BOFC is installed) in few clicks. Here are the steps to update:
  1. Step 1: Open the Feature Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types
  2. Step 2: Select the Source Org
  3. Step 3: Select single or multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types
  4. Step 4: Click to Clone
  5. Step 5: Done
Final Output: Select Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types are clone to the Current org (in which BOFC is installed)
Yes. BOFC has an option for a user to clone records (or data) alongs with the metadata details of Custom Metadata Types.
Yes, user can update any existing Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types from any external SF org. User can select the Source Org Here are the steps to update:
  1. Step 1: Open the Feature Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types
  2. Step 2: Select the Source Org
  3. Step 3: Select single or multiple Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types
  4. Step 4: Click to Update
  5. Step 5: Done
Final Output: Select Custom Settings / Custom Metadata Types are updated to the Current org (in which BOFC is installed)
Yes, BOFC can export any type of Custom settings and all its metadata details in xls. The meta data details include:
  1. - Basic details like name, Api name, visibility etc
  2. - Custom Fields
Yes, BOFC can export multiple Custom Metadata Types along with below details in xls:
  1. - Basic details like name, Api name, visibility etc
  2. - Standard Fields
  3. - Custom Fields
  4. - Validation Rules
  5. - Records (data which is assigned to the custom metadata type)
Not as such. User can Export any kind of custom settings / Metadata Types using BOFC in BULK
User can perform multiple kind of operations on Profile / Permission Sets.
  1. - Profile --> Compare, Export, Clone, Update
  2. - Permission Sets --> Compare, Export, Clone, Update
Also, user can export the relationship between Profiles, its Users and Permission Sets in single XLS sheet
Yes, using BOFC all the properties of profiles/permission sets are cloned like:
  1. - Object Permissions
  2. - Application Settings
  3. - Record Type Settings
  4. - Field Permissions
  5. - Tab Settings
  6. - Page-Layout Assignments
  7. - System Permissions
  8. - Administrative & User Permissions
  9. - Apex Classes Permissions
  10. - Visualforce Pages Permissions
  11. - Field Level Security (Field Permissions)
  12. - Enabled Custom Settings Definition Access
  13. - Enabled Custom Metadata Type Access
  14. - Enabled Custom Permissions
  15. - Enabled Flow Access
  16. - Login IP Ranges
  17. - Login Hours and many more.
Output: All the properties are cloned for single (or multiple) profiles/permission sets from any external SF org or current org
Yes, using BOFC user can clone any type of objects (Standard, Custom or Managed). User can clone an object with all the below details in few clicks:
  1. --> Object details
  2. --> Custom Fields (of all types like Primitive, Master-detail, lookup, formula etc)
  3. --> Validation Rules
  4. --> Layouts
  5. --> ListViews
Yes, BOFC can clone fields to a new object or to an existing object
Yes, BOFC has a capability to clone an object from same org or any external non-linked org.
Yes, in BOFC Clone Object feature, user can clone all the validation rules for an object in single clicks.
Yes, BOFC can clone any type of field from the same (or external non-linked) salesforce org in few clicks. BOFC supports all types of objects like Standard, Custom or managed. User can clone fields of all the below types:
  1. Primitive Fields(eg: Number, Text, Percent, TextArea
  2. Relationship Fields (Master-detail, Lookup)
  3. Formula Fields
Yes, once the Clone Process is completed, BOFC list out the source fields (which get error out) with the reason
Yes, BOFC Clone Field feature can help you Clone a specific set of fields.

Please refer this blog for more details:
How To “Clone Custom Fields” From “One Object To Another Object” In Salesforce?
No, there are no limits on number of fields or field types. User can clone upto 500+ fields in few minutes with simple clickable UI.
Yes, we can clone any managed object and its properties using BOFC. BOFC application will remove the namespace of the managed object and will clone the object's metadata without the namespace. The new metadata elements which are cloned or created will be without managed namespace.

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