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All the fields of contact table is showing up in solution even if those are not added in solution

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We have a solution with contact table added to it. But we have added only metadata and 3 custom forms. When we check the exported solution files there is only 3 forms, Entity.Xml file also doesn't contain any fields. But when we import it to environment, within that solution I can see all the fields, views and forms. If I try to remove any component from the solution the remove button is getting disabled. The solution is unmanaged only, I am not getting why all the components are appearing within solution.

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Christian Leverenz 1,214 on at

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Hi @Anonymous ,

not sure, whether i got the problem: this sounds to me as the standard as it should be.

When you transport changes in a solution from one system to another, the things you transport are *added* to the existing things. So, if you transport contact i would expect the table in the targetsystem not to loose any fields (or forms, or views).

The major diffrence for me (i am not an expert in this field) between managed and unmanaged is, that managed solutions can be removed and the containd customizations are also removed. If you remove an unmanaged solution, you just remove the solution, the customizations will stay and you would have to remove them manually.

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Hoping not to have written too much nonsense 🙂 ,

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Thank you for replying @chleverenz

I understood that the standard table will have all its fields in target environment, my query is when I am looking at the table from inside the custom solution I should see the fields only I added?

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ragavanrajan 7,044 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Anonymous

Contact table is part of default solution . You should select all required objects before your export.

Also, once you add the contact table from existing. Select three dots > advanced > Add required objects

As contact table is part of the default solution, this is the standard approach you need to follow before you export it as unmanaged solution.

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Fubar 8,487 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You are see it because it is an Unmanaged Solution. You would see only the specific fields etc if it were imported as Managed. When the Unmanaged Solution is imported it does not isolate the changes and adds them to the unmanaged Layer / the Default Solution.

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