How do you create a deployment in Copado?

Creating a deployment in Copado involves selecting the specific components you want to deploy, defining the target environment for the deployment, and then executing the deployment process. This step-by-step approach ensures that you have control over what is being deployed and to which environment, thereby minimizing the risk of unintended changes.

The process typically starts with identifying and selecting the components—such as metadata, configuration, and other changes—that you want to include in the deployment. Once the components are selected, you then specify the target environment, which could be a sandbox, production, or any other Salesforce environment that you have configured within Copado. After these selections, you execute the deployment, which triggers the actual deployment process in Copado.

Other options provided do not directly reflect the hands-on process of deploying components in Copado. For example, while notifying team members of changes and archiving previous versions are valuable practices in a deployment pipeline, they do not constitute the act of creating a deployment itself. Similarly, deleting old deployments does not contribute to the creation of a new deployment; rather, it pertains to managing past deployments. Hence, the comprehensive nature of option B accurately describes the steps necessary for creating a deployment in Copado.