When Copado performs a deployment, which values are replaced based on the settings?

The correct answer is Environment Variable Keys. During a deployment, Copado utilizes environment variable keys to dynamically replace values as per the configured settings. This functionality allows teams to manage different configurations for various environments – such as development, testing, and production – without hard-coding specific values into their metadata files.

Using environment variable keys enables a seamless transition between environments, as these keys are mapped to specific values that can change based on the environment in which the deployment is occurring. This means that the same deployment package can be reused across different environments by simply substituting the values based on the environment-specific settings.

On the other hand, while strings, metadata files, and deployment strategies are important components within the deployment process, they do not involve the dynamic replacement of values based on settings like environment variable keys do. Strings are generally literals present in the code, metadata files are the components being deployed as they are, and the deployment strategy dictates how the deployment is executed but does not directly relate to dynamic value replacement during the process.