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SFDC developer999SFDC developer999 

how to download all components to Eclipse

I created Force.com project in Eclipse to connect to Sandbox, I want to downloadd all components from sandbox
but the src folder contains only classes, pages and triggers.

Please let me know why other components like flows, workflows, objects, profiles... are not downloaded, I did not have the option to select any component from sandbox when I created the project

Thanks
Lokesh KumarLokesh Kumar
Hello,

You can get all the components from your sandbox. Please follow below Screenshot.

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let em know if this works for you !

Lokesh
Rohit B ☁Rohit B ☁
Or alternatively you can do one this. Just create a blank project and in package.xml of this blank project put below lines:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AnalyticSnapshot</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexClass</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexComponent</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexPage</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexTrigger</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AppMenu</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApprovalProcess</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AssignmentRule</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>AuthProvider</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CallCenter</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Community</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ConnectedApp</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomApplication</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomApplicationComponent</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomLabels</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomMetadata</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomObject</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomObjectTranslation</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomPageWebLink</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomPermission</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomSite</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomTab</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Dashboard</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>DataCategoryGroup</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Document</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>EmailTemplate</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>FlexiPage</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Flow</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Group</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>HomePageComponent</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>HomePageLayout</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Layout</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Letterhead</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>LiveChatAgentConfig</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>LiveChatButton</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>LiveChatDeployment</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>PermissionSet</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Portal</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Profile</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Queue</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>QuickAction</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>RemoteSiteSetting</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Report</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ReportType</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Role</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>SamlSsoConfig</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Scontrol</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>SharingSet</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>SiteDotCom</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Skill</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>StaticResource</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Translations</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Workflow</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>Settings</name>
    </types>
    <version>37.0</version>
</Package>

It will fetch all the components for you and you can customize them as well according to your need. 
SFDC developer999SFDC developer999
Thanks Lokesh and Rohit. Both solutions work
Rohit B ☁Rohit B ☁
Please any answer as "Best Answer" so that this answer will be marked as Solved and help others to take e a reference.
Rohit B ☁Rohit B ☁
Hi TINA LEE, You don't need to include "ValidationRule" in your package.xml. They are not a separate entity/metadata. You have included objects, so validation rules will automatically come with objects.