Let's find out how e-commerce start-up resolved the data integration issue with Salesforce connect

1. Salesforce
Connect

2. Let's find out how e-commerce start-
up resolved the data integration issue
with Salesforce connect
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HELLO!
I am Jitendra Joysar
Certified Application Architect
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Twitter handler - @JitenJoysar

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Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
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5. AGENDA
▹ Introduction
▹ Setup
▹ How it works
▹ Use Case (Demo)
▹ Chatter Collaboration and Reports
▹ Considerations
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6. Salesforce Connect Introduction6

7. Salesforce Connect Introduction
“Salesforce Connect is a Salesforce standard framework
that enables you to view, search, and modify data that’s
stored outside your Salesforce org ”
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8. Challenges
▹ External System have millions of data.
▹ Real-time access to latest data.
▹ External System is reliable, scalable and Secure.
▹ Two way Create/ Update / Delete.
▹ External system have dependency with multiple System.
▹ 360-degree, real-time view.
▹ Minimum Development efforts.
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9. Salesforce Connect Introduction
Feature to access data Available outside Salesforce org
▹ Access data Stored in cloud or external system
▹ Real-time Data access
▹ Data Integration without copying data
▹ Point & Click interface.
▹ Improve the System performance by Mashups.
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10. Example Architecture10

11. Demo
Let the Demo Begin!
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12. Use Case12

13. Setup - Salesforce Connect13

14. Demo - Listing, View14

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16. CRUD Operation On External Object16

17. How it works? - oData17

18. oData Sample Example18

19. Want to know more?
External Objects works similar to Custom objects.
▹ Tabs
▹ List View
▹ Detail Pages
▹ Chatter feeds
▹ Apex SObject Type
▹ API Access
▹ SOQL and SOSL queries
▹ Reports
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20. Want to know more?
Chatter Collaboration
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21. Apex Connector Framework
▹ Develop your own Custom Adapter in Apex using Apex Connector
Framework.
▹ Apex manages the Metadata creation
▹ Provide your implementation for your data service
▸ Sync
▸ Query
▸ Search
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22. Don’t Miss These Considerations
▹ Do not support Salesforce Automations.
▹ External object Metadata is external system driven.
▹ Enable Separate Loading of Related Lists of External Objects.
▹ Formula and Roll-up Summary fields not supported.
▹ Field History tracking not supported.
▹ Notes and Attachment not supported.
▹ From Winter ’17 Report is supported with Data considerations.
▹ 10,000 OData callouts per hour for Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited
Editions. Higher limits are available on request.
▹ 1,000 OData callouts per hour for Developer Edition.
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23. Credits
Salesforce connect
[1]https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2015/12/announcing-salesforce-connect.html
[2]https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/modules/lightning_connect/units/lightning_connec
t_introduction
Connect custom Adapter:
[3]https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/engineering/2015/05/introducing-lightning-
connect-custom-adapters.html
Limits for Salesforce connect - oData 2.0 and 4.0:
[4]https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=odata_general_limits.htm&language=en_
US&type=0
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THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at
▹ @jitenjoysar
▹ jeet.joysar@gmail.com