This document discusses creating a physical dashboard using the Salesforce Analytics API and littleBits hardware. It provides an overview of the overall technical solution of using standard Salesforce reports accessed through the Analytics API and triggered by Apex to control a littleBits CloudBit module. It then introduces the Salesforce Analytics API and littleBits technology, discusses some limitations of the Analytics API, and dives deeper into the code flow to connect the two platforms.

1. Create a Physical Dashboard with
the Salesforce Analytics API
Cory Cowgill
Director of Product Engineering
Fusion Risk Management
@corycowgill

2. Agenda
DIY Demo
Overall Technical Solution
Salesforce Analytics API Intro
littleBits Into
Code Deep Dive
Q&A

3. Demo
Let’s Create a DIY Physical Dashboard!
Materials Needed:
Cardboard
Markers
Protractor
littleBits Cloudbit
Salesforce Developer Org
#Awesome Drawing Skills

4. Overall Solution
Salesforce.com Platform
Standard Reports – holds the reporting data
Analytics API – allows programmatic access to reports
Apex Classes & Triggers – allows triggers to access API
LittleBits Cloud
CloudBit REST API – programmatic access to cloudBit
CloudBit – Hardware Module

5. Salesforce Analytics API Intro
Exposes Standard Reports for API Access
Available through REST and Apex
Run Tabular, Summary, Matrix Reports
Pass Filter Criteria to Report Runs
Query Report Metadata

6. Analytics API Gotchas
Governor Limits
• 500 Synchronous Reports per Hour
• 1,200 Asynchronous Reports per Hour
• Maximum 100 Fields
• 20 Custom Field Filters

7. LittleBits Intro
DIY Prototyping Hardware
Incredibly Easy to Use
“Like Legos” for Electronics
Online Community of Projects

8. littleBit Cloudbit
Abstracts the communication and hardware work
Allows simple REST API to talk to the hardware
Allows you to set Voltage, Duration, etc. via REST
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9. Code Deep Dive
Show me the Code!
Step through the flow!

10. Q&A
Continue the conversation
• Twitter - @corycowgill
• Twitter - #askforce #DF15
• Chatter – Dreamforce Session Feed

11. Additional Resources
SFDC Analytics API Documentation –
https://resources.docs.salesforce.com/sfdc/pdf/salesforce_analytics_rest_api.pdf
littleBits Community - http://littlebits.cc/community/chapters
My BlogPost with Code and Video - http://corycowgill.blogspot.com/2014/12/create-real-life-
dashboard-with.html

12. Thank you