Salesforce

Salesforce is a cloud-based CRM platform. You can land Salesforce data as a data source when landing or replicating data.

• For more information about connecting to SaaS applications, see SaaS uygulamalarına bağlanma.

• Depending on your use case, you might need to install Veri Hareketi ağ geçidi to move data from SaaS applications. For more information, see Veri Hareketi ağ geçidi ne zaman gereklidir?.

This video provides an introduction to connecting to Salesforce.

Supported versions and objects

The following Salesforce versions are supported:

• Salesforce Sales Cloud

• Salesforce Service Cloud

• Salesforce Marketing Cloud

  This requires using Salesforce Marketing Cloud Connect. For more information, see Marketing Cloud Connect.

• Salesforce Commerce Cloud

For more information about the results returned from Salesforce, see Salesforce REST API Developer Guide.

If the data contains custom objects using the extension of __c in the name, they will be created in the target with _c instead, using one _ and not two.

Supported update methods

For more information, see Hedef güncelleme yöntemlerine genel bakış.

Landing tasks:

• Change data capture (CDC)

• Reload and compare

Replication tasks:

• Change data capture (CDC) using Change Tables

• Full load

Landing data in a data lake tasks:

• Change data capture (CDC)

• Reload

Preparing for authentication

To access your Salesforce data, you need to authenticate the connection with your account credentials. You must create a private app in Salesforce and retrieve a client ID and a client secret:

1. Log into Salesforce and create a new Connected app. Name this app and API and provide your email address.

2. Enable OAuth Settings and set Callback URL to https://connector.qlik.com/auth/oauth/v3.htm.

3. Add the following OAuth Scopes:

   • Manage user data via APIs (api)

   • Access unique user identifiers (openid)

   • Perform requests at any time (refresh_token, offline_access)

4. Select Configure ID Token and set Token valid for to 720.

5. Deselect Require Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) Extension for Supported Authentication Flows.

6. Scroll down and click Save.

   At this point Salesforce advises to allow from 2-10 minutes for your changes to take effect on the server before using the connected app.

7. Copy Consumer key to the Client ID connection setting.

8. Copy Consumer secret to the Client Secret connection setting.

9. Provide your Salesforce Host. You can copy this from the location bar in your browser when accessing your Salesforce instance.

10. Scroll down and click Add.

Creating the connection

For more information, see SaaS uygulamalarına bağlanma.

1. Click Authenticate when you have filled in the required connection settings.

   You may be asked to log in to the source application.

   A window is displayed with an authentication code.

2. Copy the code to the clipboard and return to the connection dialog.

3. Paste the code in Complete authentication with the code provided by the source and click Verify.

   İpucu notuYou may need to scroll down to see this field.

   When status is Verified,the authentication is verified.

4. Provide a name for the connection in Connection name.

5. Select Open connection metadata to define metadata for the connection when it has been created.