What is Salesforce Connect by Harry Potter
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The document discusses accessing data out of Salesforce as if it were in an oData source without copying the data or using code. It describes how in 2007, Microsoft's Astoria project enabled exposing data as an oData service that can be consumed by web clients. It then explains that Salesforce introduced Lightning Connect in 2014 to allow accessing external oData sources through point and click configuration of external objects without code. A demo shows connecting to an HR database in AWS through oData and relating external objects to standard objects.
What is Salesforce Connect by Harry Potter
- 1. Access your data out of Salesforce as if it was in using oData Esteve Graells Software Architect esteve.graells@gmail.com (forcegraells.com) @forcegraells
- 2. Who is who is this story? Business You Guidance Salesforce
- 3. Challenge It’s vital to our business to access a set of data ,in another system. You need to do it this week, and with no code, and you can’t copy the data. I know you can’t do it.
- 4. Hope Harry, do not panic. I remember a group of outlaws did something amazing, some years ago, in a weird place.
- 5. …back in 2007 2007 Jordi Graells was Born Microsoft SQL Server Team initiates Project Astoria Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the year’s top movie
- 6. Microsoft Astoria Project Translation for humans: SQL for the Web https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/odatateam/2007/07/18/welcome/ The goal of the Astoria project is to enable applications to expose data as a data service that can be consumed by web clients.
- 7. Demo Venerable Microsoft Northwind Database DIY : my Postman Collection is shared here - https://www.getpostman.com/collections/993c37d4aa583270bbf8 Interested on learning oData: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part2-url-conventions.html
- 8. Demo (connectors) My Contacts and Tasks on gMail Database on Amazon WS What if my source can’t be offered natively as an oData service?
- 9. Salesforce Lightning Connect 2014 oData 4.0 standardized by OASIS. SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce and other Big Players are using it extensively Salesforce introduces Lightning Connect Interstellar was the year’s top movie, space travelling at light speed
- 10. What is Salesforce Connect? (formerly Lightning Connect) • External Data Sources • External Objects • Link External objects with Standard/Custom objects • Reporting, List Views, Tabs, etc. You’re done :no code, and pretty fast to set up
- 11. Demo Real Scenario oData via Salesforce Connect Whatever don’t care & don’t mind HR Database in AWS Training App oData Connector
- 12. Demo Real Scenario Internal Lookup External object to Custom/Standard External Lookup Custom/Standard object to an External Teachers Custom Object Attendees Custom Object employees External Object courses External Object Attendees links to 2 external objects employee and course Courses links to Teachers
- 13. ❖ Needs an oData Source (abstraction) ❖ Point & Click ❖ Features depends on oData connectors capabilities (some limitations apply) ❖ Data Access oriented, no business process oriented ❖ Opex ❖ Reusable (somehow) ❖ Limits (100 external objects/org, 10,000 OData queries/hour – High Volume option - higher on request, 8MB response size) ❖ API Services developing + infrastructure ❖ Development (devops, managers, meetings, arghh!!!) ❖ Develop crazy, out of this world biz requirements possible ❖ Business Data Services oriented, completely versatile ❖ Opex and Capex ❖ Reusable (somehow) ❖ Software Project Limits (the ones you already know and easy to increment) oData versus API Services Different approaches with distinct results
- 14. ❖ Source data can’t be copied (regulations) or is not convenient (Huge volumes) ❖ A platform object is required (Reporting, Listing, relationships, etc.) ❖ Need fast implementation (no time for API Development), No code and minimize software maintenance ❖ Access Heterogeneous source data (remember my google contacts – needs capable connector ) ❖ Accessing to systems already offering oData Endpoints (i.e. SAP) ❖ New approaches like using External Objects for Big Data accessing an OnPremise Hadoop from Salesforce (https://www.slideshare.net/SumitSarkar10/salesforce-external-objects-for-big-data) Common Use Cases for Salesforce Connect
- 15. From Wizard to Jedi Master Forget about Connectors and create your Own Integrate with anything - well, anything that we can get to from Salesforce by using HTTP callouts (good coding required) Apex Connector Framework
- 16. Q & A Esteve Graells Software Architect esteve.graells@gmail.com (forcegraells.com) @forcegraells
- 17. Thank You Remember to tell us what you think in the event survey www.LondonsCalling.net/survey/ Esteve Graells Software Architect esteve.graells@gmail.com @forcegraells - (forcegraells.com) DATA