Salesforce

Procedures and concepts for the Salesforce integration.

The following documentation is for Salesforce v2.0.3 (BDK).

Overview

Salesforce is the world's leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform for sales and marketing automation. This integration enables automated lead management, opportunity tracking, customer communication, and sales pipeline optimization. Enhance sales productivity and customer relationship management.

Prerequisites

1. Required Books

The following Book(s) need to be added to your agent so it can learn and understand the automation procedures defined within them:

• Salesforce

How to Add the Book(s)

1. Go to Books → All Books.

2. Search for the name of the book and click on it.

3. Click on Install or Add Connection to add the book to your agent.

4. If adding a connection, you'll be prompted for connectivity details.

Connectivity

This section outlines the available methods for connecting to the Book, along with the required configuration details for each.

This books supports the connectivity methods described in this section.In here you will find information about what information is required in order to employ each method.

Connect using Consumer Key, Consumer Secret and Domain

Connect to Salesforce using client credentials OAuth flow.

Label	Description	Type
Consumer Key	The consumer key for authentication.	sensitive
Consumer Secret	The consumer secret for authentication.	sensitive
Domain	The domain of the Salesforce instance.	text

Connect using Username, Password, Security Token and Domain

Connects to a Salesforce instance using username, password, security token and domain.

Label	Description	Type
Username	The username for authentication.	text
Password	The password for authentication.	sensitive
Security Token	The security token for authentication.	sensitive
Domain	The domain of the Salesforce instance.	text

Connect using Username, Password and Security Token

Connects to a Salesforce instance using username, password and security token.

Label	Description	Type
Username	The username for authentication.	text
Password	The password for authentication.	sensitive
Security Token	The security token for authentication.	sensitive

Procedures

to create a report in salesforce

Creates a report in Salesforce.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
report	A CreateSalesforceReportBody to create a Report with in Salesforce	salesforce create report body	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The id of the created report	text

Examples

Create a basic Salesforce Report

create a json
use the above as the type json
set the type json's "type" to "Opportunity"
set the type json's "label" to "Opportunity"
create a json
use the above as the metadata json
set the metadata json's "name" to "Example Report from BDK"
set the metadata json's "description" to "A report from BDK"
set the metadata json's "report_type" to the type json
create a json
use the above as the request json
set the request json's "report_metadata" to the metadata json
create the request json in salesforce

Create a Report with a filter

create a json
use the above as the type json
set the type json's "type" to "Opportunity"
set the type json's "label" to "Opportunity"
create a json
use the above as the filter
set the filter's "target" to "20000"
set the filter's "column" to "AMOUNT"
set the filter's "operator" to "greaterThan"
set the filter's "is_run_page_editable" to True
set the filter's "filter_type" to "fieldValue"
use the above filters as the filters
create a json
use the above as the metadata json
set the metadata json's "name" to "Example Report from BDK"
set the metadata json's "description" to "A report from BDK"
set the metadata json's "report_type" to the type json
set the metadata json's "report_filters" to the filters
create a json
use the above as the request json
set the request json's "report_metadata" to the metadata json
create the request json in salesforce

to export a report as a excel

Exports a report as an Excel file.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
report	A SalesforceReport to export as an Excel file	salesforce report	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The Excel file as an IO object.	file

Examples

retrieve reports from salesforce whose Name is "BOF Report"
use the first report as the record
export the record as an excel

to export a report as a table

Exports a report as a Pyarrow Table.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
report	A SalesforceReport to export as a Pyarrow Table	salesforce report	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The report represented as a Pyarrow Table.	table

Examples

retrieve reports from salesforce whose Name is "BOF Report"
use the first report as the record
export the report as a table

to retrieve some (reports) from salesforce

FILTER - CAPABLE

Retrieves reports from Salesforce.

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
reports	The reports retrieved from Salesforce.	salesforce report

Examples

Retrieve reports from Salesforce

retrieve reports from salesforce

Retrieve reports from Salesforce, filtering by name

retrieve reports from salesforce whose Name is "BOF Report"

to send an email in salesforce

Sends an email in Salesforce.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
receivers	The receivers of the email.	text	Yes	(no default)
subject	The subject of the email.	text	Yes	(no default)
body	The body of the email.	text	No	(no default)

Examples

Send an email in Salesforce

send an email in salesforce
    the receivers are "[email protected]","[email protected]"
    the subject is "Test Subject"
    the body is "Test Body"

Concepts

Salesforce create report body

Information sent to Salesforce to create a report.

Field Name	Description	Type
report_metadata	The metadata of the report.	json

Salesforce report

A Salesforce report, modeled as the Salesforce Object (SObject)and defined as a set of data that meets certain criteria, displayed in an organized way. Specified here: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_report.htm

Field Name	Description	Type
id	The ID of the report.	text
owner_id	The ID of the owner of the report.	text
name	The name of the report.	text
developer_name	The unique name of the object in the API.	text
description	The description of the report. Limit: 255 characters.	optional[text]
folder_name	The name of the folder that contains the report.	optional[text]
namespace_prefix	The namespace prefix of the report.	optional[text]
format	Indicates the format of the report. Can have one of these values: Tabular, Summary, Matrix, or Joined.	optional[text]
is_deleted	Indicates whether the report is deleted.	optional[boolean]
created_date	The date and time when the report was created.	optional[datetime]
created_by_id	The ID of the user who created the report.	optional[text]
last_modified_date	The date and time when the report was last modified.	optional[datetime]
last_modified_by_id	The ID of the user who last modified the report.	optional[text]
last_referenced_date	The date and time when the report was last referenced.	optional[datetime]
last_run_date	The date and time when the report was last run.	optional[datetime]
last_viewed_date	The date and time when the report was last viewed.	optional[datetime]