Salesforce Integration

[Alejandro Calbazana]

Hello,

I have a general question...  What use cases does the Salesforce Integration Solution Kit support?  I'm interested in using the API Gateway to front calls out to SFDC as well as serve as an endpoint for inbound integration.  The docs seemed light -

https://docops.ca.com/ca-api-gateway/8-3/en/apis-toolkits-and-sdks/salesforce-integration-solution-kit/

 

Thanks,

Al

[fliaa01]

Hi Al,

 

At a high level, the Salesforce connector was designed to allow CA API Gateway customers to integrate their local systems with the SaaS data made available by Salesforce, via exposed Salesforce API's.  The connector provides the ability for the Gateway to sign onto Salesforce, and perform a group of fundamental actions against Salesforce and the objects it provides.  Users are additionally able to use the API Gateway policy language to further manipulate the data and make decisions based upon it.

 

Using the solution kit, you should be able to use the Gateway to connect to Salesforce and perform a variety of actions (create object, update object, search, retrieve, execute query, etc).  From the use case that you describe above, I'm pretty sure that the Salesforce solution kit would provide what you need.

 

I had a look at our documentation, and you're right - there is content on how to install the solution kit and configure a connection, but very little additional documentation regarding its capabilities and uses.  I will find out if we can expand the existing documentation to be more helpful.

 

- Aaron

[Alejandro Calbazana]

Hi Aaron,

 

Thanks for the info.  This might be something we are interested in.  How can I go about getting the kit so that I can play with it in my lab environment?

 

Thanks,

 

Al

[Stephen Hughes]

Alejandro,

 

The Salesforce Connector is available with an additional license. I would recommend that you reach out to your account representative (If not known please open a case at https://support.ca.com) to get a demo license and they can get you the files required.

 

Sincerely,

 

Stephen Hughes

Director, CA Support