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Salesforce Customization Guide

This guide provides instruction on creating the custom fields that are required in order to enable the customer profile and sales order sync use cases to function end-to-end.

Fields to Be Updated

The Order object needs to be updated for the following fields for the use case:

Field Name Type Updated Values

Type

Picklist

ADD_ON, CANCELLATION, INITIAL, JOURNAL, RENEWAL, RETURN, SUBSCRIPTION, UPGRADE

Status

Picklist

CANCELLED, CREATED, CONFIRMED, DELIVERED, IN_CART, IN_TRANSIT, INVOICED, LOST, PARTIALLY_SHIPPED, PICKUP_AVAILABLE, PROCESSING, REJECTED, RETURNED

Custom Objects

The following objects must be created

Salesforce Object Name Singular Label Plural Label

Managed_External_Id

Managed External Identifier

Managed External Identifiers

Create Custom Objects Manually

  1. In your Salesforce org, click Setup, and then select Setup to open Setup.

  2. Click the Object Manager tab. If you don’t see it, enter Object Manager in the Quick Find box.

  3. On the Object Manager page, click Create | Custom Object.

  4. For Label, enter the value in Singular Label.

  5. For Plural Label, enter the value in Plural Label.

  6. Leave the rest of the values as default and click Save.

Create a Custom Object via Apex Script

An Apex class called CustomObjectUtility and MetadataService are used to create a custom object programmatically. The source can be found on Common Resources project and MetadataService respectively. Download the project and follow the steps below.

  1. Click on the Salesforce Setup icon and select Developer Console to open a new console window.

  2. Go to File > New > Apex class and create a new class named CustomObjectUtility.

  3. Copy the code from accel-common-resources/salesforce/CustomObjectUtility.apxc to the script editor.

  4. Select the Save from the File menu option to compile and save the class.

  5. Go to File > New > Apex class and create a new class named MetadataService.

  6. Copy the code from https://github.com/financialforcedev/apex-mdapi/blob/master/apex-mdapi/src/classes/MetadataService.cls to the script editor.

  7. Select the Save from the File menu option to compile and save the class.

  8. Select Debug > Open Execute Anonymous Window.

  9. Copy and paste the contents of /src/test/resources/scripts/CreateCustomObjects.txt into the window.

  10. Enable the Open Log option, and then click the Execute button.

Once the script completes, select the Debug Only filter option to show only the results of each create request. Verify that all fields have been created successfully.

Custom Fields

The following fields must be created in the corresponding objects.

Salesforce Object Field Label Field Name Data Type Length Unique ExternalId

Account

Global Billing Address ID

Global_BillingAddress_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Customer ID

Global_Customer_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Email Address ID

Global_EmailAddress_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Fax Number ID

Global_FaxNumber_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Mailing Address ID

Global_MailingAddress_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Mobile Number ID

Global_MobileNumber_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Party ID

Global_Party_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Phone Number ID

Global_PhoneNumber_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Global Shipping Address ID

Global_ShippingAddress_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Account

Customer Status

Customer_Status

Picklist

-

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

External Id

External_Id

Text

80

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

External Id Type

External_Id_Type

Picklist

-

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

Object Id

Object_Id

Text

80

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

Object Type

Object_Type

Picklist

-

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

Status

Status

Picklist

-

N

N

Managed_External_Id__c

Status Last Changed

Status_Last_Changed

Date/Time

-

N

N

Contact

Global_Individual_Id

Global_Individual_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Order

Global_SalesOrder_Id

Global_SalesOrder_Id

Text

36

Y

Y

Product2

Global_Product_Id

Global_Product_Id

Text

36

Y

Y
Unique fields should be case-sensitive.

Create via Apex Script

An Apex class called CustomFieldUtility can be used to create custom fields programmatically. The source for this class can be found in the Accelerator Common Resources project. Download this project and follow the steps below.

  1. Click on the Salesforce Setup icon and select Developer Console to open a new console window.

  2. Go to File > New > Apex class and create a new class named CustomFieldUtility.

  3. Copy the code from accel-common-resources/salesforce/CustomFieldUtility.apxc to the script editor.

  4. Select the File > Save menu option to compile and save the class.

  5. Select Debug > Open Execute Anonymous Window.

  6. Copy and paste the contents of accel-common-resources/salesforce/CreateCustomFields.txt into the window.

  7. Enable the Open Log option and click the Execute button.

Once the script completes, select the Debug Only filter option to show just the results of each create request. Verify that all fields have been successfully created.

Create Manually via Salesforce

To create each of these custom fields and enable visibility for them on page layouts:

  1. Click on the Salesforce Setup icon.

  2. Select the Object Manager tab from the Setup home page.

  3. Find and select the target Salesforce object.

  4. Select the Fields & Relationships page.

  5. Click the New button and create the field as specified above.

  6. Once the field has been created, click the Set Field-Level Security button (or do these steps later - see below).

  7. Enable for desired profile, or tick the checkbox next to Visible to enable visibility for the desired profile(s).

Repeat these steps for each custom field in the above list.

Instead of adjusting permissions for each field as you go, if you are only making them available to one or two profiles, then it may be more efficient to go to Users > Profiles > {profile} > Object Settings for each object and adjust the permissions for multiple fields at once.

Additional Notes

  • The Customer Status picklist values are Prospect, Onboarding, Active, Inactive, Closed, Deceased, Delinquent, and Dormant.

  • The External Id Type picklist values are SALESFORCE_B2C, SALESFORCE_CORE, PIM, OFBIZ, SAP_4HANA, MDM, SAP_ECC, SALESFORCE_MARKETING, POS, SALESFORCE_DC, SALESFORCE_LM, and ORACLE_EBS.

  • The Object Type picklist values are BillingAddress, Customer, Email, Fax, Household, Individual, MailingAddress, MobilePhone, Organization, Phone, Product, SalesOrder, and ShippingAddress.

  • The Status picklist values are VALID, INVALID.

  • All Global_*_Id__c fields should be visible in layouts (as described above) but made read-only to avoid issues with data synchronization.

Configure Connected App for Authentication

Follow the below steps to generate the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret values required for Salesforce authentication.

  1. Click on the Salesforce Setup icon .

  2. Navigate to Apps > App Manager.

  3. Select New Connected App.

  4. Enter Connected App Name: MuleSoft Accelerator, API Name: MuleSoft_Accelerator and set your email address.

  5. In the API (Enable OAuth Settings) section, check the box Enable OAuth Settings.

  6. Set the callback URL http://localhost.

  7. From the Selected OAuth Scopes list, select Full access (full).

  8. Click Save and then Continue.

  9. Click the Manage button to view details for the new connected app.

  10. Click the Edit Policies button.

  11. In the OAuth Policies section, for Permitted Users select All users may self-authorize.

  12. For IP Relaxation, select the Relax IP restrictions option.

  13. Click Save.

You now need to copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret values for use in configuring Mule application deployments. More specifically, these must be supplied as the values for the sfdc.fsc.client-id and sfdc.fsc.client-secret properties found in the Clouhub-RCG-DEV profile in your Maven settings.xml file.

  1. On the Setup Home page, navigate to Apps -> App Manager.

  2. Locate your new connected app and choose View from the actions dropdown for that item.

  3. In the API (Enable OAuth Settings) section, click the Manage Consumer Details button.

  4. Verify your identity by entering the verification code that was emailed to you.

  5. Copy the key and secret values and update your settings.xml file as described previously.

Download the Accelerator Common Resources project for a sample settings.xml file that can be used as a starting point.

Generating a Security Token for the Service Account

A token needs to be generated for the service account used by the Mule applications in order to connect to the FSC instance.

  1. Log in to Salesforce as the Service Account User, which is the account that will be used by the Mule applications to connect to Salesforce).

  2. Click the Username icon and select Settings from the menu.

  3. Select My Personal Information > Reset My Security Token. If you cannot find this, see the note at the end of these steps.

  4. Click Reset Security Token.

  5. Check the email inbox for an email from Salesforce with the new security token.

If the option to reset your security token is not available, it is likely that one or more Login IP Ranges are in effect. These can be temporarily removed from the settings page of the profile assigned to the service account user.

Contact Point Mappings

The following table lists the conditions used to assign ContactPoints in Salesforce:

CIM PartyRoleType - PartyType Salesforce Object - Record Type Condition Action in Salesforce Comments

Customer - Individual

Account - PersonAccounts

ContactPointAddress with isUsedForBilling set as false and isUsedForShipping set as false

Assign Address as PersonMailingAddress

If multiple addresses match this condition, the one with primaryFlag set to true is used; if none of them match this condition, then the first one is used

Customer - Individual

Account - PersonAccounts

ContactPointAddress with isUsedForBilling set as true

Assign Address as BillingAddress

Customer - Individual

Account - PersonAccounts

ContactPointAddress with isUsedForShipping set as true

Assign Address as ShippingAddress

Customer - Individual

Account - PersonAccounts

ContactPointPhone with isSMSCapable set as false

Assign Phone Number as Phone

If multiple phones match this condition, the one with primaryFlag set to true is used; if none of them match this condition, then the first one is used

Customer - Individual

Account - PersonAccounts

ContactPointPhone with isSMSCapable set as true

Assign Phone Number as PersonMobilePhone]

Customer - Organization

Account - Account

ContactPointAddress with isUsedForBilling set as true

Assign Address as BillingAddress

If multiple addresses match this condition, the one with primaryFlag set to true is used; if none of them match this condition, then the first one is used

Customer - Organization

Account - Account

ContactPointAddress with isUsedForBilling set as true

Assign Address as BillingAddress

If multiple addresses match this condition, the one with primaryFlag set to true is used; if none of them match this condition, then the first one is used

Customer - Organization

Account - Account

ContactPointAddress with isUsedFoShipping set as true

Assign Address as ShippingAddress

Customer - Organization

Account - Account

ContactPointPhone with isFaxCapable set as false

Assign Phone Number as Phone

If multiple phones match this condition, the one with primaryFlag set to true is used; if none of them match this condition, then the first one is used

Customer - Organization

Account - Account

ContactPointPhone with isFaxCapable set as true

Assign Phone Number as Fax

*The default value for all flags is false.

Household Record Type

The following record type must be enabled if CIM PartyRole Customer with Party as Household needs to be supported, otherwise this step can be ignored.

Salesforce Object Record Type

Account

Household

To enable the Household record type in the Account object, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the Salesforce Setup icon.

  2. Navigate to Users → Profiles.

  3. Select the target profile for the service account user.

  4. Navigate to Object Settings -> Accounts and click the Edit button.

  5. Under Record Types and Page Layout Assignments check the Household record type.

  6. Click the Save button.

Create Platform Events and Apex Triggers

The following Platform Event Objects and Apex Triggers must be created in order to capture updates from Salesforce. The scripts to create these Apex Triggers and add fields to Platform Event Objects are located in the Accelerator Common Resources project.

Salesforce Object Salesforce Platform Event Object Salesforce Platform Event API Name Apex Trigger Name

Account

Account

Account__e

AccountEventsPub

Create Platform Event Object

This implementation requires Platform Events to be created in Salesforce. Follow these steps to create a Platform Event object:

  1. Log in to Salesforce.

  2. Click Setup and search for "Platform Events" in the Quick Find box. The Platform Events page shows with a list of available Platform Events.

  3. Click the New Platform Event button to create an Object. Complete the Platform Information Details fields, including Label, Plural Label, Object with Object Name, and Event API Names as indicated in the previous table.

  4. Click Save.

Repeat these steps to create additional Salesforce Platform Event objects as indicated in the previous table. . To add Custom Fields & RelationShips to Platform Event Definitions, run the utility scripts (CreatePlatformEventsCustomFields.txt) available in the Accelerator Common Resources in the /salesforce folder.

Create Apex Triggers

Follow these steps to create the Apex Triggers:

  1. Log in to Salesforce.

  2. Click Setup to search for Object Manager in Quick Find Box.

  3. Search for the Salesforce object. This opens a page that shows the details of the object.

  4. Click Triggers in the Details section to view a list of available triggers for the object.

  5. Click New.

  6. Search for the Apex Trigger name, which is indicated in the previous table. Copy the Trigger Script code in CreateApexTriggers.txt from the Accelerator Common Resources page and paste it into the script editor. The CreateApexTriggers.txt file is located in the /salesforce folder.

  7. Obtain the LastModifiedById and RecordTypeId (if it exists) by running the queries mentioned in the trigger from the Developer Console.

  8. Replace the values in the script and save the trigger.

  9. Click Save and ensure the isActive checkbox is checked.

  10. Repeat these steps for each Salesforce object in the previous table.

Additional Notes

  • Each of the Apex Triggers that are created from the table filter records based on LastModifiedBy <> {Service account ID}. This is done to avoid cyclical updates performed by the Salesforce Customers API and Salesforce Financial System API. This can be obtained by running the query SELECT Id FROM User WHERE Username='<service-account-username>' in the Developer Console.

  • The Apex Trigger AccountEventsPub also filters records based on record type ID. The record type ID can be obtained by running the query SELECT Id,Name FROM RecordType where Name='Household' and 'sObjectType='Account' in the Developer Console.

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