The Salesforce Data Operation makes a request to your specified Salesforce Instance's API. It has many uses, including querying, creating, editing and deleting Salesforce objects.
Using a Salesforce Data Operation requires setting up your connection to Salesforce.
Use Cases
- Create a contact record in Salesforce from information collected from an Airkit form
- Allow a customer to delete their information from your mailing list by deleting a record in Salesforce
- Allow a customer to change their communication preferences by updating a record in Salesforce
Data Operation Properties
Datasource
The Salesforce Instance to perform the Data Operation on. The dropdown options are populated by the list of integrated Salesforce Instances in your Airkit App under Settings > Integrations.
Operation
The Salesforce operation to perform. This selection determines the other required fields to be defined to perform the operation.
The available operations are:
- Create records (Create a new record in Salesforce)
- Delete records (Deletes a record in Salesforce)
- Update records (Updates a record in Salesforce)
- Find records (Finds records in Salesforce of a type with conditions)
- Query records (Query records)
Object Type
The Salesforce Object for the Operation to be performed. The dropdown list provided to you is populated by the Salesforce Objects that are defined in your connected Salesforce Instance.
This property only applies to the Create, Delete, Update and Find operations.
Id
Expects type text.
Defines the Salesforce ID of the Salesforce Object to be updated or deleted. For Object Updates, an expression can be entered. Object Deletion requires the String of the ID to be inputted explicitly.
This property only applies to the Update and Delete operations.
Object Body / Update Body
The fields on the Salesforce Object to be updated/created which can then be passed a value for update/creation.
This property only applies to the Create and Update operations.
Fields
Selects the fields on the Salesforce Object to be returned.
This field is optional. If no value is entered, the Find operation will return the Id and Name of the Object.
This property only applies to the Find operation.
Sort By
Controls the order of the returned results. This field is optional.
This property only applies to the Find operation.
Sort Direction
Controls the order of the returned results. This field is optional.
This property only applies to the Find operation, and only if a value selected for Sort By.
Conditions
Sets conditions for finding records. Expects fields from the selected Object Type.
This property only applies to the Find operation.
Condition Behavior
Sets whether all or any of the Conditions set are required to be met to find the Salesforce Object.
This property only applies to the Find operation.
Query
Expects a string with the SOQL query to search for Salesforce records.
This property only applies to the Query operation.
Run Results
By default, Airkit creates a variable on the Connection called "Salesforce" and can then be passed into subsequent operations.