Salesforce Data Source

The Salesforce Data Source is a specialized component designed to index data residing within Salesforce into a designated SearchBlox collection. This integration enables users to leverage SearchBlox's powerful search capabilities to efficiently discover and access valuable information stored within their Salesforce instance.

Configuring SearchBlox

Before using Salesforce Data Source, install SearchBlox successfully and create a Custom Collection.

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Configuring Salesforce Application

  • To authenticate using OAuth, you must create a connected app that defines your application’s OAuth settings for the Salesforce organization.
    Please refer the link Defining Connected App
  • Make sure you set IP Relaxation setting to “ Relax IP Restrictions“ - as shown in screenshot

  • Please Enable OAuth Settings and under Enable OAuth settings, make sure you select "Full Access" for selected OAuth scopes as shown in the following:

  • Please make sure that you can view /change salesforce version under setup>Build>Develop>Apex classes>New>Version Settings.

Configuration details of Salesforce Data Source

Accessing Connector UI

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Note:

In Linux, make sure that necessary permissions have been provided to the folder /opt by using the CHMOD command for writing log files and executing jar files.

usernameUser Name in Salesforce
passwordPassword in Salesforce
data-directoryData Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission.
api-keySearchBlox API Key
colnameThe name of the custom collection in SearchBlox.
urlSearchBlox URL
versionSalesforce API version to be used
clientIdSalesforce Client ID
clientSecretSalesforce Client Secret