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Can you report on external objects?
Salesforce users can now run reports that access external data from cloud and on-premise sources including warehouses, data marts, data lakes and more. With Salesforce Connect external objects, you get real-time connectivity that is self-service for Salesforce Report developers.
What is included in Einstein Analytics?
EINSTEIN ANALYTICS
- Larger dataset capacity (supports hundreds of millions of rows).
- Fast query.
- Drill into data.
- Support multi-org connections.
- Take actions from your dashboard.
- Connect to external data.
- Analyze historical data (YoY, trending).
- Optimized for mobile phone.
Can we write trigger on external objects?
These features aren’t available for external objects. Apex triggers (However, you can create triggers on external change data capture events from OData 4.0 connections.)
Where is Einstein analytics stored?
Salesforce Einstein Analytics is a cloud-based analytics tool offered by Salesforce. The data is stored on its own platform (not the Salesforce platform), but being a Salesforce product, it is integrated well with the main Salesforce platform.
How do you create an external object in Salesforce?
To create or modify an external object:
- From Setup, enter External Objects in the Quick Find box, then select External Objects.
- Click New External Object, or click Edit to modify an existing external object.
- Enter the following:
- Click Save.
What is Salesforce lightning connect?
Salesforce Lightning Connect allows you to setup an external object (which is like an actual object in Salesforce, but is ReadOnly and cannot be used in reports, among other limitations) but the data is not stored in Salesforce. All you need is the service URL and the setup in Salesforce is pretty easy.
How do I load data into Einstein analytics?
There are multiple options for loading data into Einstein Analytics – directly from Salesforce objects, a Salesforce report, by manually loading data from a CSV file, or External data sources, including other Salesforce Orgs.
What do you need to know about Einstein analytics?
Salesforce Einstein Analytics is a cloud-based analytics tool offered by Salesforce. The data is stored on its own platform (not the Salesforce platform), but being a Salesforce product, it is integrated well with the main Salesforce platform. Why do I need Einstein Analytics?
Do you need to sync Einstein analytics with Salesforce?
You have the option to enable or disable data sync between Salesforce and Einstein Analytics, this sync is only for objects and fields used Einstein Analytics; however, to fetch external data, you must enable sync. When the sync is enabled, data use in Einstein Analytics will be sync from Salesforce – not all Salesforce data.
What is my private app in Einstein analytics?
In Einstein Analytics, each user has their own app called “My Private App”, where you can store reports for your personal use – just like in Salesforce with your “Private Reports” folder, which comes up as default when you save a new report.