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How does data replication happens between Salesforce and Heroku Postgres database?
When using Heroku Connect for data replication, Salesforce owns the data schema. To add fields to a mapping, you customize the object in Salesforce and then configure the Heroku Connect mapping. You can easily create the Heroku Connect schema in a local Postgres database to self-contain the development environment.
When would the use of Heroku Postgres be appropriate in Salesforce?
Integrate Postgres data with business processes in Salesforce. With Heroku External Objects, you can expose app data stored in Heroku Postgres inside Salesforce for use in business processes such as service case management. You can view and update ecommerce order details, external device status, or service requests.
What are two features of Heroku connect?
Heroku Connect features include:
- Ability to access Salesforce data via SQL. SQL is the ‘lingua franca’ of developers and data–it’s the common denominator of most application development.
- Optimized Force.com API interactions.
- Performance and scale.
- Set it and forget it simplicity.
How do I reset heroku database?
How to reset PG Database on Heroku?
- Step 1: heroku restart.
- Step 2: heroku pg:reset DATABASE (no need to change the DATABASE )
- Step 3: heroku run rake db:migrate.
- Step 4: heroku run rake db:seed (if you have seed)
How to use Heroku external objects with Salesforce connect?
This guide shows how to use Heroku External Objects and Salesforce Connect to integrate data from a Heroku Postgres database into Salesforce. All of this is done by reference: the data remains in Heroku Postgres, but it can be read from and, in most cases, written to from within Salesforce.
How does Heroku connect work with Postgres data?
The data in Postgres is exposed as an external object and queried on access to facilitate real-time integration by reference, so you can access fresh data without needless copies. Heroku Connect provides an API to automate the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of sync operations.
What kind of apps can connect to Heroku?
Apps built using standard open source stacks, like Rails, Node.js and Python, connect natively to Postgres – and via Heroku Connect, directly back to Salesforce. Creating apps that extend your data and processes directly to your customers is now as simple as writing SQL.
How to create external objects in Salesforce connect?
In the Salesforce setup menu, type “External” into the quick find box and choose “External Data Sources”. The interface for creating a new external data source looks like this: Be sure to select Writable External Objects if you’d like to use the read/write capabilities of OData 4.0.