Pre-requisites
OIC leverages the SFDC enterprise wsdl to connect to SFDC.
First step is to login to SFDC and download the aforementioned -
Save this file locally.
Create the SFDC Connection in OIC
I then add the user/password - that's it.
Now to a simple example...
Leveraging the SFDC Connection in OIC to Query Data
Here is a simple example where I query SFDC Leads.
Let's look at the options here -
Query -
Query is based on Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
Retrieve is based on object ID
Search -
Search leverages Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
SOQL
For those new to it - akin to ROQL from Service Cloud.
Here is a simple example - first to my Lead in SFDC
Now to query Jimmy via the OIC SFDC adapter -
For those new to SOQL, note the query reference link -
Now to add a couple of more fields to the query -
A complete LEAD field list is available here
Retrieve
Now that I have Jimmy's Id I can leverage it to retrieve his data -
Simple stuff!
Search / SOSL
Note: 2 rows returned.
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Well Jim is short for James.
SOSL docs can be found here