Administrator Guide

Summer 2017

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Configuring the Data Source Settings

You can define the available data sources and set the priority of the fields for the data source in beans.

Based on the Salesforce environment that you use, perform one of the following tasks:

In Salesforce Classic, perform the following tasks:

In the upper-right corner of the page, select your name, and click

Setup

Under

App Setup

, click

Develop

Custom Settings

In Lightning Experience, perform the following tasks:

Click the quick access menu ( The image shows the quick access menu.

), and then click

Setup Home

The

Setup Home

page appears.

Under

PLATFORM TOOLS

, click

Custom Code

Custom Settings

The

Custom Settings

page appears.

Select

Manage

for

Data Source Settings

The

Custom Setting Data Sources

page appears.

To create a Data Source, click

New

The

Data Sources Edit

page appears.

Configure the following components:

Name: Name of the data source or record type.
If the record type is enabled, use the following name format to define data source for one or more record types:
<Data Source>:<Record Type Name1>,<Record Type Name2>,...<Record Type NameN>
For example, SAP:Sales,Marketing indicates that data source definition is applicable to the Sales and Marketing record types.
Check for Duplicates on Create: Optional. Enables
CC360
to check for duplicates when a new record is created. Default is disabled.
Default User ID: Optional. The user identified by this ID is set as the default owner of new account, lead, and contact beans.
Description: Optional. A description for the data source set.
Dynamic Priority: Optional. The API name of the numeric field where the dynamic priority value is stored.
Enable for Search: Optional. Displays the source as a search option in the Account, Lead, and Contact tabs. Default is enabled.
Object Class: Optional. Object class of the data source. For example, Account, Contact, or Product.
Priority Fields: Optional. Priority of the source on the corresponding field in beans in the consolidation process. For example, the priority of the field can be 25.; If the priority is 0,
CC360
updates the corresponding field on the consolidated record and the master bean. If the priority is 100,
CC360
updates the corresponding field on the master bean. If beans have an equal priority, the bean with the most current Last Updated Date is used to update the master bean. If the Last Updated is Null, the most current modification date is used to update the master bean.