Salesforce integration overview

Overview

Salesforce is a CRM platform that helps unify marketing, sales, service, commerce, and IT in personalizing every experience along the customer journey.

Salesforce is available as a Marketplace integration. The integration lets you easily create and update Salesforce records from within Persona.

A common way to use this integration is to update a Salesforce record automatically via a Workflow.

Prerequisites

To use this integration, you must have a Salesforce instance.

Authentication

The Salesforce integration authenticates using OAuth.

Steps

Before you begin

  • Sign in to Salesforce in the web browser you’re using.

Set up

To set up the Salesforce integration:

  1. In the dashboard, select Marketplace in the navigation sidebar.

  2. On the Marketplace page, select the Explore tab.

    • This may be the default page.
  3. In the list of integrations, select Salesforce.

  4. In the upper corner, click + Add Connection.
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  5. In the permissions modal, click Allow.
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Result

You’ll see the new connection on the Salesforce page.

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Using the integration

Once the integration is set up, you can trigger the following Salesforce actions inside your Workflows. Note: If there are multiple options for these actions, choose the one with "OAuth" in the name.

  • Create Salesforce Record
  • Update Salesforce Record

Records include Accounts, Leads, Opportunities, and Contacts within Salesforce.

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Third-party integrations are available to Enterprise and managed Growth customers. If you're interested in third-party integrations, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager or contact the Persona support team.

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