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Salesforce Lightning Connect

Connect Salesforce & Force.com Apps with live external data.

Our API Server is the fastest way to connect to real-time data from over 200+ applications, databases, and Web APIs from Salesforce1 and Force.com applications.

  • Direct connectivity between Salesforce 1 & your data (no middle-man)
  • Optimized for real-time data access
  • Connect Salesforce with over 200+ applications, databases, and Web APIs

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Power Your Apps

Salesforce1 provides users with a feature-rich platform for building apps, integrating data, and automating business processes. Our API Server offers a straightforward way to connect Salesforce1 with live data from a wide range of back-office data.

Real-Time Integration

Our API Server seamlessly translates OData requests from Salesforce 1 into various database, API, or Web service calls to back-end systems. No ETL required — connect to live back-office data directly.

Real-time data connectivity

Connect Salesforce to External Data in Minutes

To take full advantage of the Salesforce1 platform, our API Server offers a straightforward way to connect Salesforce1 with live data from a wide range of back-office data including on-premise and cloud databases, ERP systems, accounting, and more.

Our API Server creates OData entry-points for your back-end data, allowing your Salesforce1 applications to access back-office data in real-time.

Real-Time Integration

Connect to live back-office data. No ETL required.

Our API Server seamlessly translates OData requests from Salesforce 1 into various database, API, or Web service calls to back-end systems. The resulting data is then mapped and returned to Salesforce as a set of simple data tables. This allows users to build Salesforce applications faster, easily navigating back-end data through familiar relational database interfaces.

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3 Steps to Live Data Connectivity

Connecting Salesforce 1 to back-office data is simple:

1

Download and install a free trial of the API Server - available for more than 200+ databases, applications, and Web APIs.

2

Configure the API Server OData entry-point and define the external data source within Salesforce Lightning Connect.

3

Connect to real-time data from any supported back-office system, directly from Salesforce 1 cloud applications.

As an on-premise solution, you have complete control over access to your back-end data. You never have to expose your data to the risks / complications inherent with a hosted solution. The API Server gives you an easy, fast, and effective way to connect Salesforce 1 to your back-end data.

Connect to Data from Modern Databases and SaaS Sources

The API Server allows you to connect Salesforce & Force.com apps with live data from more than a dozen popular relational and NoSQL databases, as well as 200+ cloud-based and on-premises services and applications.

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