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Heroku Connect

Unleash the power of your Salesforce Data

Product Overview

Heroku Connect is a data integration service that synchronizes data between your Salesforce organization and a
Heroku Postgres database. Using Heroku Connect with Heroku Postgres, you can build applications that interact
with your Salesforce data using your favorite tools, including all languages and frameworks supported by Heroku.
Easily configured with a point and click UI, it’s simple to get the service up and running in minutes – no coding or
complex configuration is required.

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SALESFORCE POSTGRESQL

Product Highlights

Connect multiple Easy click-based UI for Meet regulatory Extend your Salesforce
Salesforce orgs and build bi-directional data sync compliance needs Data into Postgres to
apps that provide a 360 with Heroku Postgres with Heroku Shield deliver new business
view of your customer opportunities
Heroku Connect

Key Product Benefits


Data Replication and Data Proxy Optimized Lightning Platform interactions

Heroku Connect provides both data replication Heroku Connect uses a variety of methods to optimize
and data proxies for Salesforce. Data replication interactions between a Heroku Postgres database and
synchronizes data between Salesforce and a Heroku the Lightning Platform APIs, including SOAP, Bulk,
Postgres database. Depending on how it’s configured, Streaming and other batch processes. Choose the
the synchronization is either one way or bidirectional. objects and attributes you want to map between the
Heroku Connect also provides a data proxy to systems and commit. The synchronization process will
Salesforce through the OData protocol using Heroku operate automatically. The result: integrated application
External Objects. Heroku External Objects provides data across the Lightning Platform and Heroku.
an OData wrapper for the Heroku Postgres database
that Heroku Connect maintains a connection for. This
feature allows other web services to retrieve data from
within the specified Heroku Postgres database using
RESTful endpoints generated by the wrapper.

Point and click configuration

Configure Heroku Connect through a Web UI that is


easy for either developers and Salesforce business
users to set-up and manage. Choose Read-Only or
Read/Write mode. Map as many Salesforce objects
and fields as you need. Heroku Connect replicates
your Salesforce data model inside Postgres and
supports all standard and custom Salesforce objects.

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Heroku Connect

Streamlined developer experience Leverage the power of Heroku Postgres

Heroku Connect provides a way to cleanly separate Heroku Postgres is a SQL database-as-a-service that
Salesforce API interactions from application code. lets you focus on building your application instead of
Build applications on Heroku that use the leading messing around with database management. With
open source database, Postgres. Perform data features like forking and following, data rollbacks, data
transformations inside Postgres using standard clips, and multi-ingress, working with Postgres has
SQL. Developer centric Heroku Connect features never been more powerful and intuitive. Continuous
like detailed logs, subscription notifications, and data protection, automatic health checks, and high
replication of setup across environments via availability at the premium level means you can scale
configuration files improve developer workflow. without worry.

Repeatable automation

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Heroku Connect provides an API to automate the
creation, maintenance, and monitoring of sync
operations. This endpoint helps with tasks that most
need repeatable automation, such as: consistent Faster Data Sync
configuration across development, staging, and with bulk-writes to
production environments; managing connections
Salesforce compared
across multiple Salesforce deployments, and
to SOAP API option
integrating Heroku Connect status with existing
operational systems and alerts.

Heroku External Objects


15B+
Heroku External Objects allows you to make data Rows of Customer Data
in a Heroku Postgres database available within your across 6 Global Regions
Salesforce deployment to create, read, update,
and delete. You can build sophisticated apps in
Heroku and have your application data exposed
in Salesforce business processes, allowing you to Easily handles

1B+
create seamless experiences, while keeping all of
the data in Heroku Postgres. Used with Salesforce
Connect, Heroku External Objects is available as
part of Heroku Connect. Records

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Heroku Connect

Common Use Cases


Integrate external data with business Connect multiple Salesforce orgs
processes in Salesforce for a 360 view of customer

With Heroku Connect and Heroku External Objects, Using Heroku Connect, customers can connect multiple
you can expose app data stored in Heroku Postgres Salesforce orgs to develop a data agility layer that allows
inside Salesforce and vice versa. Then use that data in disparate information to be sourced into a single repository.
business processes such as service case management. Access that data using standard SQL for a variety of use
View and update ecommerce order details, external cases that lets you learn more about customer behavior
device status, or service requests. and preferences.

Offload complex processing


for faster insights

Queries in Salesforce can slow down depending on


data storage configurations and limitations with SOQL.
For complex processing, selected data can be offloaded
into Heroku Postgres for faster processing with your SQL
scripts and Heroku features such as Fork and Follow
that enable cloning and horizontal scaling of your data.
Queries on your Salesforce data in Postgres do not
count toward Salesforce API limits.

Learn More:

Salesforce Integration: Guide for Developers:


https://sforce.co/2raSxm2 https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-connect

Quick Start Guide: How to Get Started with Heroku Connect:


https://sforce.co/2jmTyn3 Contact your account executive, visit heroku.com/
connect or call 1-844-463-0828 today

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