Search Objects activity

About this task

Use the Sforce Object Search Language (SOSL) to run a search query on one or more Salesforce.com object types from this activity and return a results set.

Note: You can only search objects that are configured as searchable or eSearchable. You cannot search attachment objects.

Using the Search Objects activity:

Procedure

  1. In the Activities tab, open the Salesforce.com directory to find the Search Objects activity.
  2. Add the activity to an orchestration. The Checklist and Summary for the activity is displayed beneath the orchestration.

Results

  1. Select a Salesforce.com endpoint. For instructions on creating or editing a Salesforce.com endpoint, see Creating or Editing  a Salesforce.com Endpoint.
  2. Configure the activity, by specifying a search query and setting search query options.
  3. Specify the Retry and Time out parameters for the activity.
  4. Map the input of the activity.
  5. Map the output of the activity.

Map the input of the Search Objects activity:

  1. In the Checklist, select Map Inputs. The parameters element is displayed in the To Activity panel. The parameter element has a child element for each parameter you specified in the SOSL query. The context for the parameter in the query determines the parameter type. If you did not specify any parameters, then no child elements are displayed under the parameters element.  
  2. Right-click the default node and choose Show Optional Parameters, to show the optional input parameters for this activity:
    • CallOptions
    • connection
    • sessionInfo
  3. Click Select Inputs... and select the input variable or variables for the map. For instructions about creating variables, see Creating variables.
  4. As appropriate, map the input parameters to the variable or variables. For mapping instructions, see Creating a map.

Map the output of the Search Objects activity:

  1. In the Checklist, select Map Outputs. The objects element is displayed in the From Activity panel.   
  2. Click Select Outputs... and select the output variable or variables for the map. For instructions about creating variables, see Creating variables.
  3. As appropriate, map the output parameters to the variable or variables. For mapping instructions, see Creating a map.



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