Use the Force.com Bulk API Batch Delete activity to delete a large number of
objects in Salesforce.com.
About this task
Use this task to delete a large number of objects in Salesforce.com. The
call to this activity is a synchronous call where the input data is
sent to the activity for processing and the response is sent back
to the orchestration.
Procedure
- In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab
and expand the Force.com Bulk API folder contents.
- Drag the Batch Delete activity icon
onto the orchestration. The Force.com Bulk API Batch
Delete Checklist is displayed.
- In the Checklist, click Summary.
- Review the contents of the Activity Name field,
and make the required changes.
- In the Checklist, click Pick
Endpoint.
- Click Browse and use the Project
Explorer dialog box to select the relevant Force.com Bulk
API endpoint.
- Optional: You can create the endpoint by clicking New and
specifying the required connection details. Click OK to
save and use the endpoint for this configuration.
- To make required changes to the selected endpoint configuration,
click Edit to access the options in a separate
window. Any changes you make globally affects all uses of the endpoint
in active orchestrations.
- Select Map Inputs in the Checklist.
The XML Schemas generated from the selected object of the Batch
Delete activity are displayed as nodes under the request
input parameter in the To Activity panel.
Note: The input data for the delete activity is a list of IDs
and the object name. All the objects that match the object name and
ID are deleted from Salesforce.com.
- Create a map between the orchestration variables and the
input parameter of the activity.
Note: Values must be
provided at run time for any mandatory elements of the input structure.
A value can be provided by specifying a default value for element
or by linking the element with an input node. During run time if no
value is provided for a mandatory element, the activity throws an
exception, which is reported by the Web Management Console. If a value
is not provided at run time for an optional input parameter, no exception
is thrown during run time.
- Select Map Outputs in the Checklist.
The XML Schema generated to hold the response of the activity is displayed
as nodes under the response output parameter in the From
Activity panel.
- Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration
variables.
Results
You have configured the Force.com Bulk API Batch Delete activity.