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Use Lightning Connect to create External Objects to track phone plans
- Create an OData 2.0 External Data Source named 'Mobile Devices' using the following URL: https://phone-odata-demo.herokuapp.com/devices.svc/
- Use the 'AtomPub' format and the 'Anonymous' Identity Type for the 'Mobile Devices' External Data Source.
- The 'Mobile Devices' data source must validate and sync the 'phone_plans' table to result in an external object with the API name 'Phone_Plan__x'.
- The 'Mobile Devices' data source must validate and sync the 'phones' table to result in an external object with the API name 'Phone__x'.
- Note that you will need to adjust the Object Names for the two external objects from the default setting after the initial sync.
all the thing have been done but i am getting following errorwhile checking challenge.
2) Make sure you complete that last bullet point.
If neither of those work and you still can't validate your challenge, perhaps try spinning up a new developer org and retrying the lightning connect challenge.
Can someone share a step by step and/or screen shots? Thanks!
George Waskey
I created the tabs for the phone plan and phone.But,it shows error
I am not sure which error you are getting but mine kept saying API name not found. I realised I had to change the Object name.
In the Trailhead challenge it says : Note that you will need to adjust the Object Names for the two external objects from the default setting after the initial sync and specifies that API name should be: 'Phone_Plan__x' and 'Phone__x'
So i after creating the Tab I changed the Object name to Phone Plan and Phone for the resulting API to be as the challenge indicates and that worked for me!
Good luck :)
What I had been doing was creating the connection and then syncing. I then would go into the external objects and change the API names to the appropriate 'phone_plan__x' and 'phone__x' which were originally set to 'phone_plans__x' and 'phones__x'.
Nothing seemed to work for me.
I started from scratch.
1. Create the Mobile Devices data source.
2. Sync and pull in the phone plans and phones
3. Go to Tabs and create 2 tabs for phone plans and phones.
4. Now click on the tab in setup and then click on the object it is referencing and change the API to the correct one 'phone plan' instead of 'phone plans' etc.
*5 now check the challenge and you should have passed. (this also gives you practice on everything int he unit.)
Yasmina Moslehi
your explanation is helpful to me.thank you so much
i am also getting same error.
can anyone help on this.
i also created the tab but i am not able to view data.
when i click on first record i am getting below error.
"External Object Error
This data is no longer available. The record with external ID "MDAwMDEyMzQ0Mg==" is currently unavailable in the external system. Try again later or contact your administrator for help. "
Please help.
It says that I didn't create the External Data Source correctly. But I did everything.
If you are Getting this type of error in this challenge ,
So , You just have to change the Object name & API name of the Phone Plans to Phone Plan . Just only remove Plans spelling to Plan. & don't change the table name .
& feel Good after earning 500 points .
- Make sure that you don’t change the Table Name field in either external object.
You must change the name to as it was originally. That is:
- phone
- phone_plan
*pay attention to handicapped letters
I have tried in all the possible way to fix it but I cannot find the solution on this exercise. This is the answer that is giving to me when I push the green botton.
Challenge not yet complete in My Trailhead Playground 1
There was an unexpected error in your org which is preventing this assessment check from completing: System.ExternalObjectException: An error occurred while connecting to the external system. Please try again, or contact your administrator. Attempted to reach this URL: https://phone-odata-demo.herokuapp.com/devices.svc/phone_plans?$top=1&$inlinecount=allpages&$select=Id. Error received from the external system: 503: Application Error
Hi all,
When I try to perform this challenge I get this error while creating n external source
"Your organization has exceeded the maximum number of external data sources of this type. Purchase another Salesforce Connect add-on, or delete an external data source of one of the following types: Salesforce Connect: OData 2.0, Salesforce Connect: OData 4.0, Salesforce Connect: Custom"
Does anyone know the workaround to this or have any solution?