Apex Code Development You need to sign in to do that
Don't have an account?
Setting up indirect relationship between standard and external object
I'm following a well written tutorial written by @andymahood__c: http://www.tquila.com/blog/2014/11/17/setting-lightning-connect-and-your-first-external-object
When I get to the step #3 ... "Select Edit on the CustomerID field, ...", I don't see Account (or any objects to relate) listed in the drop down box. I have created the custom field on ACCOUNT named CusotmerID Text(5) and marked it as External ID as follows:
CustomerID CustomerID__c Text(5) (External ID) [Checked]
Any ideas?
I just replicate the steps, and I see the problem. If you set up the CustomerId field as a External Id , then account won't appear in the dropdown list, we need to do a little click more when we create the custom field, we need to set up this field as unique in order to be recognise in the Indirect Lookup Relationship. Once you set the field as unique you will be able to see acount and therefore the CustomerId field just after.
Hope it helps :) Meanwhile I'm contacting Andy, just in case this is not the behaviour , but let you know if no :)
Thanks,
Carolina.
All Answers
I just replicate the steps, and I see the problem. If you set up the CustomerId field as a External Id , then account won't appear in the dropdown list, we need to do a little click more when we create the custom field, we need to set up this field as unique in order to be recognise in the Indirect Lookup Relationship. Once you set the field as unique you will be able to see acount and therefore the CustomerId field just after.
Hope it helps :) Meanwhile I'm contacting Andy, just in case this is not the behaviour , but let you know if no :)
Thanks,
Carolina.
Btw, enjoyed the FinancialForce preso at DF14 on magical external objects.
I had same issue & managed to complete as per comments above. But i dont see the data when i navigate to Account nor Orders Object. Please suggest
Thank you
BLearn - Sai
Here's the detail from the help: https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=platform_connect_considerations_relationships.htm&language=en_US
Only objects that have a custom field with the External ID and Unique attributes are available as parent objects in indirect lookup relationships. If you don't see the desired object when you create an indirect lookup relationship field, add a custom unique, external ID field to that object.
https://phone-odata-demo.herokuapp.com/devices.svc/
Challenge Not yet complete... here's what's wrong:
There was an unexpected error in your org which is preventing this assessment check from completing: System.ExternalObjectException: data.api.DataSourceException: This data is no longer available. The "Phone" table in the external data source is currently unavailable. Try again later or contact your administrator for help.
I came upon the same error as I was working on a Trailhead challenge " Setting Up Lightning Connect.' Did you get a resolution regarding this error or is this a known issue within Trailhead as far as the Trailhead and Heroku not syncing. Please advise. Thanks.
Any updates?