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  • What is external data source?

    Posted by Anuj on September 1, 2020 at 2:17 PM

    What is external data source in Salesforce?

    • This discussion was modified 6 years ago by  Anuj.
    Shweta replied 6 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Kirandeep

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    September 1, 2020 at 2:21 PM

    An external data source specifies how to access an external system. Salesforce Connect uses external data sources to access data that's stored outside your Salesforce organization. Files Connect uses external data sources to access third-party content systems.

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  • Shweta

    Member
    September 1, 2020 at 4:21 PM

    An external data source is a connection to an external database. With the help of external data sources to access data that's stored outside your Salesforce org. External data sources have associated external objects, which your users and the Lightning platform use to interact with the external data and content.

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