The Lead-to-Order process is an end to end process which starts with a potential customer's intent to buy a product, up to the fulfillment of this sale. See the illustration below.
Lead Qualification
Once a lead is generated, the lead will go through a qualification process. The objective of this process is to determine whether the lead is most likely to make an actual purchase. Once the lead is qualified this will turn into an actual opportunity for a sale. In Salesforce, this is tracked via the Lead object.
Opportunity Management
As a lead qualifies into an opportunity, the sales team will work on the opportunity together with the potential customer, in order to identify the need and suggest an appropriate product or service which will meet this need. In case the opportunity is won, this will generate one or more orders in order to fulfill the won opportunity. In Salesforce, this is tracked via the Opportunity object, and the Quote object.
Quote Management
Once an opportunity moves forward with a customer, products and services will be offered through quotes. In Salesforce CPQ the Quote object contains information about the products and services a customer wants to buy. You can create as many quotes as you want on a given opportunity. However many quotes your opportunity contains, only one can be designated as primary.
Order Management
Within Order management, the order lifecycle is maintained, including order capture, and fulfillment. In Salesforce, the Order object is used to maintain this process. One quote may have multiple orders if the configuration is set in CPQ package.
Contract Management
Contracts are used when orders included at least one subscription product under a contract-based renewal model. Salesforce CPQ creates a contract record for them.
Optionally, this may then extend and generate an invoice and receivables, in what is called the Lead-to-Cash process.
The following tags are available by default.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Amended opportunity | Once a contract is amended a new opportunity is created to keep track of that new piece in the contract. These opportunities are automatically created. |
| Approval process started multiple times | Multiple approvals may exist for one object, however if the same approval process is triggered multiple times, there might be inefficiencies to review. Applies for all objects (Lead, Opportunity, Quote, Order, Contract). |
| Multiple Owner Changes | Applies for all objects (Lead, Opportunity, Quote, Order, Contract), reflects that the owner of that object has been changed multiple times and that may be justified (vacations, escalations) or may require attention. |
| Opportunity amount reduced | Opportunity Amount was changed to a value less than the original value. Represents an opportunity which is losing value. |
| Opportunity close date postponed | An opportunity is getting delayed according to its original close date, which means the opportunity might require attention. |
| Primary quote changed multiple times | The primary quote in an opportunity is the one that can turn into an order. There might be inefficiencies to review if these changes happen constantly. |
| Multiple users for same activity | An opportunity has the same activity executed multiple times by different users. |
The following due dates are available by default.
| Due date | Description |
|---|---|
| Original Opportunity Close Date | Identifies original expected close date for the opportunity and verifies against the actual close date. |
This app template uses Salesforce Sales Cloud with Salesforce CPQ package as source system. The CPQ package must be installed in the Salesforce Org.
Extraction for the system is done using CData Sync. To set-up the extraction, make sure you have a valid license for CData Sync and have installed CData Sync.
To be able to extract data from Salesforce the following configuration in Salesforce is required.
Depending on which fields have field history tracked, different change events will be recorded. Field history tracking can be configured from each object within Salesforce setup. Recommended minimal setup is having the following object and fields tracked:
By default, Field History is disabled per object. In order to setup Field History Tracking for an object, the following Salesforce manual contains a step by step instruction: Salesforce - Track Field History for Standard Objects. Note: if a field is activated for tracking, the values will be tracked from that moment onwards. Any changes before that point in time will not be saved. As of February 2022, Salesforce retains field history data for up to 18 months through the org and up to 24 months via the API, and Field history tracking data doesn't count towards Salesforce org's data storage limits.
In case the history needs to be stored for a longer period of time, Field Audit Trail must be activated. This allows copying of history data into a separate big data object and allows storage for up to 10 years.
The user must be marked as "Marketing User" in the user settings in order to extract Campaign information.
To allow users to create multiple orders from a quote, "Allow Multiple Orders" in CPQ Order Package Settings must be selected.
In order to connect via CData, the user establishing the connection must be API Enabled, and must have appropriate read permissions on each of the objects which are being extracted. All fields included in the input tables must be visible for the user extracting the data. In case any fields are not visible, and may not be made visible, permissions should be granted to the user, or a profile with permissions should be used to extract the data.
Additionally, a security token should be generated for the user. This can be done by resetting the current security token in your personal settings, see Salesforce - Reset Your Security Token. The security token is required to establish the connection to Salesforce via CData Sync.
The Salesforce Configure Price Quote app template works on the process starting on the marketing campaign generation, up to the generation of customer orders, if the order includes subscription products the process adds contracts to track the subscriptions.
This includes processing of the following Salesforce transactional objects:
Additionally, the following additional objects are used to add additional information:
In order to allow Currency conversion and to calculate amounts using historical exchange rates, Effective dated currency should be enabled in the Salesforce org, and historical exchange rates should be loaded into the system. The following object will become available after the feature is enabled:
*CurrencyType, DatedConversionRate objects are by default disabled in Salesforce orgs. By default, these will not be considered in the transformations. If the feature Effective dated currency is enabled in the Salesforce org, the transformation and related logic can be enabled by using DBT variables. Alternatively, the information for this feature can also be loaded manually using seed files.
To set up the destination connection, follow the steps as defined in Create a destination connection (Automation Cloud). Note: If you are using Automation Suite, make sure to select AUTOMATION SUITE as the DELIVERY option and select the correct version of Automation Suite you are using.
To create the Job in CData make sure to follow the steps below.
In the Advanced tab in the Job Settings panel, edit the following settings:
If you are using Automation Suite, set the Destination Schema in the Settings panel on the overview tab. Use the schema name you retrieved when you created the destination connection.
Important: Make sure you edit the Pre-job Event.
CData Sync allows the use of environment variables in order to drive specific extraction logic in each query.
| Variable | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| start_extraction_date | Defines first date for which data will be extracted. | Mandatory |
| end_extraction_date | Last date for which data will be extracted. |
In order to setup the environment variables:
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go to the Events tab in the Job Settings panel of the job you are creating |
| 2 | Edit the Pre-Job Event section to add the code displayed below after <!-- Code goes here -- >. Do not modify the api:info details that are shown by default. |
| 3 | Click on Save Changes. |
<!-- Modify environment variables here. -->
<!-- Variable start_extraction_date must be populated.-->
<api:set attr="out.env:start_extraction_date" value="2022-01-01" />
<!-- In case a specific end date is needed, replace the value string with the required date in yyyy-MM-dd format. -->
<!-- i.e api:set attr="out.env:end_extraction_date" value="2022-02-01" -->
<api:set attr="out.env:end_extraction_date" value="[null | now() | todate('yyyy-MM-dd')]" />
<api:push item="out" />
In order to modify the environment variables, modify the values within the Events tab. By default, end_extraction_date will default to today's date. start_extraction_date must always be populated.
After the data has been successfully loaded, the Process Mining platform needs to start the data ingestion process. This is done by calling the End of Upload API. In order to set this up, follow the steps below:
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go to the Events tab in the Job Settings panel of the job you are creating |
| 2 | Edit the Post-Job Event section to add the code displayed below after <!-- Code goes here -- >. Do not modify the api:info details that are shown by default. |
| 3 | Fill out the End of Upload API with the value provided. |
| 4 | In case you need a debugging log for this call, uncomment the two lines provided in the code below and provide a location for the log file. |
| 5 | Click on Save Changes. |
<api:set attr="http.url" value="END_OF_UPLOAD_API"/>
<!-- <api:set attr="http.verbosity" value="5"/> -->
<!-- <api:set attr="http.logfile" value="D:/mydir/cdata_log.txt"/> -->
<api:call op="httpPost" in="http"/>
Once the job is correctly setup, go to Task tab, click + Add Tasks, enable the Custom Query option and paste the following queries (each query needs to maintain the semicolon at the end). Make sure you save all changes.
Default Extraction
The following set of queries should be used for the default scenario where Multi Currency, Dated Conversion Rates, Person Accounts and Record types are not used and are disabled. In case any of these are used, please add the scripts in the Alternative Scenarios section.
REPLICATE [Account] SELECT [Id], [AccountSource], [BillingCountry], [BillingState], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Industry], [Name], [OwnerId], [Ownership], [ParentId], [Rating], [Type] FROM [Account];
REPLICATE [Campaign] SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Name], [OwnerId], [ParentId], [Status], [Type] FROM [Campaign] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [CampaignMember] SELECT [Id], [CampaignId], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [LeadId], [Status] FROM [CampaignMember] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [Lead] SELECT [Id], [ConvertedOpportunityId], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Name], [OwnerId] FROM [Lead] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [Opportunity] SELECT [Id], [AccountId], [Amount], FORMAT([CloseDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd') as [CloseDate], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [ForecastCategory], [IsClosed], [IsWon], FORMAT([LastStageChangeDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [LastStageChangeDate], [LeadSource], [Name], [OwnerId], [Probability], [StageName], [Type], [SBQQ__AmendedContract__c] FROM [Opportunity] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [RecordType] SELECT [Id], [Name] FROM [RecordType];
REPLICATE [User] SELECT [Id], [Department], [Name], [UserType] FROM [User];
REPLICATE [ProcessDefinition] SELECT [Id], [Name], [TableEnumOrId], [Type] FROM [ProcessDefinition] WHERE [Type] = 'Approval';
REPLICATE [ProcessInstance] SELECT [Id], [TargetObjectId], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [ProcessDefinitionId], [Status] FROM [ProcessInstance] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [ProcessInstanceStep] SELECT [Id], [Comments], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [ProcessInstanceId], [StepStatus] FROM [ProcessInstanceStep] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [SBQQ__Quote__c] SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Name], [SBQQ__Opportunity2__c] FROM [SBQQ__Quote__c] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [Order] SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Name], [OpportunityId], [SBQQ__Quote__c] FROM [Order] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [OrderItem] SELECT [OrderId], [SBQQ__Contract__c] FROM [OrderItem] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
REPLICATE [Contract] SELECT [Id], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [ContractNumber], [CreatedById], [OwnerId] FROM [Contract];
REPLICATE [LeadHistory] WITH ReplicateStartDate = '{env:start_extraction_date}', replicateenddate = '{env:end_extraction_date}' SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Field], [LeadId], [NewValue], [OldValue], [DataType] FROM [LeadHistory] WHERE ((((([Field] = 'Status') OR ([Field] = 'Rating')) OR ([Field] = 'Owner')) AND ([DataType] != 'EntityId')));
REPLICATE [OpportunityFieldHistory] WITH ReplicateStartDate = '{env:start_extraction_date}', replicateenddate = '{env:end_extraction_date}' SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Field], [NewValue], [OldValue], [OpportunityId], [DataType] FROM [OpportunityFieldHistory] WHERE (((((([Field] = 'Amount') OR ([Field] = 'StageName')) OR ([Field] = 'Owner')) OR ([Field] = 'CloseDate')) AND ([DataType] != 'EntityId')));
REPLICATE [SBQQ__Quote__History] WITH ReplicateStartDate = '{env:start_extraction_date}', replicateenddate = '{env:end_extraction_date}' SELECT [Id], [ParentId], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Field], [NewValue], [OldValue], [DataType] FROM [SBQQ__Quote__History] WHERE ((((([Field] = 'SBQQ__Status__c') OR ([Field] = 'SBQQ__ExpirationDate__c')) OR ([Field] = 'SBQQ__Primary__c')) OR ([Field] = 'SBQQ__SubscriptionTerm__c')) OR ([Field] = 'SBQQ__SalesRep__c')) AND ([DataType] != 'EntityId');
REPLICATE [OrderHistory] WITH ReplicateStartDate = '{env:start_extraction_date}', ReplicateEndDate = '{env:end_extraction_date}' SELECT [Id], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Field], [NewValue], [OldValue], [OrderId], [DataType] FROM [OrderHistory] WHERE ((([Field] = 'Status') OR ([Field] = 'Owner')) OR ([Field] = 'TotalAmount')) AND ([DataType] != 'EntityId');
REPLICATE [ContractHistory] WITH ReplicateStartDate = '{env:start_extraction_date}', replicateenddate = '{env:end_extraction_date}' SELECT [Id], [ContractId], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Field], [NewValue], [OldValue], [DataType] FROM [ContractHistory] WHERE ((([Field] = 'Status') OR ([Field] = 'Owner')) OR ([Field] = 'ContractTerm')) AND ([DataType] != 'EntityId');
Note regarding CData Salesforce Provider Version 21.0.8097.0
When a table has an _Incremental Check Column_ field predefined in CData Sync, the SQL query cannot use the same date field in both statements (WITH and WHERE) at the same time.
If version 21.0.8097.0 (or an older version) of CData is used, the date filtering should be done in the WHERE clause and should be removed from the WITH statement.
Alternative Scenarios
The following scenarios can be used in combination with each other:
Multi Currency and Dated Conversion Rates are enabled in Salesforce Org
In case multi currency is used in the Salesforce org, add the following queries:
REPLICATE [CurrencyType] SELECT [Id], [IsCorporate], [IsoCode] FROM [CurrencyType] WHERE [IsCorporate] = 1;
REPLICATE [DatedConversionRate] SELECT [Id], [IsoCode], FORMAT([NextStartDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd') as [NextStartDate], FORMAT([StartDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd') as [StartDate], [ConversionRate] FROM [DatedConversionRate];
Additionally, the Opportunity query must be changed to the following to add the CurrencyIsoCode field in the query.
REPLICATE [Opportunity] SELECT [Id], [AccountId], [Amount], FORMAT([CloseDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd') as [CloseDate], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [CurrencyIsoCode], [ForecastCategory], [IsClosed], [IsWon], FORMAT([LastStageChangeDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [LastStageChangeDate], [LeadSource], [Name], [OwnerId], [Probability], [StageName], [Type], [SBQQ__AmendedContract__c] FROM [Opportunity] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
Person Accounts enabled in Salesforce Org
In Case Person Accounts (field IsPersonAccount) are used - replace the Accounts query with the following query. This query will add the field IsPersonAccount in the Accounts extraction.
REPLICATE [Account] SELECT [Id], [AccountSource], [BillingCountry], [BillingState], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [Industry], [IsPersonAccount], [Name], [OwnerId], [Ownership], [ParentId], [Rating], [Type] FROM [Account];
Record Types are enabled in Salesforce Org
In case Record Types are used the Opportunity query must be amended to add the RecordTypeId field in the query.
The following replicate shows Opportunity with RecordTypeId and CurrencyIsoCode values added.
REPLICATE [Opportunity] SELECT [Id], [AccountId], [Amount], FORMAT([CloseDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd') as [CloseDate], [CreatedById], FORMAT([CreatedDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [CreatedDate], [CurrencyIsoCode], [ForecastCategory], [IsClosed], [IsWon], FORMAT([LastStageChangeDate], 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss') as [LastStageChangeDate], [LeadSource], [Name], [OwnerId], [Probability], [RecordTypeId], [StageName], [Type], [SBQQ__AmendedContract__c] FROM [Opportunity] WHERE ([CreatedDate] >= '{env:start_extraction_date}') AND ([CreatedDate] <= '{env:end_extraction_date}');
The following tables include the list of fields per input table, their description, data type to be used when formatting the input and the filter flag to identify those that are being used to filter data.
Below is an overview of the different field types and their default format settings.
| Field type | Description |
|---|---|
| boolean | true, false, 1, 0 |
| date | yyyy-mm-dd |
| datetime | yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.ms], where [.ms] is optional. |
| double | Decimal separator: . (dot); thousand separator: none |
| integer | Thousand separator: none |
| text | N/A |
Represents an individual account, which is an organization or person involved with your business (such as customers, competitors, and partners).
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Account Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| AccountSource | The source of the account record. For example, Advertisement, Data.com, or Trade Show. The source is selected from a pick list of available values, which are set by an administrator. | text | |
| BillingCountry | Details for the billing address of this account. | text | |
| BillingState | Details for the billing address of this account. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the account. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the account was created. | datetime | |
| Industry | An industry associated with this account. | text | |
| IsPersonAccount* | Indicates whether this account has a record type of Person Account (true) or not (false). This field is not available by default in Salesforce, but is setup by Salesforce when requested for B2C environments. This attribute can be enabled / disabled using the use_is_person_account DBT variable. |
boolean | |
| Name | Name of the account. If the account has a record type of Person Account: This value is the concatenation of the FirstName, MiddleName, LastName, and Suffix of the associated person contact. | text | |
| OwnerId | The ID of the user who currently owns this account. | text | |
| Ownership | Ownership type for the account, for example Private, Public, or Subsidiary. | text | |
| ParentId | ID of the parent object, if any. | text | |
| Rating | The account's prospect rating, for example Hot, Warm, or Cold. | text | |
| Type | Type of account, for example, Customer, Competitor, or Partner. | text |
Represents and tracks a marketing campaign, such as a direct mail promotion, webinar, or trade show.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Campaign Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the campaign. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the campaign was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| Name | Name of the campaign. | text | |
| OwnerId | ID of the user who owns this campaign. | text | |
| ParentId | ID of the parent Campaign record, if any. | text | |
| Status | Status of the campaign, for example, Planned, In Progress. | text | |
| Type | Type of campaign, for example, Direct Mail or Referral Program. | text |
Represents the association between a campaign and either a lead or a contact.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Campaign Member Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CampaignId | Required. ID of the Campaign to which this Lead or Contact is associated. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the campaign member record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the campaign member record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| LeadId | Required. ID of the Lead who is associated with a Campaign. | text | |
| Status | Controls the HasResponded flag on this object. In the Salesforce user interface, Marketing users can define valid status values for the Status picklist. | text |
Represents the subscription products that customers have purchased. The Contract store information on the subscriptions that sales reps have quoted or ordered.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Contract Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the contract record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the contract record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| ContractNumber | Auto Number assigned to the Contract once is created. | text | |
| OwnerId | ID of the user who owns this contract. | text |
History for tracked fields of Contract.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Contract History Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| ContractId | Related Contract Record Id. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the history record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the history record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| DataType | Data Type for the field which was modified. | text | <> EntityId |
| Field | Field which was modified on the contract record. | text | in (Status, Owner, ContractTerm) |
| NewValue | Value after change. | text | |
| OldValue | Value before change. | text |
Represents the currencies used by an organization for which the Multi-currency feature is enabled.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Currency Type record identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| IsCorporate | Indicates whether this currency type is the corporate currency (true) or not (false). Label is Corporate Currency. All other currency conversion rates are applied against this corporate currency. | boolean | = 1 |
| IsoCode | ISO code of the currency. Must be one of the valid alphabetic, three-letter currency ISO codes defined by the ISO 4217 standard, such as USD, GBP, or JPY. | text |
Represents the dated exchange rates used by an organization for which the Multi-currency and the effective dated currency features are enabled.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Dated Conversion Rate record identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| ConversionRate | Conversion rate of this currency type against the corporate currency. | double | |
| IsoCode | ISO code of the currency. Must be one of the valid alphabetic, three-letter currency ISO codes defined by the ISO 4217 standard, such as USD, GBP, or JPY. | text | |
| NextStartDate | The date on which the next effective dated exchange rate will start. Effectively the day after the end date for this exchange rate. | date | |
| StartDate | The date on which the effective dated exchange rate starts. | date |
Represents a prospect or lead.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Lead Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| ConvertedOpportunityId | Object reference ID that points to the opportunity into which the lead has been converted. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the campaign member record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the campaign member record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| Name | Concatenation of FirstName, MiddleName, LastName, and Suffix up to 203 characters, including white spaces. | text | |
| OwnerId | ID of the lead's owner. | text |
History for tracked fields of Lead.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Lead History Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| LeadId | Related Lead Record Id. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the history record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the history record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| DataType | Data Type for the field which was modified. | text | <> EntityId |
| Field | Field which was modified on the lead record. | text | in (Status, Rating, Owner) |
| NewValue | Value after change. | text | |
| OldValue | Value before change. | text |
Represents an opportunity, which is a sale or pending deal. This will be the main Case Identifier for the Process Mining model.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Opportunity Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| AccountId | ID of the account associated with this opportunity. | text | |
| Amount | Estimated total sale amount. For opportunities with products, the amount is the sum of the related products. | double | |
| CloseDate | Date when the opportunity is expected to close. | date | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the opportunity record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the opportunity record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| CurrencyIsoCode | Available only for organizations with the Multi-currency feature enabled. Contains the ISO code for any currency allowed by the organization. | text | |
| ForecastCategory | Used to group opportunities for forecasting. It is implied, but not directly controlled, by the StageName field. | text | |
| IsClosed | Boolean value which states whether the opportunity is closed. | boolean | |
| IsWon | Boolean value which states whether the opportunity is won. | boolean | |
| LastStageChangeDate | Shows timestamp in which the stage was changed last. Present starting from Salesforce REST API version 52.0. | datetime | |
| LeadSource | Source of this opportunity, such as Advertisement or Trade Show. | text | |
| Name | A name for this opportunity. | text | |
| OwnerId | ID of the User who has been assigned to work this opportunity. | text | |
| Probability | Percentage of estimated confidence in closing the opportunity. It is implied, but not directly controlled, by the StageName field. | double | |
| RecordTypeId* | ID of the record type assigned to this object. In order for this field to appear on the opportunity object, there needs to be at least one record type for opportunities. | text | |
| SBQQ__AmendedContract__c | ID of the related contract that was amended. The origin for the amendment opportunity. | text | |
| StageName | Current stage of this record. The StageName field controls several other fields on an opportunity. | text | |
| Type | Type of opportunity. For example, Existing Business or New Business. | text |
Represents the history of changes to the values in the fields of an opportunity.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Opportunity History Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| OpportunityId | Related Opportunity Record Id. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the history record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the history record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| DataType | Data Type for the field which was modified. | text | <> EntityId |
| Field | Field which was modified on the opportunity record. | text | in (StageName, Amount, Owner, CloseDate) |
| NewValue | Value after change. | text | |
| OldValue | Value before change. | text |
Represents an order associated with a quote, an order record track the products from customers purchases.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Order Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the order. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the quote was order. | datetime | time based filter |
| Name | Name for the order. | text | |
| OpportunityId | Related Opportunity Record Id. | text | |
| SBQQ__Quote__c | ID for the quote associated with the order. | text |
Represents an order product which is a product or service that is provided to a customer according to an associated order for each of the quote lines.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| OrderId | ID for the order associated with the order product. | text | |
| SBQQ__Contract__c | The contract of the subscription that is created from this order product. | text |
Note: Filter in OrderItem is done by CreatedDate field which is not being extracted
Represents historical information about changes that have been made to the standard fields of the associated order, or to any custom fields with history tracking enabled.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Order History Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| OrderId | Related order Record Id. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the history record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the history record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| DataType | Data Type for the field which was modified. | text | <> EntityId |
| Field | Field which was modified on the order record. | text | in (Status, Owner, TotalAmount) |
| NewValue | Value after change. | text | |
| OldValue | Value before change. | text |
Represents the Quote object that stores all the details of the products and prices quoted for an opportunity. Quotes are created from and synced with opportunities, and emailed as PDFs to customers.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Quote Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the quote. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the quote was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| Name | System-generated number for referencing the quote. | text | |
| SBQQ__Opportunity2__c | ID for the opportunity associated with the quote. | text |
Represents historical information about changes that have been made to the standard fields of the associated quote, or to any custom fields with history tracking enabled.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Quote History Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| ParentId | Related quote Record Id. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the history record. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the history record was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| DataType | Data Type for the field which was modified. | text | <> EntityId |
| Field | Field which was modified on the quote record. | text | in (SBQQ__Primary__c, SBQQ__Status__c, SBQQ__SubscriptionTerm__c) or in (SBQQ__SalesRep__c, SBQQ__ExpirationDate__c) and OldValue not null |
| NewValue | Value after change. | text | |
| OldValue | Value before change. | text | When "Field" takes the following values, OldValue cannot be null:'SBQQ__SalesRep__c', 'SBQQ__ExpirationDate__c' |
Represents the definition of a single approval process.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Process Definition Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| Name | The unique process name, used internally. | text | |
| TableEnumOrId | Specifies the object associated with the approval process, such as Account or Contact. | text | |
| Type | This field shows the type of process. In this case the only type that is of interest for the logic are the Approval types. | text | = Approval |
Represents an instance of a single, end-to-end approval process.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Process Instance Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the process instance. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the process instance was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| ProcessDefinitionId | The ID of this approval process instance. This is a relationship field. | text | |
| Status | The status of this approval process instance, for example Started, Pending, or Approved. | text | |
| TargetObjectId | ID of the object affected by this approval process instance. This is a polymorphic relationship field. | text |
Represents one work item in an approval process (ProcessInstance).
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Process Instance Step Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| Comments | Limit: 4,000 bytes. | text | |
| CreatedById | User ID who created the process instance step. | text | |
| CreatedDate | Date in which the process instance step was created. | datetime | time based filter |
| ProcessInstanceId | ID of the ProcessInstance that this approval step belongs to. This is a relationship field. | text | |
| StepStatus | The current status of this approval step. Examples are Approved, Fault, Held, NoResponse, Pending, Reassigned, Rejected, Removed, Started. | text |
Represents a record type, which might define a different sales process for opportunities.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Record Type Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| Name | Label of the record type in the user interface. | text |
Represents each user in the Salesforce organization.
| Field | Description | Data Type | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | User Identifier (Primary Key). | text | |
| Department | The company department associated with the user. | text | |
| Name | Concatenation of FirstName and LastName. | text | |
| UserType | The category of user license. | text |
This seed file is used to add automation-related properties to each activity, used for the automation potential dashboard. For more information, see Simulating Automation Potential.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | Text | Display name for the activity |
| Event_cost | Double | Cost associated with the activity |
| Event_processing_time | Integer | Processing time associated with the activity (in milliseconds) |
This seed file is used to define properties for the due dates. For more information, see Due Dates.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Due_date | Text | The name of the due date |
| Due_date_type | Text | The Due date type |
| Fixed_costs | Boolean | An indication whether costs are fixed or time based |
| Cost | Double | Fixed costs: The amount of costs. Variable costs: The amount of costs per Time and Time_type |
| Time | Integer | A number indicating the amount of time in case of time-based costs |
| Time_type | Text | Type of time period for cost calculations. This can be any of the following values: day, hour, minute, second or millisecond |
This file is used to set the users that are automated.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Automated_users | Text | User that is considered automated. |
Below is an overview of the variables that must be configured based on the Salesforce configuration for the end customer. These variables are defined in the dbt_project.yml file.
| Variable | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| conversion_rate_start_date | string | Specifies the starting date for currency conversions, when there are no prior historic exchange rates. This replaces the null value that is used in Salesforce. |
| use_is_person_account | boolean | Defines whether the IsPersonAccount attribute will be used. This should be disabled in Salesforce Orgs where there are no Person Accounts. Setting this to true will enable the attribute to being queried in the transformations, and will enable associated tests. Default is false. |
| use_currency_conversion | boolean | Defines whether the multi currency conversion will be used. This should be disabled in Salesforce Orgs where multi currency is not used. Setting this to true will enable currency conversion. Default is false. |
| use_record_types | boolean | Defines whether the record type conversions will be used. This should be disabled in Salesforce Orgs where record types are not used. Setting this to true will enable record types to be queried and added to the transformations. Default is false. |
Salesforce already treats each object as an individual object, however the objects are joined to additional master data in order to provide additional information.
| Object | Input Data |
|---|---|
| Lead | Lead, User |
| Opportunity | Opportunity, Accounts, User, RecordType |
| Quote | Quote, User |
| Order | Order, User |
| Order_item | OrderItem |
| Contract | Contract, User |
The following shows all objects that were used for the process. However not all of them would be converted as objects as they were merely used for connecting the objects that actually had activities tracked in the process.
| Object | Activity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | Creation | Lead is generated in the system. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the Lead object. |
| Lead | Add to Campaign | Lead is added to a marketing campaign for tracking. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the CampaignMember object for each LeadId. |
| Lead | Status Change* | Lead moves from different status. Standard status in Salesforce are: Open, Contacted, Qualified, Unqualified. Identified based on the Old and New values for field = Status on the LeadHistory object. |
| Lead | Approvals* | Any approval process which was submitted. This may be generated by any custom configuration the customer has. |
| Lead | Additional Field Changes* | Depending on fields tracked on the object, the event will be record as a change activity. In the standard connector, Owner and Rating are tracked, but may be expanded depending on customer configuration. Identified based on records on the LeadHistory object. |
| Opportunity | Creation | Opportunity is generated in the system. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the Opportunity object. |
| Opportunity | Stage Change* | Opportunity moves from different status. Standard status in Salesforce are: Prospecting, Qualification, Needs Analysis, Value Proposition, ID Decision Makers, Perception Analysis, Proposal / Price Quote, Negotiation / Review, Closed Won, Closed Lost. Identified based on the Old and New values for field = StageName on the OpportunityFieldHistory object. |
| Opportunity | Additional Changes* | Depending on fields tracked on the object, the event will be record as a change activity. In the standard connector, Owner, Close Date and Amount are tracked, but may be expanded depending on customer configuration. Identified based on values on the OpportunityFieldHistory object. |
| Opportunity | Approvals* | Any approval process which was submitted. This may be generated by any custom configuration the customer has. |
| Quote | Creation | Quote is generated in the system. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the Quote. |
| Quote | Approvals* | Any approval process which was submitted. This may be generated by any custom configuration the customer has. |
| Quote | Status Change* | Quote moves from different status. Standard status in Salesforce are: Draft, In Review, Approved, Denied, Presented, Accepted, Rejected. Identified based on the Old and New values for field = Status on the QuoteHistory object. |
| Quote | Additional Changes* | Depending on fields tracked on the object, the event will be record as a change activity. In the standard connector, Primary quote, subscription terms, Sales Rep and Expiration date are tracked, but may be expanded depending on customer configuration. Identified based on the values on the QuoteHistory object. |
| Order | Creation | Order is generated in the system. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the Order. |
| Order | Status Change* | Order moves from different status. Standard status in Salesforce are: Draft, Activated. Identified based on the Old and New values for field = Status on the OrderHistory object. |
| Order | Additional Changes* | Depending on fields tracked on the object, the event will be record as a change activity. In the standard connector, Owner, and TotalAmount are tracked, but may be expanded depending on customer configuration. Identified based on the values on the OrderHistory object. |
| Order | Approvals* | Any approval process which was submitted. This may be generated by any custom configuration the customer has. |
| Contract | Creation | Contract is generated in the system. Identified based on the CreateDate field on the Contract. |
| Contract | Status Change* | Contract moves from different status. Standard status in Salesforce are: Draft, In Approval Process, Activated. Identified based on the Old and New values for field = Status on the ContractHistory object. |
| Contract | Additional Changes* | Depending on fields tracked on the object, the event will be record as a change activity. In the standard connector, Owner, and Contract term are tracked, but may be expanded depending on customer configuration. Identified based on the values on the ContractHistory object. |
| Contract | Approvals* | Any approval process which was submitted. This may be generated by any custom configuration the customer has. |
*The actual activity names will depend on the values defined on the customer Salesforce organization.
All contracts that get amended will generate automatically a new Opportunity_id that will be linked to the former. Therefore, all activities happening to the contract will be included in both case_id's: the original opportunity and the amended one. That can be seen when comparing the total amount of records in Events_all table vs Event_log_base table, thus it will be correct to have more records in the Event_log_base table.
Automated Process which is used for automated processing for Salesforce changes, however any additional users such as interfaces or RPA will use normal licenses and are not differentiated by user type.Below is a list of common problems and their solutions.
CurrencyISOCode, IsPersonAccount, LastStageChangeDate, RecordTypeId check the specific issues in the following section.Order, Quote, CurrencyType, DatedConversionRate check the specific issues in the following section.Campaign and CampaignMember objects not available Check the user record for the user extracting data, and verify the Marketing User checkbox is Active.
CurrencyIsoCode is not available when extracting data from the Opportunity object Multi-currency is not enabled within the Salesforce org. In case this happens, the conversions should be removed from the data model. This can be achieved by adjusting the variable use_currency_conversion in the dbt_project.yml to false.CurrencyType object is not available when extracting data Multi-currency is not enabled within the Salesforce org. In case this happens, the conversions should be removed from the data model. This can be achieved by adjusting the variable use_currency_conversion in the dbt_project.yml to false.DatedConversionRate object is not available when extracting data Effective currency rate management is not enabled within the Salesforce org. In case this happens, the conversions should be removed from the data model. This can be achieved by adjusting the variable use_currency_conversion in the dbt_project.yml to false.IsPersonAccount field not available in Account object when extracting from Salesforce When extracting data from Salesforce, IsPersonAccount may not be available as the organization may not have B2C customers. In case this happens, the field should be removed from the data model. This can be achieved by adjusting the variable use_is_person_account in the dbt_project.yml to false.LastStageChangeDate field not available in Opportunity object when extracting from Salesforce The field LastStageChangeDate was only made available starting with Salesforce REST API 52.0. Make sure the CData extraction or the extraction method used is using API 52.0 onwards.RecordTypeId is not available when extracting data from the Opportunity object Record Types are not used within the Salesforce org. In case this happens, the conversions should be removed from the data model. This can be achieved by adjusting the variable use_record_types in the dbt_project.yml to false.