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Overview
Salesforce Delete is a Write-type Snap that enables you to delete objects in Salesforce in asynchronous mode. The Snap in Bulk API mode submits batch jobs and sends the batch job information to the output view for the Salesforce Poller Snap. The Snap in REST API mode deletes Salesforce objects and returns results synchronously without the need of the Salesforce Poller Snap.
Prerequisites
None.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations
This Snap performs batch processing, that is, a batch of input documents are processed for each HTTP request sent to Salesforce. Values of all the expression-enabled fields must remain constant during the Snap execution or validation. Hence, all expression fields can support Pipeline parameters only when they are expression-enabled. The input data parameters are not supported for expression fields, for example, $serviceVersion.
Known Issues
None.
Snap Views
| View Type | View Format | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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| Input | Document |
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| This Snap has exactly one input view and receives documents in the view. Each document contains an ID of the object to be deleted. |
| Output | Document |
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| This Snap has at most one output view and produces documents in the view. Each document contains Map data that includes the Job ID, Batch ID, URL, and an array of records in Bulk API mode. If it is executed in REST API mode, each document contains Map data for the ID of the deleted record and a key-value pair of "created":"false". |
| Error | Document |
| N/A | This Snap has one optional error view and might produce documents in the view, if the input data causes an error in the REST API. Each document contains key/value pairs from the input view and an error message from Salesforce.com. The error message is in the value of the error key. If the Snap is in the Bulk API, a similar set of data is available in the error view of the Salesforce Poller Snap connected to this Snap directly or indirectly. The error view contains error, reason, resolution and stack trace. For more information, see Handling Errors with an Error Pipeline. |
Snap Settings
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Label* | String | Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline. | |||||||
Service Version* | String/Expression/Suggestion |
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Batch Size | String/Expression | In Bulk API, this property value is allowed to be from 1 through 10,000. Each input document can contain an ID value to delete one Salesforce record. The Snap stores input records in memory until the number of records reaches the batch size and sends the request to SFDC in a single batch. Increasing the batch size increases the amount of memory used. Decreasing the batch size increases the number of API calls against Salesforce. In REST API, the Snap can delete only one record per request regardless of the value of the Batch size property. Default value: 200
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Object Type | String/Expression/Suggestion | Specify the name of the Salesforce object, such as Account. Default Value: Account | |||||||
Salesforce API* | Dropdown list | Set the Salesforce API mode to Bulk API or REST API. The Snap in REST API mode creates one record at a time and returns the results at the output. REST API can be simpler and faster if the number of records to be created is small (a few). | |||||||
Bulk API Serial mode | Checkbox | Select this checkbox to enable the serial mode for Bulk API. Else, the Bulk API runs in parallel mode. Default Value: Not selected (Parallel mode) | |||||||
Standardize Error Output | Checkbox | Select this checkbox to enable the Snap to produce the error output with Default Value: Not selected | |||||||
Pass Through | Checkbox | Select this checkbox to pass the input document to the output view under the key original. This field applies to REST API and Bulk API, but only when the batch size is one. Default Value: Selected
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| If you want to get the resulting status for each record to be deleted in Bulk API mode, you must connect a Salesforce Poller Snap after the Salesforce Delete Snap. |
Example
The following Pipeline example shows how to delete a record in a Salesforce object:
In the above pipeline execution:
Object record ID is provided to Salesforce Delete Snap using a Mapper Snap renamed to "Pass through Data Snap": 
The Salesforce Delete Snap deletes the specified record in the Account object: 
Successful execution of the Snap gives the following preview:
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