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API Names for External Objects and Custom Fields in Salesforce Connect—Cross-Org Adapter

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API Names for External Objects and Custom Fields in Salesforce Connect—Cross-Org Adapter

If external objects and custom fields are created in the subscriber org via syncing, their API names are derived from the corresponding API names in the provider org.

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Each external object’s API name ends with __x. Custom fields on external objects use the traditional __c suffix in the API name. Specifically for objects and custom fields that are synced with the cross-org adapter for Salesforce Connect:

  • For an API name with no suffix in the provider org, the API name is reused in the subscriber org, but with an applied __x suffix for an object or __c suffix for a field.
  • For an API name with a suffix in the provider org, the API name is reused in the subscriber org. But one of the underscores (_) from the original suffix is removed, and a new __x or __c suffix is applied.
Example
Example

If you sync the provider org’s Account object, the subscriber org creates:

  • An external object with the API name Account__x
  • Custom fields including one with the API name Account__x.Name__c

If you sync the provider org’s CustObj__c object, the subscriber org creates:

  • An external object with the API name CustObj_c__x
  • Custom fields including one with the API name CustObj_c__x.Name__c

If the provider org’s object has a custom field, the subscriber org creates the custom field on the equivalent external object, for example:

  • Account__x.MyCustField_c__c
  • CustObj_c__x.MyOtherCustField_c__c

If you sync the provider org’s Account__x external object, the subscriber org creates:

  • An external object with the API name Account_x__x
  • Custom fields including one with API name Account_x__x.Name_c__c

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