Connect to your back office for a complete view of your business. With the OData 2.0, 4.0, or 4.01 adapter, Salesforce Connect uses Open Data Protocol Version 2.0, Version 4.0, or Version 4.01 to access data that’s stored outside Salesforce.
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience (not for high-data-volume external objects) |
Available in: Developer Edition Available for an extra cost in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions |
Your users and the Lightning Platform interact with the external data via external objects. Salesforce Connect converts each of those interactions into an OData query that contains the relevant parameters to filter the results. Salesforce performs an OData callout each time that:
The OData adapters for Salesforce Connect can access external data that’s exposed via services called OData producers. Learn more about OData producers at www.odata.org.
To understand the limitations on Apex code accessing external objects via the OData adapters, see Apex Considerations for Salesforce Connect External Objects.
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