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ddatbig2ddatbig2 

Integrate with third party

Can salesforce integrate with a third party software that supports web services.

In other words when a opportunity is edited, is it possible to send a message to a third party site on save action?

Thanks,

dd

DevAngelDevAngel

Hi ddatbig2,

No, we don't have any mechanism for firing that kind of event.

On the other hand, if you detect the event using polling from and application external to salesforce.com, you could then execute the web service call to the third party from the polling application.

Message Edited by DevAngel on 08-13-2004 09:18 AM
ddatbig2ddatbig2

That means you do not discourage polling.

Will not that potentially slow down saleforce site. In our case polling may be done every second to make sure that our documents are in synch with salesforce opportunities.

Thanks,

dd

 
DevAngelDevAngel

Hi ddatbig2,

We recently introduced to calls specifically to facilitate polling, so yes, we do ecourage polling as an alternative to the as yet unavailable event model.

We also have documentation, to be publshed soon but available now on request, that addresses best practices and limitations with regard to polling.  Contact Mike Kreaden or Dave Morse to request this information.