Setting up the Salesforce Output Connector for CS Cloud Analytics

The Salesforce Output Connector enables you to save the health score calculated by the Metrics data set, and surface it on your own custom field on the account record page.

Note: You must be assigned the CRM Analytics Platform User permission set to set up the connector. For more information, see CS Cloud Analytics Permission Sets.

Setting up the Salesforce Output Connector for Use in CS Cloud Analytics

To enable the connector to write the health score to the account object in Customer Success Cloud, you must complete the following steps.

Step

 Task Further Information
1 Create a number field on the Account object that you want to save the customer health score value to. For example, "Health Score". For more information about creating custom fields, see the Salesforce Help.
2 Ensure the Salesforce output connection is enabled in your org.

To do this, from Setup navigate to Analytics | Settings, then ensure that the Enable Salesforce output connection checkbox is selected.
3 Set up the Salesforce Output Connector. For more information about setting up the Salesforce Output Connector, see the Salesforce Help.
4

Create or update a CS Cloud Analytics setup record with the following information about the connector and field.

  • Account Health Score Field: The API name of the field on the Account object that the health score will be saved to.
  • Output Connector Name: The developer name of the output connection.
CS Cloud Analytics Setup Fields