Requirements
You must have either Lightning or Classic Salesforce Professional with API access, Salesforce Enterprise or Salesforce Unlimited edition to use the GleanQuote - Salesforce integration. The user setting up the integration must be an admin user in GleanQuote and an admin user in Salesforce.
GleanQuote connects to Salesforce via API. You should be aware of your API limit in Salesforce, which is determined by the edition of Salesforce you are using and the number and type of users.
Enabling the Salesforce Integration
The Salesforce integration can be enabled by navigating to Company Settings/Integrations/CRM.
The first step in setting the integration up is to click the enable button to establish and authorize the connection between GleanView and Salesforce.
You will need to enter your Salesforce userid and password and then you will be prompted to Allow Access.
After allowing access, the Salesforce integration card in GleanQuote should display “Enabled” and a settings button will allow be displayed at the bottom of the card. You can disable access at any time by simply clicking the Disable button.
Editing the Salesforce Integration Settings
The default Salesforce User is used for record assignment if the assigned user for the record being synced doesn’t exist in either Salesforce or GleanQuote.
NOTE: Salesforce users are not automatically created in GleanQuote. In order for record assignment to sync correctly, you must create a user in GleanQuote with a matching email address for every Salesforce user that will be using GleanQuote.
If you want proposal amount to sync back to the SF opportunity amount field (for proposals connected to SF opportunities), then check the box for "Auto-populate Salesforce opportunity amount with GleanQuote proposal total". The SF opportunity amount field will be updated every time you update the GV proposal associated with the opportunity. If more than one GleanQuote proposal is associated with the SF opportunity, then the SF opp amount is updated with the most recently edited GleanQuote proposal.
Next, map GleanQuote fields to corresponding Salesforce Fields for Accounts, Opportunities, and Contacts. Required fields are denoted with a red star in the drop down list. These fields must be mapped -- all others are optional. Note that you must create any custom fields in GleanQuote before mapping.
Click the Save button and you’re done with Settings!
Create a New Proposal Using Salesforce Accounts or Opportunities
Once the Salesforce integration is enabled, you will see additional options for connecting a new proposal to Salesforce records. You will be able to connect the proposal to a GleanQuote Account/Opportunity or a Salesforce Account/Opportunity.
If you choose to connect to a Salesforce Account or Opp, then you will be able to search for Salesforce records in the search box.
Proposal permission settings for the user in GleanQuote determine which Salesforce accounts and opportunities are available in the Search.
If the user has proposal view permissions of User or Team, then they should only be able to see the accounts and opps owned by them in Salesforce. If the user has proposal view permission of ALL, then they should be able to see ALL accounts and opps from Salesforce.
New Accounts and Contacts Created During Synch
If the Salesforce account selected when creating a new proposal does not already exist in GleanQuote, then a new account is created in GleanQuote and all of the Salesforce contacts associated with the account are also created in GleanQuote. The fields for these records are populated according to the mapping in the Salesforce integration settings.
If the Salesforce account selected already exists in GleanQuote, then only blank GleanQuote fields will be overwritten with Salesforce data, and any new contacts with email addresses will be added to the GleanQuote account.
If you choose to connect the proposal to a Salesforce opportunity that does not already exist in GleanQuote, then a new opportunity is created in GleanQuote. The only opportunity field that is synched is opportunity name. The stage of the opportunity in GleanQuote is automatically set to Nurture. If the Salesforce account and contacts associated with the opportunity do not exist in GleanQuote, they are created as well.
If the Salesforce opportunity already exists in GleanQuote, then any new contacts with email addresses associated with the Salesforce account are created in GleanQuote.
Proposal Information from GleanQuote to Salesforce
When you create a new proposal in GleanQuote, information about that proposal is synced back into Salesforce as a new Task connected to the Salesforce account or opp selected.
All proposal activity is recorded and updated in the task, as well as a link back to the proposal in GleanQuote. Proposal information is triggered to sync back to Salesforce in the following cases:
- Anytime the proposal is manually saved
- When the proposal is sent
- When the Get PDF link is clicked for the proposal in GleanQuote
- When the proposal is completed
- When the proposal is paid (if payment integration is enabled)
Additionally, once the proposal is completed, a completed copy of the PDF is synced into Salesforce under the Related tab for the same task:
