What are external Services in Salesforce and how to integrate without writing single line of code

1. Path to Code
Begin Your Salesforce Coding Adventure

2. Episode 10
External Services

3. Salesforce MVP / Developer
6x Salesforce Certifications
500+ Trailhead Badges
Abhilasha Singh

4. Agenda
• An Overview of Visual Workflow
• Introducing External Services
• How to Setup an External Service
• Live Demo
• Learn more at Trailhead
• References

5. An Overview of FLOW
Officially called ‘Visual Workflow’

6. FLOW: Automate Salesforce with Clicks, not
Code
• Simple or Complex Business
Logic
• CRUD Operation
• Screens or “headless”
• A lot of Control
- Variables
- Looping
- Switches
• Blend Clicks and Code with APEX

7. External Services
No-Code API Consumption!

8. The New “No Code” Version- External
Services

9. Architecture

10. How to Setup an External Service

11. Step 1: Setup Named Credentials
First, define the Named Credential:
• From Setup, enter Named Credentials in the Quick Find box, then
select Named Credentials.
• Click New Named Credential.
• Enter the Label
• Enter the URL
• Leave other fields as they are and click Save

12. Step 2: Register Your External Service
1. From Setup in Lightning Experience, enter External Services in the
Quick Find box, and select External Services.
2. Click Add an External Service.
3. Enter a service name and an optional description.
4. Choose a named credential.
5. Enter a schema URL path (or endpoint) or provide a complete
schema. ...
6. Click Next.
7. Click Done

13. The API Schema File
You can find this API Schema file here:
https://createasciiart.herokuapp.com/schema

14. Live Demo
How to use External Services in FLOW

15. Learn more @ Trailhead
Trail
Automate Your Business Processes with Lightning Flow
Module
External Services
Superbadge
Process Automation Specialist

16. Resources
 Create a FLOW for your External Services
 Cloud FLOW Designer Guide
 External Services with Clicks, NOT Code

17. Q & A

18. Thank You