Export Salesforce query to existing Google Sheet

Workflow

Sales

Intermediate

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This is a 'Workflow' template which means that it is a single standalone workflow.

Some workflow templates can be modified to work with other workflow templates - e.g. to convert a data sync between two services from uni-directional to bi-directional

Overview

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This template allows you to take a small set of Salesforce records (maximum being 2,000), and update a Google Sheet that you are using for a report.

The resulting workflow can then be set to a schedule and will refresh the worksheet tab with an updated set of records as desired.

You could potentially expend this template by building new/ more worksheets within the spreadsheet to make reports and graphs from. Or once updated, use it to automatically generate weekly/ monthly/ etc scheduled reports for specific information.

Connectors Used

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The following connectors are used in this template. This is provided for reference only - there is no need to read through the linked connector pages, as all you need to know for this template is explained here:

End Result

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The image below shows the Salesforce queried data put into a Google spreadsheet.

Any pre-existing workbook data in the spreadsheet will have been wiped clean.

Ther is also an email notification sent to the user.

Prerequisites

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This workflow assumes the following:

• You already have authentications with Salesforce and Google Sheets.

• You have a Google Sheet with a spreadsheet tab, relevant column headers, and actual rows in it. Please see Important notes: Zero rows below.

• You only wish to pull records from a single SFDC object type

Getting Live

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The complete workflow looks like this:

It uses a manual trigger. Remember you could change this to a Scheduled Trigger if desired.

There are 4 basic steps in the workflow:

Stage 1 takes your Salesforce query and collects your record type, desired fields and conditions of you provide any.

Stage 2 deletes the data currently in the Worksheet. This cleans the report each time it is run.

Stage 3 loops through the SFDC records collected and appends a line to the Worksheet for each record found. Adding information to the relevant column.

Stage 4 sends an email reminder to the user to tell them their report is ready/updated.

In order to configure this workflow for use, simply:

Important notes

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Zero rows

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Do not start with an empty spreadsheet. This will cause your template to error.

That is to say, a spreadsheet that has zero rows or only the header row available.

The spreadsheet tab you are using must have some rows in it before you begin.