Connecting to Salesforce.com with DashConn
What about using live data from your Salesforce.com reports in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards to create interactive dashboards to show, track, and analyze your sales activities? DashConn is an add-on by IdeaCrop for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards that delivers this integration. Let's have a look at the features of this add-on and how to set it up.
Getting ready
As we are connecting to Salesforce.com, you will obviously need a Salesforce.com Developer account. You can sign up for a free account at http://developer.salesforce.com/signup.
To connect to Salesforce.com from a dashboard in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, you will require a security token. You can get this security token from the Personal Setup menu at Salesforce.com.
You can download a free trial version of the DashConn add-on from the IdeaCrop website, http://www.ideacrop.com/.
How to do it...
- Open a new SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards file and drag the Salesforce.com DataViewer component...
