Once your organization has decided on what external data sources to interact with, you can work with your partners, suppliers, vendors, or customers to create a connection to their data source.
When connecting to external applications or data sources, you'll need to work with the provider of the application or data source to obtain some sort of credential, as well as any other special configurations that are necessary to successfully configure the relationship. In this example, we're going to configure BCS to connect to Salesforce to give you an idea of how these components work together.
As a prerequisite, you'll need to configure a Salesforce-connected app. Configure OAuth settings and grant the API permissions to access and manage data. Record the consumer key and the consumer secret.
