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Integration between Salesforce and Gmail / Google Calendar was done in the past with a solution called Cirrus Insight (end July 2017). This solution is not giving satisfaction to a lot of users mainly for performance reasons. Lightning for Gmail is a solution provided directly from Salesforce (cost included in the licence cost) that provides similar features in a more efficiently way.
This feature is only available for full Salesforce licences, not for Community licences.


Overview


In this section, you will discover how to install LFG module and how to use it, in particular:

  • How to synchronize contacts from Gmail to Salesforce
  • How to synchronize events from Gmail to Salesforce and form Salesforce to Gmail
  • How to send emails from Gmail to Salesforce
  • How to create Accounts from Gmail to Salesforce

 


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Step By Step


How to install Cirrus

Go to https://www.cirrusinsight.com and click on “Get started"

 

Click on ‘’Install Now for Gmail’’

•     According to your browser, click on ‘’Add extension’’


Once installed, click on « Go to Gmail » 

Logging into Production

• Click on Sign In To Salesforce.

 


 

 

  •  After clicking on Sign In To Salesforce, choose Sign in with SSO
(insure that Salesforce is opened on your computer)

 

 


  • Check that the 2 checkboxes are ticked and click on Continue

  • Then, click on Get to Work!

Contact Creation

 

Cirrus can help the user to create Contacts directly from their Google Mail Account.

In order to do so, just hover the Contact’s name and Cirrus will recognize it. To create a new Contact, just click the “Create Contact” button.

 

Cirrus will automatically fulfill the First Name, Last Name and the email address of the Contact. If it recognizes additional values in the signature, it will populate them.

The user can then fulfill the rest of the information such as:

  • Salutation
  • Account Name – Type at least 3 characters and click on the lookup
  • Language – Choose in the list
  • Phone numbers
  • Function & Job Department
  • Address 

Once all the appropriate information are populated you can create the Contact by clicking on “Save”.

 

The Contact is now saved and available in SFDC

 

You can now edit the Contact directly in SFDC or by clickin on the “Edit” button on Cirrus.

 

 

Google Calendar Sync

 

Firstly, if it is the first time the user uses Cirrus, he/she will need to activate the Google Calendar Sync.

In order to do so, the user needs to go on the Settings button > Calendar > Calendar Sync and click on “Enable Google Calendar Sync”

 

Cirrus can sync events from the Google Calendar to SFDC and from SFDC to the Google Calendar.

As a general rule, only the events that are flagged with the “Red” color and which are not “Private” will be synced from Google Calendar to SFDC.

The event will be saved on the Google Calendar and will display in red. It will sync with SFDC in the next sync cycle.

Once the cycle is passed, the Event will appear in SFDC.

You can also create an event in SFDC, which will also be synced in your Google Calendar at the same time as the sync cycle happens.

 

The event synced from SFDC to Google Calendar will appear in the “Red” color as well.

Account creation

1) Click on the arrow

 

2) Select "Accounts"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Click on "New account"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Select "Non SAP Customer"

 

 

5) Fill all the fields you are able to, the red fields are mandatory
Then Click on « Save »
Your account is now created in Salesforce from Gmail through Cirrus

 

 

Add an email from Gmail on a Contact (or on an Account) page in Salesforce

1) Open a mail in Gmail and click on Add to Salesforce

2) Using the look up, select the Contact (or the Account) linked with the mail and click on Save
3) The mail is now accessible in Salesforce, on the Contact page (or Account page), Activity History section
4) Click on the mail Subject to view the mail in Salesforce

 

 

 

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