About the Salesforce and Aurora integration
The "Khoros Connector for Salesforce" enables you to create a tight integration between your Khoros Community Aurora content, Salesforce content, and Salesforce cases. For more information on setting up this integration, contact Khoros Services. Note: You must have a full Salesforce license to take advantage of the Khoros/Salesforce integration. The following are the key features of the Aurora and Salesforce integration: Automatically escalateunanswered threads toSalesforcecases Manually escalate threadstoSalesforce cases Provide a private support case portal to their community members View community member details and statistics within Salesforce Use enhancedfederated searchacross Aurora and Salesforce content Link Salesforce and Khoros Community Aurora content viapostbackfrom Salesforce to the community Before you start Decide on your target Salesforce environment. Khoros strongly recommends that you first enable the integration in a Salesforce developer or sandbox org before deploying the integration to your production environment. Make sure you have your Salesforce integration enabled in the Aurora community environment that will connect to your Salesforce environment. Your Khoros Customer Success Manager can assist with this process. Khoros will enable the integration in your staging environment before enabling it in your production environment. Learn more about Installing and configuring your Khoros/Salesforce.com v3/v4 integration.About the Aurora Case Portal
After you set up the Salesforceintegration with your community, you can activate the Case Portal within the community. The Case Portal enables members to: Create Support Cases directly from the community. Correspond with Support agents on cases via case comments in the community. Cases can be discussed in public and private areas of the community. Access their open and resolved cases from a private community page regardless of where that case originated. For example, you might have created several support cases via different channels (phone, email, Facebook, Twitter, and/or the community). The Case Portal enables you to access and respond to all of your cases regardless of how they were originally opened. In the Case Portal, all the interactions between the Support agent and the user are captured in threaded conversations. To enable Case Portal for your instance, open a Support ticket. After the Case Portal is enabled in your community, you can set it up by performing these tasks: Enable and configure the Case Portal in Community Admin Set up Case Portal permissionsAurora: View support cases in the community
In the community, the Case Portal lists all the cases that are created by members via different channels (phone, email, Facebook, Twitter, and/or the community). The Case Portal option must be enabled in the Salesforce settings to view the support cases. Members with the Read and reply to own support cases permission can access the Case Portal to view their own support cases: The page lists: Case No.: The unique identification numbers for each case. Title: The titles for each case. Status: The current status of each case. Origin: The source through which the cases were created. Created On: The date on which each case was created. Last Update: The date on which each case was last updated. You can sort the cases based on Last Update. You can further filter cases based on View,Keyword, Status, and Origin: To view support cases in the Case Portal: Open the Account menu and click My Support Cases. Note that you must have the Read and reply to own support cases permission to view this option. The Case Portal page opens. To view the details of a case, click the Title of the case. The case details page opens. From the case details page, you can update or close your case. You can also reply to your own cases: Related topics: Create a support case in the Community Update or close support cases from the Community Set case portal permissionsAurora: Set Case Portal permissions
You can set Case Portal-specific permissions to control who can create, read, reply to, or close their own support cases in the community. These permissions can be set only at the community level. Case Portal permissions include: To modify a Case Portal permission: Sign in to the community as an Admin. Open the Account menu and click Settings. Go to Users > Roles and Permissions. In the Community Permission Defaults, click Edit. In the Case Portal section, set the Read and reply to own support cases permission to Grant. Grant Case Portal permissions to a role Sign in to the community as an Admin. Open the Account menu and click Settings. Go to Users > Roles and Permissions. Click Edit next to the role you want to assign the permission. Scroll down to the Case Portal section and set the permissions.Aurora: Enable and configure Case Portal
Prerequisite Case Portal must be enabled for your Community to complete this procedure. If you need Case Portal enabled for your instance,open a Support ticket. To enable and configure the Case Portal: Sign in to the community as an Admin. Open the Account menu and click Settings. Go to Features > Salesforce. Go to Case Portal Integration and configure the following: Case Portal: Turn on this option to enable Case Portal in the community. You must have a valid integration with Salesforce CRM to use this feature. Case creation: Turn on this option to enable members to create support cases from the Case Portal. Case update: Turn on this option to enable members to update a case. API error messages: Turn on this option to allow users to see the actual error messages generated by the CRM instead of generic error messages. Case portal field customization options: CRM Fields to include as filters in the Case Portal: Specify the names of the CRM fields that you want to configure as filterable columns in the Case Portal page. Modifiable fields when editing cases: Specify the names of the CRM fields that you want to configure as fields that can be modified in the Case details page. Note: You must turn on the Case Update option to modify the configured fields in the case details page. Custom fields in case creation form: Specify the CRM fields that you want to configure as a fields in the Create Case page Custom fields in case view:Specify the CRM fields that you want to configure as a fields in the Case details view page. Case list custom columns:Specify the CRM fields that you want to configure as a fields as a column in Case Portal page. Close case settings: Close Case form status field: Enter a comma-separated list of statuses to be displayed in the Close As status field. These entries must match entries in your CRM. Close Case form comment field: Enter a comma-separated list of values to be displayed in the Comments field. These values can be anything you want to reflect close reasons. For example, “Found my answer” or “Agent fixed my issue.” Query parameters override: Account cases: Enter a SOQL custom query WHERE clause to override the default query or comma-separated parameters to append to the existing query to display specific cases to Supervisors in the Case Portal. If left blank, the Case Portal shows the default Supervisor cases. My cases: Enter a SOQL custom query WHERE clause to override the default search query or comma-separated parameters to append to the existing query to display only specific cases in the Case Portal. If left blank, the Case Portal shows the default list of cases. 4. Click Save.Aurora: Enable members to close their own support cases from the community
Sometimes, your Support team may solve a customer’s case but not know it because the customer neglected or forgot to respond back on the ticket. As a result, the case may stay open longer than needed. One way to prevent this from happening is to enable customers to close their own cases directly from your community’s Case Portal where they received the response that solved their problem. From the community Case Portal, members with Allow members to close their own support cases from the Case Portal permission can close their own support cases. Note: To have the Close Case option enabled for your Community, open a Support ticket. Set up Close Case form field options To enable members to close their own community cases, admins must set up Close case form fields. Note: The Close Case option is not available for members if none of these fields are defined. To define Close Case form fields: Sign in to the community as an Admin. Open the Account menu and click Settings. In Case Portal Integration, go to Close case settings and click Edit. The Edit window opens. In the Close case form status field option, enter a comma-separated list of values for the Close As status field. These entries must match entries in your CRM. For example, “Resolved,” “Updated,” or “Declined.” In the Close case form comment field option, enter a comma-separated list of values for the Comment status field. These values can be anything you want to reflect close reasons you want to measure; for example, “Found my answer” or “Agent fixed my issue.” Click Save. Close your own case from the Case Portal Open the Account menu and click My Support Cases. Note that you must have Read and reply to own support cases permission to view this option. The Case Portal page opens. To go to the case you want to close, click the Title of the case. The case details page opens. Click Settings > Close Case. Select the appropriate Status and Close Comments options (defined in the Case Close settings) and click Close.Aurora: Create a support case in the community
From time to time, members may encounter issues or have queries related to your product or service and need assistance in resolving them. If you community uses a Case Portal, members with the Create new support case permission can create a new support case to address any issues, queries, or requests related to the product or service. The Support team reviews the submitted cases and assists in resolving them. Note: The Create Case option must be enabled in the Salesforce settings to view this option in the Case Portal. To create a support case: Sign in to the community as a member withCreate new support case permission. Open the Account menu and click My Support Cases. Note that you must have the Read and reply to own support cases permission to view this option. The Case Portal page opens. Click Create Case. The editor window opens. Enter the Title of the case and Describe the issue. (Optional) In the Attachments, click Add an Attachment to attach a file. Click Submit. Update support case You can update an existing case to provide additional information, track progress, or address ongoing issues. Note that the Case update option must be enabled in the Salesforce settings to view this option in the Case details page. To update a support case: From the Case Portal, go to the case you want to update. From the case details page, click Settings > Update Case. The Update Case window opens. Update the required fields and click Save.Aurora: Install the Salesforce integration package
Khoros periodicallyreleases updates to theConnector for Salesforce package to introduce new features and address defects. Note:In addition to deploying the package to your Salesforce server, you need to activate the integration on your Khoros community before you can configure and use the integration. Contact Khoros Support for assistance with activating the integration on your community instance. This document explains the basic deploymentprocess for a new deployment of the Khoros Connector package to your Salesforce org. The process uses the standard Salesforcemethodology for deploying managedpackages from the AppExchange. To install the integration package for the first timein yourtarget Salesforce org: Download the appropriate package: Production Package Sandbox Package Click Get it Now. Select Install in productionor Install in sandboxandclick Confirm and Install. Select Install for All Users and click Install. In the Approve Third-Party Access window, select Yes, grant access to these third-party web sites and then click Continue. When the package is deployed, you can confirm it by going toSetup > Installed Packages: The Khoros Salesforce Integration app in the app navigation menu is located on the top-right corner of the Salesforce window:Aurora: Configure remote site access for your Salesforce integration
The Aurora/Salesforce integration must be able to access your Khoros community. Part of this integration involves mentioning community APIs in the allowed list so Salesforce doesn't block them. To configure remote site access: In your Salesforce.com environment, go toSetup. Go toAdministration Setup > Security Controls > Remote Site Settings. By default, two Remote Site Settings with the NameSpace prefix "LiSFintegration" appear. For the Khoros (Lithium) setting, clickEdit. Enter theBase URLvalue according to your Khoros environment.Note:Be sure to include thehttps://and HT credentials. Use the following format: https://<HTUSER>:<HTPASSWORD>@<***Community URL> Example: https://test123:qwerty98765@community-stage.khoros.com/ Khoros Community Stage Base URL Sandbox https://[community_id].stage.lithium.com Production https://[community_id].lithium.com Note:Your Khoros Community Success Manager (CSM) can provide you with your Community ID. Note:If you have a more descriptive CNAME/vanity address for your community, use that name when creating the URL (for example,https://community.mycwebaddress.com). SelectDisable Protocol Security. (If you have HTTPS enabled, you can keep this setting enabled.) Salesforce.com expects data to be transmitted via HTTPS (a combination of HTTP and the SSL protocol). The Khoros/Salesforce.com integration talks to your community using its provided REST API, which is publicly available and is accessed via HTTP. ClickSave. ClickEditfor theSFSelfsetting and provide the Remote Site URL as your existing signed-in Salesforce URL (for example,https://na16.salesforce.com). ClickSave. Repeat steps 3 – 9 for your production community, replacing the name with something descriptive such as “Khoros community – Production” and the URL with the final URL for your production community (for example,https://community.mywebaddress.com). Note:You can also repeat this process to connect multiple Khoros communities to your Salesforce instance. For custom domains (Salesforce 3.9 or later): ClickNew Remote Site. EnterSFSelfInstancefor theRemote Site Name. Enter yourRemote Site URL(for example, "yourinstance.salesforce.com"). Enter aDescriptionfor this site. SelecttheActivecheckbox. ClickSave.Aurora: Configure custom Salesforce settings
The Khoros Community integration package leverages custom Salesforce settings, which are used by many components and relates to the Khoros Community configuration settings on Salesforce. To apply settings for your Khoros environment: Log in to your Salesforce.com environment. From the dropdown on the top right of the page,select App as "Khoros Salesforce Integration." Click the Custom Settings tab. Go to the Feature Settings tab and click Create. Enter the Feature Settings: Feature Setting Name:Default is "DefaultSetting." Do not change this setting, as it is non-editable in newer packages. Create New Contact record: Select this option to enable the creation of a new Contact during user sync if a Contact with the matching email ID is not present. During User Sync, Contact and Community users are linked together. The linkage is necessary for Case Portal functionality. (You must enable the Community User Trigger below for this setting to work.) Link Community User with Contacts: Select this option to allow linking of Community user and Contact during user synchronization, if a contact with same email ID already exists. The linkage is necessary for Case Portal functionality.(You must enable theCommunity User Triggerbelow for this setting to work.) Case closure:Select this option to allow automatic case closure when a comment on a post is accepted as solution on community.(You must enable theCaseTriggerbelow for this setting to work.) Max Allowed Private Message Subject Length:Sets the maximum length the Private Message subject (up to 43 characters). Max Allowed Private Message Body Length:Sets the maximum length the Private Message body. No of Federated Search Results from Salesforce:Limits the number of Federated Search results (appliesto Salesforce results only). Default value is 100(Package 4.1 onwards). Enable Community User Trigger:Select this option to enable Community User Trigger. This trigger runs on community user creation/update and links community users with contacts. This linkage is necessary for Case Portal and User Sync functionality. Enable Case Trigger:Turns on or offtriggers on cases, which synchronize case status changes with community and also mark a case as closed. Enable Case Comment Emails:ToggleCase Comment email on and off. (Package 3.7 onwards) (Optional) Fallback Community Username:Enter username of the Community user to which postbacks should fall back to when a Community user is not found corresponding to the email address of the user replying. This is also used in case of multiple users with the same email address. Entered Community user should be a valid value. (Package 4.0 onwards) Allow Case Comments for public Community Cases:Select this option to enable thecreation of Case Comment on Public Community Cases in Salesforce. (Comment does not sync to community.) If not selected, it does not allow case comment creation for public community cases in Salesforce. (Upcoming, Package 4.2 onwards) Note: The Enable Knowledge andLightning Knowledgeoptions must be turned off as they are not supported in the community. These options allow knowledge base articles to be created, updated, deleted, and searched from the community. Click Save. Configure your remote site access. Click the Community Settings tab and click Create. Enter the Community Settings: In the Community Id field, enter your community ID. (You can get your ID from your Customer Success Manager, if you don't have it. If you've already entered this information,clickEdit.) In theUsernamefield, enter the Khoros username to be used in Khoros API calls. Note:This user must be a non-SSO user with administrator permissions, and the email address for this user must be verified in the community.If an agent has an account on the target community that usesthe same email address as their Salesforce account, their personalcommunity user account is used as the author of the postback. We recommend that your brand's Salesforce agents create their own community accounts for this purpose. Enter the Khoros Password associated with above username. Enter the Base URLvalue according to your Khoros environment (see below).Note: Be sure to include thehttps://and HT credentials. Use the following format: https://<HTUSER>:<HTPASSWORD>@<***Community URL> Example: https://test123:qwerty98765@community-stage.khoros.com/ Select the Is Proxy Enabled? checkbox. Enter theContext Name.Set to “t5" unless your Community has a “Reverse Proxy” implementation in place, in which case, contact your Customer Success Manager or Khoros support and request the value oftapestry.context.namefrom your community config. Click Save. To set the maximum number of search results to be returned in the Federated Search component, go to the Feature Settingstab and set the No of Federated Search value. Click Save. With HT-Access turned off in the Khoros community: Khoros Community Stage Base URL Sandbox https:// [community_id].stage.lithium.com Production https:// [community_id].lithium.com Note: If you have a more descriptive CNAME/vanity address for your community, use that name when creating the URL (for example, https://community.mycwebaddress.com). With HT-Access turned on in the Khoros community: Note: Contact Support to get the ht-access credentials for your community. Khoros Community Stage Base URL [Example with community id as “abc”] Sandbox https://htusername:htpassword@abc.stage.lithium.com Production https://htusername:htpassword@abc.lithium.com Note: Contact yourCustomer Success Manager to get your Community ID.
