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Chris Jackson (Artel, Inc.) asked in #Salesforce Developer
Feb 26, 2016, 5:47 PM

Can I use Connect to place a field directly on the Account page

I am evaluating Lightning Connect. I have been able to connect to OData and retrieve specific information about my Account. When I do this, the information displays as a Related List on the Account object. What I want to do is take specific fields from OData and place those on the Account object, so they can be accessed through an Account view, report, etc. Is that possible?
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  1. Alba Azcona
    Feb 28, 2016, 8:32 PM
    Hi

    As far as I know you can't directly do that.

    I was thinking about creating a external object mapped to your external data (ex: Account__x), relating Account__x with Account standard object through an external lookup, and creating formula fields in Account standard object referencing your Account__x fields, but formula fields don't support external objects by now, so, that's not possible either. Then I guess you will have to override account layout with a visualforce that shows the fields you need to see, those from your Account and those from its related Account__x.

    There is an idea for showing related objects fields in layouts, which you can vote (https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000BrXVAA0).

    Regarding to reports, you can create reports that show related objects fields, so, that shouldn't be a problem.

    If I find out anything else I will write to you.

    Hope it helps, and best regards!
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