Parent topic: MDM and Salesforce.com integration
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management, Version 11.3Before you begin to implement InfoSphere® MDM and Salesforce.com integration, you must have a number of prerequisites in place.
Verify that you have the following requirements in place before you begin the integration process.
| Requirement | Description | Install environment | User role |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM® InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard Edition 11.3 | Salesforce.com integration is supported for MDM Standard Edition only in version 11.3. You must have an operational server that is configured and deployed on IBM WebSphere® Application Server and a database. You also need
These components must be installed before you begin the integration process. Attention: The integration sample
uses IBM WebSphere Application Server default
JMS for messaging.
|
Development environment and production environment (MDM Workbench is only required in the development environment) | Developer |
| Salesforce.com account | You must have your Salesforce.com account credentials before you begin the integration process and to access the Salesforce.com application. |
Not applicable | Developer User Both developers who are implementing the MDM and Salesforce.com integration and any users that access the integration solution must have current Salesforce.com accounts. |
| Force.com IDE | Force.com is an integrated development environment
that is provided by Salesforce.com. The MDM and Salesforce.com integration
process uses Force.com to do initial property configuration and to
deploy the MDM project to Salesforce.com. This component must be installed before you begin the integration process. |
Development environment | Developer |
| MDM and Salesforce.com integration project samples | You must download the com.ibm.mdm.integration.sfdc project
from the IBM Samples and Assets
site. Instructions for downloading and importing are provided in the MDM and Salesforce.com configuration and deployment tasks. |
Development environment | Developer |
| IBM WebSphere Cast Iron® Studio 6.4 | WebSphere Cast Iron Studio is used to
design the orchestrations for the MDM and Salesforce.com integration.
These orchestrations define processing activities, such as data mapping
between MDM and Salesforce.com objects, endpoints, and data types.
Customization of the MDM scenarios requires the use of Cast Iron Studio. This component must be installed before you begin the integration process. |
Development environment | Developer |
| IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud 6.3 subscription license | You must have a valid subscription for WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud version 6.3. This component must be in place before you begin the integration process. |
Development and production environment | Developer User |
| IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.3 | InfoSphere Information Server must be installed before you begin the integration process. The bulk data export scenario, requires version 11.3. InfoSphere DataStage is the InfoSphere Information Server component that provides ETL operations. The InfoSphere DataStage Designer Client is used to configure and run the bulk data export from MDM to Salesforce.com. InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager is used to import your MDM metadata to InfoSphere Information Server. Metadata is required for the bulk data export scenario. |
Development environment | Developer |
| IBM InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com 1.5.0.2 | Install the InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com in your development environment after you install IBM InfoSphere Information Server. | Development environment | Developer |
For information about installing InfoSphere MDM and IBM InfoSphere Information Server, see the related information topics.
