Outreach Salesforce Integration: 3 Things to Know

It’s vital for sales leaders to be able to see all rep activity by contact, account, and opportunity. After all – what you can’t measure, you can’t manage. 

In this guide, we’ll give some quick tips on how to integrate Outreach with Salesforce to ensure all rep activity in Outreach is logged in the CRM. 

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Does Salesforce integrate with Outreach? 

Yes, you can configure Outreach to integrate with Salesforce. However, you must ensure you have the right Salesforce license and permissions. 

Outreach syncs with these Salesforce versions: 

• Salesforce Lightning
• Salesforce Aloha (Classic)
• Salesforce Console

In order to implement the integration, Outreach users must be listed as an admin. In Salesforce, a system user must authorize Outreach and meet these requirements: 

• Be able to create, edit, and delete data on required objects that need to be shown in Outreach such as Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, User Roles, etc.
• Must have Field-Level Security settings that allow it to view and modify any mapped fields.
• Must have the API Enabled option enabled under System Permissions.
• Must have permission to create or edit all objects.

More on these requirements here from Outreach’s CRM Connection overview documentation. 

The data sync goes both ways. You can also pull Salesforce lists into Outreach. More on that here. 

3 things to know about Outreach Salesforce integration

Before you proceed with your Outreach Salesforce integration, here are three factors to consider: 

#1: Map custom fields before your initial data sync

And set up custom fields in Outreach and use the Salesforce plugin to map custom fields to each other. You need to do this before the sync or else it will take an individual change to each record for it to trigger a change in Outreach. 

#2: Assign an integration user

Decide which user will be used to connect the two systems, and label them “Outreach Salesforce Integration.” Otherwise, whoever connects each system will show as the person who has created or updated records, which could be confusing. 

#3: Set an API threshold lower than your total limit

Otherwise, you’ll likely quickly hit the limit during your initial sync, which will cause all other Salesforce integrations to fail. 

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