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title: "Configure Salesforce Objects & Page Layouts"
description: "Prior to setting up the field-level mappings between QuickBooks Online and Salesforce the objects that will be leveraged in Salesforce should be updated to ensure that an External Id field has been configured and the record sync component has been…"
url: "https://accordsync.com/docs/configure-salesforce-objects/"
updated: "2024-01-08"
category: Configure and Setup Accord Sync
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# Configure Salesforce Objects & Page Layouts

Prior to setting up the field-level mappings between QuickBooks Online and Salesforce the objects that will be leveraged in Salesforce should be updated to ensure that an External Id field has been configured and the record sync component has been added to the page layout.

**Configure Accord QB Id, Accord QB Company Id and Accord Last Sync Fields**
For each Salesforce object that integrates with QuickBooks Online the object must have a custom External Id field. As part of Accord Sync a set of External Id fields are pre-installed for Accounts, Opportunities and Products in Salesforce. For any other objects that will be integrated with QuickBooks Online an External Id field must be added to the object.

To create a custom External ID field on any Salesforce object:

1. From the Setup menu navigate to **Object Manager > [Integrated Object]**.
2. On the Object's details page click **Field & Relationships**.
3. Click the **New** button.
4. Select **Text** as the Data Type of the new field and click **Next**.
5. Enter the following details for the new custom field:

    Field Label: `Accord QB Id`
    Length: `255`
    Field Name: `Accord_QB_Id__c`
    Required: `FALSE`
    Unique: `TRUE`
    External ID: `TRUE`

   Click **Next**.
6. Define the field level security for the new External Id field and click **Next**.
7. Select the page layouts that the new External Id field should be visible on and click **Save and New**.
8. Select **Text** as the Data Type of the new field and click **Next**.
9. Enter the following details for the new custom field:

   Field Label: `Accord QB Company Id`
   Length: `255`
   Field Name: `Accord_QB_Company_Id__c`
   Required: `FALSE`
   Unique: `FALSE`
   External ID: `FALSE`

   Click **Next**.
10. Define the field level security for the new field and click **Next**.
11. Select the page layouts that the new External Id field should be visible on and click **Save and New**.
12. Select **Date/Time** as the Data Type of the new field and click **Next**.

    Field Label: `Accord Last Sync`
    Field Name: `Accord_Last_Sync__c`
    Required: `FALSE`
    Unique: `FALSE`
    External ID: `FALSE`

    Click **Next**.
13. Define the field level security for the new field and click **Next**.
14. Select the page layouts that the new field should be visible on and click **Save**.

**CRITICAL**
The custom fields that are created must have a Field Name of `Accord_QB_Id__c`, `Accord_QB_Company_Id__c` and `Accord_Last_Sync__c`. If the fields are not named correctly the integration between QuickBooks Online and Salesforce will fail.

**Add the Accord Sync Component to Each Object's Lightning Page**
Accord Sync is installed with a lightning component that displays the sync status of a record, and allows you to manually synce the record to QuickBooks from Salesforce or from Salesforce to QuickBooks. The component gives administrative user the ability to manage each individual record on the record's page.

1. From the Setup menu navigate to **Object Manager > [Integrated Object]**.
2. On the Object's details page click **Lightning Record Pages** and click the name of the lightning record page to open the page editor.
3. On the record page add the **Accord Record Sync** component to the page.

   ![](https://accordsync.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/image-27.png)
4. Click **Save**, navigate back to the Setup menu, and repeat these steps for each Salesforce object that will be integrated with QuickBooks online.

**NOTE**
You can leverage Dynamic Lightning Pages to hide / filter the Accord Record Sync component on the lightning page, so only the users that need to see the sync status or manually sync a record have the ability.
Salesforce Help Article: [Dynamic Lightning Pages](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=lightning_page_components_visibility.htm&type=5)

**Next Step**
[Configure QuickBooks/Salesforce Object Mappings](https://accordsync.com/docs/configure-quickbooks-salesforce-mappings/object-configurations/)