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Environment Hub

Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To set up and configure the Environment Hub: “Manage Environment Hub”
To connect an organization to the Environment Hub: “Connect Organization to Environment Hub”

The Environment Hub lets you view, connect, create, and log into multiple Salesforce organizations from one location. This can be especially convenient if you use a large number of organizations for business, development, and testing.

You must choose one organization as the Environment Hub (or hub organization), and can then connect all your other organizations (or member organizations) to the hub. You can establish single sign-on between the hub and member organizations, enabling users to seamlessly switch between them without having to provide login credentials.

When you connect an organization to the hub, related organizations are automatically discovered so you don't have to manually connect them. The following types of related organizations are auto-discovered.
  • For any organization, all sandbox organizations created from it.
  • For a release organization, all its related patch organizations.
  • For a Trialforce Management Organization, all Trialforce Source Organizations created from it.
  • For a License Management Organization (LMO), that is, an organization with the License Management App installed, any release organization (and therefore all its associated patch organizations) that has a managed package registered in the LMO.
To access the Environment Hub:
  1. In the Force.com App menu, click Environment Hub.
  2. Click the Environment Hub tab.

To find the hub organization for any member organization, from Setup, click Company Profile | Company Information. The organization ID of the hub organization is listed in the Organization Details section.

Note

The Environment Hub main page displays a list of all member organizations connected to the hub. For each organization, its name, description, edition, organization ID, single sign-on status, and other details are displayed. From the Environment Hub tab, you can perform these actions.
  • Click Connect Organization to add another organization.
  • Click Create Organization to create a new organization.
  • Click the name of any organization to view details about it, including other organizations related to it.
  • Click Edit next to an organization to update its details.
  • Click Del next to an organization to delete it from the Environment Hub.
  • Click Login next to an organization to log into it. If you’ve previously enabled single sign-on for that organization, you’ll be logged in without providing login credentials.

If you’ve added a large number of organizations to the Environment Hub, you can zero in on organizations of a specific type, for example, development organizations, or organizations created after a certain date. To create a custom view, click Create New View at the top of the page. You can filter organizations based on multiple criteria such as edition, creation date, instance, origin, SSO status, and so on.

Each member organization corresponds to an EnvironmentHubMember object. This is a standard object, similar to Accounts or Contacts. Hence, you can use the full functionality of the Force.com platform to extend or modify the Environment Hub, both via the user interface or the API. For example, you can create custom fields, set up workflow rules, or define user mappings and enable single sign-on using the API, for any member organization.