Salesforce Maps Apex Developer Guide

Overview
Requirements
Apex Methods
Assign Records to Owners Using an Assignment Plan
Create a Route
Create Routes for Specific Users
Create Routes from Visit Plan
Get a Route
Get the Boundary Information
Get the Distance Matrix
Get the Geographical Coordinates of an Address
Get the Geographical Coordinates of Addresses in Batch
Permanently Delete Datasets and Alignments
Retrieve Data That Salesforce Maps Hosts
Retrieve the Geographical Data of Country-Specific Shapes
Retrieve the Geographical Data of Polygons
Retrieve the Territories in Which the Records Reside
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Get the Geographical Coordinates of Addresses in Batch

The BatchGeocode() Apex method takes one or more addresses and returns their geographical coordinates and formatted addresses.

Signature

Where,
  • maps is the namespace that's available after you install Salesforce Maps.
  • API is the class that contains the global methods exposed to developers.
  • BatchGeocode() is the method.

Sample Code

This code returns the geographical coordinates of the White House and Washington Monument. The output also returns the formatted address and adds missing information, such as postal code and country, if available.

If you invoke methods within a flow, process builder, or trigger, do one of the following to avoid uncommitted work errors.

  • Call the methods through a future method
  • Call the methods as queueable

Different processes refresh the token, such as plotting a route or schedule. The refresh process is almost immediate after each qualifying action occurs.

Warning

Input Format of an Address

Example

Sample Response

Although the return value is an Apex Map<String, Object> object, this JSON response illustrates the essential data you receive in the resulting map.

If you invoke this method within a flow, process builder, or trigger and want to use the data from the JSON response, implement logic to retrieve that data. For example, you want to save the latitude and longitude coordinates from the JSON response to your records.

Sample Response If Not Geocoded

If an address can't be geocoded, you receive this response. Although the return value is an Apex Map<String, Object> object, this JSON response illustrates the essential data you receive in the resulting map.