Note: This release is in preview. Features described here don’t become generally available until the latest general availability date that Salesforce announces for this release. Before then, and where features are noted as beta, pilot, or developer preview, we can’t guarantee general availability within any particular time frame or at all. Make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features.

Salesforce Connect

Apex code can access external object data via any Salesforce Connect adapter. Use the Apex Connector Framework to develop a custom adapter for Salesforce Connect. The custom adapter can retrieve data from external systems and synthesize data locally. Salesforce Connect represents that data in Salesforce external objects, enabling users and the Lightning Platform to seamlessly interact with data that’s stored outside the Salesforce org.