Integration
ECi M1 and Salesforce
ECi M1 to Salesforce. Both directions are separate sync products, configured independently, and this page shows what the shipped catalogue sets up for this pair.
- Phase 1 · forward sync
- No Phase 2 for this pair
In plain wordsRecords from ECi M1 are pushed into Salesforce. There is no shipped write-back in the other direction for this pair.
This page documents what the shipped catalogue sets up. For the commercial overview of the same pair — editions, licensing and how to buy it — Commercient publishes ECi M1 to Salesforce integration on commercient.com .
Phase 1 — ECi M1 to Salesforce
What you getRecords from ECi M1 become accounts, Child Account, Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoices Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoice Lines Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 Sales Orders Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 Sales Order Lines Managed Custom Object in Salesforce. New records are created and existing ones updated.
| Group | Business outcome | Objects | Source tables and views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account | In addition to creating the Account record from your ERP customer records, Commercient syncs over the entire Accounting AR Customer record into a Commercient AR Customer object which is a Managed Custom Object (MCO). A lookup field is provided to lookup to the default AR Customer record MCO from the Account record. New records are created, existing ones updated, and records removed in the ERP are deleted. | Account, Child Account | companies, company locations |
| Invoice | Both Open and Historical invoices are synchronized. Open invoice changes, such as a balance change, or a terms change are reflected in the CRM as they sync based on the frequency of the sync you have chosen (every hour, for example). New records are created, existing ones updated, and records removed in the ERP are deleted. | Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoices Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoice Lines Managed Custom Object | AR invoices, AR invoice lines |
| Sales order | Commercient will sync the Sales Orders from the ERP Sales Order Entry module to the Commercient Sales Order Header (MCO) objects in CRM. In the CRM, customer service and sales people can visualize the status of the order such as on hold, backorder, forward order, scheduled for delivery, whether it has shipped, and completion status. New records are created, existing ones updated, and records removed in the ERP are deleted. | Commercient ECi M1 Sales Orders Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 Sales Order Lines Managed Custom Object | sales order headers, sales order lines |
Destination objects
- Account
- Child Account
- Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoices Managed Custom Object
- Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoice Lines Managed Custom Object
- Commercient ECi M1 Sales Orders Managed Custom Object
- Commercient ECi M1 Sales Order Lines Managed Custom Object
Phase 2 — Salesforce back to ECi M1
Setting up ECi M1 and Salesforce from the CLI
One wizard stands the tenant up, and it is the same five steps for every pair: register, capture the server IP, connect the CRM, declare the ERP connector, then import and enable the sync processes. What changes between pairs is the CRM’s connection mode and the ERP’s connector type.
1. Register the tenant
Registration creates the account, emails a verification link, and — once the Data Lake is seeded — prints a once-only bootstrap API key valid for seven days. The three consent flags are the registrant’s own decision, and the server refuses start without all three.
# which instance types sign-up accepts - run this first and use ECi M1's code below
$ dlake register erps
# the three consent flags are the registrant’s decision - ask before passing them
$ dlake register start --generate-password \
$ --email <email> --company "<Company Name>" --phone <tel> \
$ --instance-type <code from dlake register erps> \
$ --consent-crm-backup --consent-erp-backup --consent-phone
# after the human clicks the verification link: watch for the seed and catch the key
$ dlake register status --watch
# the bootstrap key expires in 7 days - mint a durable one while it is still valid
$ dlake admin create_api_key --keyName "<tenant>-setup" --expirationDays 90
2. Connect Salesforce and declare ECi M1
Steps 3 to 5 of the wizard are admin-plane tools, they are safe to re-run, and the server enforces their order — attempt the CRM step before the server IP is captured and it answers 409 naming the step you skipped.
# the authoritative answer to where a registration got to - first call when resuming
$ dlake admin registration_state
# step 3: record the server IP (a prerequisite for the CRM step)
$ dlake admin registration_capture_server_ip --ipAddress <ip>
# step 4: the catalog lists every CRM with its authMode and the fields it needs
$ dlake admin registration_crm_catalog
$ dlake admin registration_crm_select --crmName Salesforce
# an OAuth CRM: the catalog’s callbackMode says which leg this one takes
$ dlake registration oauth --crm Salesforce
# this provider’s flow ends in a PIN, emailed by the complete call itself; the verb reads it hidden (or --pin-stdin)
$ dlake registration pin --crm Salesforce
# the connection is incomplete without this call, however healthy the rest looks
$ dlake registration action --crm Salesforce --action SalesforceSetup
$ dlake admin registration_crm_finalize
# step 5: the catalog lists the connector types and the fields each one needs
$ dlake admin registration_connector_catalog
$ dlake admin registration_connector_submit \
$ --connectorType <type from the catalog> --erpName <ECi M1 code> --fields @fields.json
$ dlake admin registration_connector_provision
$ dlake admin registration_provisioning_status
3. Review and enable the Phase 1 processes
The shipped templates listed above are what crmpro_apply_template imports. Every one of them imports its process inactive, so an imported process does nothing until an operator activates it — read the process and its field mapping first, because an object with no mapped fields pushes nothing and records no error.
# the default-template catalog, and the mapping each template carries
$ dlake admin crmpro_templates --profile <tenant>
# what exists on the tenant now, and the master sync flag
$ dlake admin crmpro_list_processes --profile <tenant>
$ dlake admin crmpro_sync_status --profile <tenant>
# read a process and its field mapping BEFORE activating it
$ dlake admin crmpro_get_process --profile <tenant> --recordId <id>
$ dlake admin crmpro_field_mapping --profile <tenant> --recordId <id>
# turn the forward sync on
$ dlake admin crmpro_set_sync_enabled --profile <tenant> --enabled true
Processes run in a fixed order, and that order is a dependency order: a process that depends on another’s records sees them only once that process has run, so a parent flows on one run and its children on the next. The full order for this pair is on the Phase 1 page.
The wizard in full, including resuming a setup days later: Setting up an integration with dlake · Registering a new Data Lake · CRMPro (forward sync).
Source on GitHub
This page is generated from the skill pages in the dlake CLI repository. Those pages are the authority; if they disagree with anything here, they are right.
ECi M1 and Salesforce: common questions
Which way does data move between ECi M1 and Salesforce?
One way. Phase 1 (CRMPro) pushes ECi M1 records into Salesforce. The repository ships no TxDownloaderPro write-back for this pair, so there is no supported Phase 2 from Salesforce back to ECi M1.
What do Phase 1 and Phase 2 mean?
They are the two sync products the on-premises agent can run. Phase 1 is CommercientCRMPro, product 11, the forward sync from the source system into the CRM. Phase 2 is CommercientTxDownloaderPro, product 22, the write-back in the other direction. Registering a product says what to run; the Phase 1 and Phase 2 configuration says what it runs on.
What does the forward sync into Salesforce actually create?
The shipped catalogue carries 3 template groups for this pair: Account, Invoice, Sales order. Each group sets up its own sync process, and the integration page says what each one delivers.
Which Salesforce objects does the forward sync write?
Account, Child Account, Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoices Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 AR Invoice Lines Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 Sales Orders Managed Custom Object, Commercient ECi M1 Sales Order Lines Managed Custom Object. Those are the kinds of Salesforce record the shipped templates write for a ECi M1 source; nothing else is written unless you add templates of your own.
Does the forward sync delete anything in the CRM?
Each template group carries its own insert, update and delete flags, and the integration page lists what each group does. Read a process with dlake admin crmpro_get_process before activating it.
Is there a write-back from Salesforce to ECi M1?
No. The repository ships no TxDownloaderPro page for Salesforce into ECi M1, so changes made in Salesforce are not carried back to ECi M1 by a supported process. Only the Phase 1 forward sync exists for this pair.
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Can an AI agent set this up?
Yes, over the admin control plane or the CLI — the same tools either way. The crmpro_* tools cover listing, reading, creating and updating processes. They need a full-scope key that belongs to a user holding the Admin role, and every write is audited.
Where is the authoritative source for this pair?
The skill pages in the dlake CLI repository, which is where this page is generated from. The forward sync page is linked at the foot of the integration page, and the same text is readable in the terminal with dlake skills show.
Related
Every ERP and CRM integration · CRMPro (forward sync) · TxDownloaderPro (writeback sync) · AI agents & MCP · Salesforce integrations on commercient.com
