Start with one meaningful update
Identify the record that changes in Close or Salesforce, where it needs to appear, and which team depends on it.
CRM
Close and Salesforce integration
Plan how Close and Salesforce should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.
- Scope your workflow with an integration engineer
- Review the systems, records, and updates you need
Integration planning
stacksync.com Your integration scope
Start with the update your team needs
Bring the source, destination, and record types. A Stacksync engineer will help establish the available implementation path.
Review the integration scopeBuild the right connection
Turn your integration requirement into a clear implementation path
Explore a Close and Salesforce integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Close is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.
Establish the available connection
Bring the objects, account editions, and required directions. An engineer can review the connector path, permissions, and field access.
Define a result you can verify
Agree on record matching, acceptable delay, expected volume, and how your team will resolve failed updates.
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Data and connection referencesAvailable documentation, candidate record relationships, and questions for your technical review.
Record coverage for your integration
Compare the record types in Close and Salesforce, then choose the ones your workflow needs. Check each record's read and write support before mapping fields between systems.
Close
Record types to review with Stacksync
| Object or data type | Coverage and checks |
|---|---|
| Leads | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
| Contacts | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
| Opportunities | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
| Activities | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
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| Object or data type | Coverage and checks |
|---|---|
| Tasks | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
| Custom Activities | Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
Salesforce
Record types covered in the setup guide
| Object or data type | Coverage and checks |
|---|---|
| Writable standard objects (subject to detection mode) | See connector requirements. Confirm field permissions and sync direction. |
| Writable custom objects (subject to detection mode) | See connector requirements. Confirm field permissions and sync direction. |
Connection requirements and limits
Close
- Integration interface
- REST API
- Authentication
- Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Close.
- Change detection
- Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
- Read access
- Confirm with Stacksync
- Write access
- Confirm with Stacksync
Limitations to check
- Confirm Stacksync support for Close and the record types your workflow needs.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Salesforce
- Integration interface
- REST, SOAP, and Bulk APIs
- Authentication
- OAuth login via a Salesforce user (browser-based authorization flow); requires "API Enabled" permission for polling mode, plus "Author Apex" and "Customize Application" OR "Modify All Data" for trigger mode
- Change detection
- Stacksync uses Apex triggers where permitted, or regular incremental polling when triggers cannot be used. Confirm the selected mode for each object.
- Read access
- Available for supported records
- Write access
- Available for supported records
Limitations to check
- Object eligibility depends on write access and the selected detection mode. Non-triggerable objects cannot use trigger mode.
- Read-only and formula fields need separate handling; a Salesforce platform capability does not establish support for every object.
Technical documentation
- Authorize Salesforce
- Enable API Access in Salesforce
- Fix the Salesforce OAuth Error
- Formula Fields
- Make Custom Fields Visible
- Salesforce
Documentation reviewed 2026-09-15. Check the linked guides for current account and record requirements.
Prepare your technical review
Use the worksheets and reference checks to capture record identity, ownership, and the result your business expects.
Implementation reference
Record identity and field ownership
Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.
Download the mapping worksheetCSV · No email required · Record matching, ownership, and test cases
Record matchingContacts Contacts
Compare whether Close Contacts and Salesforce Contacts describe the same contact in your business.
- Close
- Object support to establish
- Salesforce
- Object support to establish
Record identity
Use a stable person/contact ID and an explicit cross-system lookup. Email can change and can be shared, so treat it as a matching clue rather than a universal key.
Field ownership
Keep consent and communication preferences under an agreed authority; a general contact update must not silently resubscribe someone.
Fields to include
- Source person ID
- Display name
- Email address
- Organization reference
- Consent state
References: Salesforce: Contacts documentation
Record matchingOpportunities Opportunities
Compare whether Close Opportunities and Salesforce Opportunities describe the same deal or opportunity in your business.
- Close
- Object support to establish
- Salesforce
- Object support to establish
Record identity
Keep the opportunity/deal ID separate from any later order or invoice ID.
Field ownership
The sales process owns qualification and stage changes; downstream financial records have their own state and approval rules.
Fields to include
- Source deal ID
- Stage
- Amount and currency
- Expected close date
- Company reference
References: Salesforce: Opportunities documentation
Record matchingLeads Leads
Compare whether Close Leads and Salesforce Leads describe the same prospect or lead in your business.
- Close
- Object support to establish
- Salesforce
- Object support to establish
Record identity
Retain the lead ID and record its relationship to any converted contact or company.
Field ownership
Choose which system may qualify or convert the lead; do not infer identical lifecycle stages.
Fields to include
- Source lead ID
- Qualification status
- Owner reference
- Conversion reference
References: Salesforce: Leads documentation
Business processTasks Cases
Support-to-work-item handoff: Salesforce Cases provides context for Close Tasks. These are related records, not equivalent entities.
- Close
- Object support to establish
- Salesforce
- Object support to establish
Record identity
Retain separate ticket and task IDs with an explicit relationship; several tasks may resolve one ticket.
Field ownership
Choose which ticket conditions create a work item and which task outcomes may update the support case.
Fields to include
- Source record reference
- Destination record reference
- Approved handoff state
- Duplicate-detection key
References: Salesforce: Cases documentation
Record matchingTasks Tasks and Events
Compare whether Close Tasks and Salesforce Tasks and Events describe the same task or work item in your business.
- Close
- Object support to establish
- Salesforce
- Object support to establish
Record identity
Use a stable task/work-item ID and preserve its project or parent-ticket reference.
Field ownership
Choose the owner of task status and assignment; destination workflow states may require an explicit transition.
Fields to include
- Source task ID
- Parent reference
- Assignee
- Status
- Due date
References: Salesforce: Tasks and Events documentation
Architecture decision
Choose how to connect your systems
Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Contacts / Contacts to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.
Stacksync managed sync
- Best fit
- Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
- Operating responsibility
- Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
- Before you choose
- Check record matching: Use a stable person/contact ID and an explicit cross-system lookup. Email can change and can be shared, so treat it as a matching clue rather than a universal key. Verify field coverage, deletion handling, and how changes are detected.
Native vendor integration
- Best fit
- A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Close and Salesforce record types.
- Operating responsibility
- Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
- Before you choose
- First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify Contacts / Contacts, update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.
Custom API or workflow
- Best fit
- Consider explicit orchestration for the Tasks / Cases handoff.
- Operating responsibility
- Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
- Before you choose
- Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery.
File or scheduled snapshot
- Best fit
- Consider for a one-time Close / Salesforce migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
- Operating responsibility
- Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
- Before you choose
- Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals.
Workflow reference
From a business event to the right update
Open a workflow to see its trigger, record relationships, and expected result.
Contact sync test
Starting event: A change to the selected Contacts or Contacts record needs a defined result in the other system.
- Start with Close Contacts and Salesforce Contacts. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
- Resolve the organization relationship and any owner or consent references required by the destination.
- Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.
Expected result: Test an email change, two records sharing an email, and a person associated with multiple organizations.
If it fails: Hold ambiguous matches for review and reconcile the person ID before retrying; preserve the consent decision already recorded by its owner.
Deal or opportunity sync test
Starting event: A change to the selected Opportunities or Opportunities record needs a defined result in the other system.
- Start with Close Opportunities and Salesforce Opportunities. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
- Map the customer and sales pipeline before the opportunity; map stage values deliberately.
- Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.
Expected result: Test a reopened won deal, a stage with no destination equivalent, and an amount using a different currency.
If it fails: Suspend downstream creation for a rejected deal and review whether an order already exists before retrying.
Prospect or lead sync test
Starting event: A change to the selected Leads or Leads record needs a defined result in the other system.
- Start with Close Leads and Salesforce Leads. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
- Resolve owner and campaign references and decide how conversion changes the identity relationship.
- Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.
Expected result: Convert a test lead after the first load and verify that it does not create a duplicate person or orphan its activity.
If it fails: Repair the lead-to-contact conversion link before replaying later updates.
Plan the customer lifecycle across Close and Salesforce
Starting event: A customer-facing change in Close needs operational context in Salesforce.
- Select the relevant Leads or Contacts records and identify whether the downstream relationship is a person, a company, a deal, or a reporting row.
- Define which lifecycle transitions are informative and which should request a downstream action. Keep conversion and merge history connected to stable IDs.
- Choose a representative reopened deal, changed contact identity, or reassigned account to test the handoff before expanding.
Expected result: The relationship survives a lifecycle change without creating a duplicate customer or triggering an unintended business action.
If it fails: Inspect merge/conversion history and existing destination records before replaying a lifecycle transition.
Production readiness
Test the behavior your business depends on
Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.
Contacts / Contacts
Test case
Test an email change, two records sharing an email, and a person associated with multiple organizations.
Expected result
The expected contact relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.
Opportunities / Opportunities
Test case
Test a reopened won deal, a stage with no destination equivalent, and an amount using a different currency.
Expected result
The expected deal or opportunity relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.
Leads / Leads
Test case
Convert a test lead after the first load and verify that it does not create a duplicate person or orphan its activity.
Expected result
The expected prospect or lead relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.
Tasks / Cases
Test case
Escalate the same ticket twice, close one of several tasks, and verify that private ticket content is not copied into a public work item.
Expected result
The expected support case or ticket relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.
Direction and permissions
Test case
Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.
Expected result
Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.
Freshness and reconciliation
Test case
Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.
Expected result
The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.
Failure recovery
Find the cause. Restore the data flow.
Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.
Rejected or repeated contact change
Investigate
Inspect Close Contacts and Salesforce Contacts, their IDs, and the destination error.
Next action
Hold ambiguous matches for review and reconcile the person ID before retrying; preserve the consent decision already recorded by its owner.
Rejected or repeated deal or opportunity change
Investigate
Inspect Close Opportunities and Salesforce Opportunities, their IDs, and the destination error.
Next action
Suspend downstream creation for a rejected deal and review whether an order already exists before retrying.
Rejected or repeated prospect or lead change
Investigate
Inspect Close Leads and Salesforce Leads, their IDs, and the destination error.
Next action
Repair the lead-to-contact conversion link before replaying later updates.
A record type or update is unavailable
Investigate
Check the Close and Salesforce connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.
Next action
Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.
Source and destination disagree after a retry
Investigate
Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.
Next action
Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.
Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.
How updates move between Close and Salesforce
See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.
Close Salesforce Direction requires confirmation
Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Salesforce.
Salesforce Close Direction requires confirmation
Detect changesStacksync uses Apex triggers where permitted, or regular incremental polling when triggers cannot be used. Confirm the selected mode for each object.
Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Close.
Update timing and record limits
- Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Prepare Close and Salesforce access
Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.
Close setup checklist
- Identify the Close account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
- Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Close, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Salesforce setup checklist
- Authorize a Salesforce user with API access. Check whether the selected objects can use Apex triggers or require polling.
- Test in a sandbox and make the intended objects and fields visible to the connected user.
Setup guides: Authorize Salesforce
Prepare to go live
Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.
Use the Close and Salesforce planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.
FAQ
Close and Salesforce integration FAQ
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Explore a Close and Salesforce integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Close is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.
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Confirm two-way support with Stacksync for the records and fields you need in both systems. Access to a vendor API does not confirm that its Stacksync connector supports write-back.
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Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
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No. Stacksync documents that pre-existing duplicates are not merged automatically when two-way sync begins. Review the initial dataset and matching plan before enabling it; an empty destination can simplify the first load.
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Start with one business entity and a stable record ID. Map a small set of editable fields with compatible types, test required values and relationships, then expand after the pilot passes.
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Check the destination error, field constraints, permissions, and current source value. The Stacksync issues dashboard supports retry and revert; retry reads current source values, so verify the intended record state before acting.
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Use the current Stacksync pricing page and confirm the supported implementation with the team. Scope the required objects, record volume, update frequency, initial load, and support needs when comparing a managed connector with native or custom development.
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Start by reviewing Contacts in Close and Contacts in Salesforce. Check how these records relate in your workflow, then confirm the actual fields and supported operations. Test record matching and one failed or repeated update before adding more records.
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Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Contacts / Contacts to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.
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Prepare both accounts, the selected object schemas, stable source and destination IDs, and the expected outcome. Identify the Close account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access. Authorize a Salesforce user with API access. Check whether the selected objects can use Apex triggers or require polling. Use the pair worksheet to record ownership and acceptance criteria.
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