Chargebee Salesforce (v1.41+)
Note
- Supported Salesforce versions : Salesforce Enterprise Edition and above.
- Both Salesforce Classic and Lightning user interface are supported.
Note
The Chargebee package for Salesforce is not updated automatically, you must contact support to do so. To view if you have the latest version, in Salesforce, select Setup > Installed Packages and then search for the Version Number for Chargebee for Salesforce.
What's new in Salesforce integration
Package Version 1.54
Issue Refund
This feature allows you to easily issue refunds within Salesforce directly from the Chargebee invoice object. Using Issue Refund, you can now initiate refunds from the invoice object, similar to how a refund is issued in Chargebee Billing.
To initiate a refund, simply select the "issue refund" action from the invoice object, set the refund amount, add a reason code, and include an optional invoice note. Learn more
Generate Invoice PDF
Now, you can download Chargebee invoices as PDFs directly into Salesforce. By using Generate Invoice, you are able to view the actual invoice from Chargebee within Salesforce.
To download an invoice PDF, select the "Download Invoice PDF" action within the Chargebee Invoice object in Salesforce. It generates the PDF and attaches it to the files-related list within the invoice. Learn more
Modify Subscription Start Date
With this feature, you can modify a subscription's start date in Chargebee, even after the subscription has been created. It is possible to adjust the start date of a subscription as long as the subscription has not started.
To modify the start date of a subscription, select the "Change Start Date" action from the Subscription object in Salesforce. If the subscription has not yet started, you will be able to update the start date to a new date. However, if the subscription has already started, this action will result in an error and will not allow any changes to the subscription. Learn more
Package Version 1.53
- The Checkout URL now displays any manual discounts applied to the subscription.
- The quote acceptance link which the customer can use to pay and subscribe for the subscription products themselves now includes manual discount details as well.
- The integration now populates contract terms fields such as Term Start, Term End, Amount, and more on the Chargebee subscription and quote objects.
- The Post-Update Scripts displays the required post-upgrade migration scripts for the newly Upgraded Chargebee Salesforce integration package.
- When a product has multiple billing frequencies configured in Chargebee, the sales user can select the required frequency while performing the following actions in Salesforce.
- While amending an existing subscription from Salesforce, you can schedule the changes to take effect on a specific date.
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Package Version 1.52
- You can now schedule the integration to auto-sync Chargebee customers, subscriptions, invoices, and more records every 10 minutes.
- The integration now allows sales users to modify an existing quote.
- While creating subscriptions out of opportunities, customers can now pay via their bank account while using the checkout link to complete their purchases.
- While configuring sync rules for plans and addons, you can now use custom fields on the Salesforce product for matching Chargebee items.
- Utilizing the Generate Checkout URL button while creating subscriptions, you can now seamlessly retrieve checkout links and use them in your sales workflows.
- You can grant access to users who are part of a Salesforce public group like system administrators or sales managers to view and modify fields while they create subscriptions.
- You can configure e-invoices for customers who are authorized to receive them when creating or updating Chargebee customers in Salesforce.
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Chargebee provides a highly customizable integration with Salesforce . By maintaining a one-to-one relationship between Chargebee customer records and Salesforce accounts, the integration keeps both the systems up-to-date. Chargebee subscriptions can be directly created and managed from Salesforce.
Based on the configuration, the integration creates or updates records within the following standard objects in Salesforce:
- Account
- Contact
- Lead
- Opportunity
- Opportunity Product
- Product
- Price Book
- Price Book Entry
Additionally, custom objects are also created and updated with Chargebee data.
Key Features
The below illustration displays the Chargebee integration for Salesforce.
Listed below are the key features of the Chargebee - Salesforce integration.
- Important Chargebee operations that support a sales-driven workflow can be performed without leaving Salesforce.
- Customer and subscription data is synced into Salesforce, aiding a direct-purchase model.
- Flexible integration, configured entirely within Salesforce, with a host of customizations available to suit your business workflow.
- Multiple Chargebee sites can be connected to a single Salesforce instance.
- Chargebee's Metered Billing and Multi-decimal Pricing and Quantities are supported.
- The sync health dashboard provides information about the sync status at a glance.
- The ‘sync logs' feature provides record-level detail on the last run sync jobs, thereby creating a complete audit trail in Salesforce. The timely availability of this information coupled with root causes for failures, equips you to understand and resolve sync errors yourself.
- Advanced field-mapping configuration between Salesforce and Chargebee.
- Specifies record types for account/opportunities.
Sync Overview
This section gives you an overview of what happens when the data is synced during the integration.
- Chargebee items are synced to products.
- Chargebee item prices are synced to price book entry records and some custom object records.
- A price book record is created for each of your connected Chargebee sites.
- Pricing information for item prices with tiered pricing models is stored in the CB Pricing Tier custom object.
- Customer records are mapped in a 1-to-1 manner to account records (person accounts are also supported).
- Leads can be converted if matching accounts are not found.
- Coupons are synced to a custom object.
- Chargebee quotes can be created from within Salesforce and emailed to customers.
- All invoices, credit notes, and quotes are synced to Salesforce as custom objects.
- Opportunities can be created upon lead conversion.
- Subscriptions are synced to Salesforce as a custom object.
- Opportunities can be mapped and maintained against subscriptions.
Object Mapping
On a high level, the objects in Chargebee are mapped to those in Salesforce as follows:
Setting up the Integration
The Chargebee for Salesforce integration must be setup to match your business workflows:
- The first step is to connect to Salesforce from your Chargebee site and to install the Chargebee for Salesforce package. For more information, read the installation guide.
- The next step is to ensure that the integration behavior is configured to match your Salesforce workflows. The integration guide helps you in this.
Subscription Management
Once the integration is set up successfully, Chargebee customers and subscriptions can be managed directly from Salesforce user interface. The available options are listed under Chargebee Actions in Salesforce.
See also
Other pages for Salesforce: