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description: Turn on Automotive Cloud Integrations and use the predefined app and its named credential to connect your external telematics system to Salesforce. Use the app to get vehicle metrics and status in real time from the telematics provider via MuleSoft.
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# Create a Named Credential To Get Vehicle Status

Turn on Automotive Cloud Integrations and use the predefined app and its named credential to connect your external telematics system to Salesforce. Use the app to get vehicle metrics and status in real time from the telematics provider via MuleSoft.

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d80043e63 ">To create a named credential:</td>

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If you use an integration layer other than MuleSoft, or a telematics provider other than Qualcomm Car-to-Cloud, contact your integration admin for help.

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Integrations Setup, and then select **Integrations Setup**.
2. [Enable access to Industry Integrations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.access_integrations.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
3. [Connect your Salesforce and MuleSoft instances.](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.connect_to_mulesoft_instance.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
4. Turn on Automotive Cloud Integrations.
5. For Automotive Cloud Integrations, select **I accept the terms and conditions**.
6. Click **Enable** for the Auto Digital Twin asset.
7. Select a business group that you want to enable the integration for.
8. Select the environment where you want to enable the integration.
9. Select a deployment target where you want to deploy the integration.
10. Click **Next.**
11. Connect each dependent app to an external system.
    1. Enter a connection display name.
    2. Select the authentication protocol, and then enter the relevant details.
    3. Click **Done**.
12. Click **Proceed** and wait for the enablement process to complete.
13. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Named Credential, and then select **Named Credential**.
14. Verify that a named credential is added for the connected MuleSoft instance.
    
    Note the API name of the named credential to use it later. If you modify the named credential name, make a note of the updated API name.