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# Create a Configuration File for Slack and Salesforce

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

A configuration file is a YAML file that can reference different configurations and specify
different values for your connector properties. Configuration files enable you to define specific
properties depending on the environment to which you are deploying your application.

To start configuring your Slack and Salesforce connectors in your escalation API, create a
configuration file.

## Before You Begin

Complete
[Integrate Salesforce Data into Slack and Email Notifications](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/tut-slack-create-escalation-api).

## Create a Configuration File

1.  In your Explorer view, right-click the **resources** folder (`src/main/resources`) and select
    **New File**:

    ![The resources directory highlighted in the explorer, with the \*New File\* menu option selected](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/contact-sync-integration-new-file.png)

2.  Name the file `config.yaml`.

3.  Populate your file with your Salesforce, Gmail, and Slack configurations:

    ```YAML
    salesforce:
     username: "yourUserName"
     password: "yourPassword"
     token: "yourToken"

    email:
     host: "smtp.gmail.com"
     username: "yourGmailEmail"
     password: "yourEmailAppPassword"

    slack:
     token: "yourSlackToken"
    ```

4.  Navigate to your `new-case-salesforce.xml` file, add a new line before the `</mule>` tag, and
    paste this line:

    ```XML
    <configuration-properties file="config.yaml" doc:name="Configuration properties" />
    ```

## Configure Your Salesforce Connector

Use the values in your `config.yaml` file to connect the Salesforce Connector to your Salesforce
environment:

1.  In your `new-case-salesforce.xml` file, create a new line after the
    `<configuration-properties/>` element, and paste the following code:

    ```XML
    <salesforce:sfdc-config name="Salesforce-Config" doc:name="Config">
     <salesforce:basic-connection username="${salesforce.username}" password="${salesforce.password}" />
    </salesforce:sfdc-config>
    ```

-

> [!NOTE] When you move your cursor over the `${salesforce.username}` and `${salesforce.password}`
> elements, Anypoint Code Builder shows the values from the configuration file.

1.  Verify your connection to Salesforce by clicking **Test Connection** for the
    `<salesforce:sfdc-config/>` element:

    ![Code snippet with \*Test Connection\* button highlighted](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/sync-api-sfdc-test-connection.png)

    Anypoint Code Builder returns a **Connection is valid** message.

    If you get an error, verify the error message to troubleshoot further.

## Add a Salesforce Trigger

1.  Add a new flow on your canvas.

2.  In the code editor, name the flow `​NewSalesforceCaseFlow`:

    ```XML
    <flow name="​NewSalesforceCaseFlow">

    </flow>
    ```

3.  On your canvas, click the ![](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/icon-plus.png) (**Add component**) icon after **Flow**,
    type `new object`, and select **On new object** after **Salesforce**.

4.  In the code editor, set the following values of the `<salesforce:new-object-listener/>` element:

    - `objectType`: **Case**

    - `config-ref`: **Salesforce-Config**

    - `name`: **On New Case**

5.  In the `<salesforce:new-object-listener/>` element, replace `<scheduling-strategy/>` with the
    following XML:

    ```XML
    <scheduling-strategy >
      <fixed-frequency frequency="1000"/>
    </scheduling-strategy>
    ```

## Test Your Salesforce Integration

1.  Add a logger at the end of your flow:

    ![The flow canvas with the \*Add Flow\* plus sign button highlighted](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/add-logger-end-flow-canvas.png)

    ![A workflow with the \*Logger\* component added](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/drag-logger-canvas.png)

    A `logger` component is added to the flow in the code editor.

2.  Replace the `logger` component in the code editor with the following:

    ```XML
    <logger level="INFO" doc:name="Log Case Object" message="{#payload}" />
    ```

3.  Add a breakpoint to this line by clicking the red dot at the line number:

    ![A line of code with the breakpoint highlighted](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/logger-breakpoint-sfdc.png)

    Alternatively, add a breakpoint to the `logger` component by right-clicking on the component in
    the canvas UI and selecting **Add Breakpoint**.

4.  Select **Run** > **Start Debugging (F5)**.

5.  After your application deploys successfully, log in to your Salesforce account.

6.  From **App Launcher**, select **Service**:

    ![The \*Setup\* menu with the \*App Launcher\* button icon highlighted](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/salesforce-select-service.png)

7.  Select **Cases** > **New Case**:

    ![The \*Service\* navigation bar with the \*New Case\* button highlighted in the \*Cases\* section](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/salesfroce-create-new-case.png)

8.  Ensure that the **Status** of the new case is **New**.

9.  Create a new case and save it.

10. In Anypoint Code Builder, your application stops at the logger. Inspect the payload in
    **Variables**:

    ![The \*Variables\* panel with the \*Payload\* variables highlighted](/mulesoft/current/en-us/anypoint-code-builder/_images/slack-app-debugger-logger-breakpoint.png)

    The payload contains information about your newly created case.

11. Step over your Logger component.

12. Proceed to [Extract Payload Information to Variables](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/tut-slack-extract-payload-information) to
    learn how to extract your case information to a variable to use it later in the flow.

[Integrate Salesforce Data into Slack and Email Notifications](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/tut-slack-create-escalation-api)
[Extract Payload Information to Variables](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/tut-slack-extract-payload-information)