App Tour

Launching the App

Once you install the Salesforce App, you"ll find the new Bolt Data Connect App in the Salesforce App Launcher.

Note

If you don’t see what you"re looking for, use the “Search apps or items..” search bar provided in the App Launcher to search for “Bolt Data Connect”

IoT Dashboard

The IoT Dashboard is a Salesforce Dashboard & Reports giving you a view of all of your “Things” connected to Bolt Data Connect and the Thing Types, Status, Alert History and Sensor Data available in Salesforce.

IoT Console

The IoT Console is the centralized dashboard for viewing all IoT Things within an Org.

Navigation

The Navigation Panel provides multiple ways to slice your Things. Here you can find all Things by:

• Category: A completely customizable tree, grouping Things by whichever fields your Admin configures. Check out Thing Object Settings for more details on how to configure this.

• Status: Things change status based on the rules established for each Thing-Type

• Search: If you know the exact asset you"re looking for.

  

Views

The View Panel shows you Things that match criteria specified in the Navigation Panel. There are currently two Views available: a Map View and a Data View. The Map View shows Things as pins on a global map, while the Data View shows Things in a tabular view.

Additionally, in the Data View, you can view the History for any device by selecting the down arrow on any row.

In the Data View you have the ability to view the sensor chart, sensor data-table, filter and save new sensor snapshots.

IoT Setup

For your Salesforce Org Admins, the Bolt Data Connect App provides an IoT Setup page to configure how the IoT Cloud integrates with your Salesforce Org. Here you can completely control the behavior of the Cloud and Edge Processing, as well as the Salesforce automation and integrations.