Integration between Salesforce CRM & Aircall is developed by appxconnect and supports Lightning platform and Aircall SDK.

To begin configuring your integration between Salesforce and Aircall, you would require the following:  

• Salesforce (Service Cloud or Sales Cloud) instance with administrator privileges & Lightning Platform
• Configured setup of your Aircall account with administrator privileges.
  

Network Prerequisites

The following are the network prerequisites

• Whitelist appxconnect's Public IP (177.104.46.240, Port:443) at your firewall for unrestricted access to appxconnect for your user's browser (Same as that for Salesforce)
• Supported Browser : Google Chrome
  

Pop-Up Configuration Prerequsites

The following parameters of your Salesforce are required to complete the integration flow:

• Object Details Object Details (Customer Record) in Salesforce to associate a conversation with. Example - When an inbound call or a chat is received, which object needs to be Popped on the user screen ? (accounts, leads, contacts or a custom Objects)
    Required Details : Object Name , Primary Object Field name, Primary key

   Ex: Object Name: Contact, Primary Object Field name: Name, Primary Key: Id
• Related Object Details  Details of Related Object. This is not mandatory and is required if there are multiple records associated with the Object (Customer Record) and another related Object is needed to identify the Customer Record in context. Example - A Phone number is associated with multiple Netflix accounts and the customer reaches out for a support query with one of their accounts. (Object Name: Phone, Related Object: Account)
  Required Details : Object Name , Primary Object Field Name, Primary Key, Child Relationship Name.
  Ex- Related Object Name: Account, Primary Object Field Name: Name, Primary Key: Id, Child Relationship Name: Accounts__r
• Alternate Object Details  Alternate Pop-Up Options. When a customer record does not exist or does not match with the one queried, users are required to work on an alternate Object Pop-up. This is not mandatory and is required if such a scenario needs to be addressed.
  Required Details :  Required Details : Object Name , Object Field Name , Display Name
  Ex- Related Object Name: Case, Object Field Name : ContactId, Display Name : New Case

CTI Configuration Prerequisites

The following parameters of your Aircall and Salesforce are required to complete the integration flow:

• Aircall- Call Search Parameter Call Search Parameter is the unique IDassociated with a call conversation in Aircall that could be used to identify the customer record in Salesforce. For inbound calls, the Call Search Parameter is from, for Outbound,the Call Search Parameter is to.
• Salesforce Call Search Parameter Salesforce Call Search Parameter is the Field name in Salesforce Object with corresponding value equal to Aircall Call Search Parameter.
  Required Details :Field name
  Ex- For inbound calls, the Call Search Parameter is from (Customer Phone Number), for Outbound, the Call Search Parameter is to (Customer Phone Number) and the Salesforce Call Search Parameter is MobilePhone which is a Field name in the Object: Contact.

Activity & Auto Updation

The following parameters of your Aircall and Salesforce are required to complete the integration flow:

• Activity Object Name for Call The name of the Activity Object in Salesforce in which data from Aircall related to the call conversation such as Call Duration, Phone Number, Conversation ID, Disposition, Call Direction and Call notes need to be auto updated.
  Required Details : Activity Object Name
  Ex- Call is an Activity Object name in Salesforce.

Auto Updation

The following parameters of your Salesforce are required to complete the integration flow:

• Activity Object Field name The Field name in Activity Object into which data from Aircall need to be auto updated.
  Required Details : Field name

  Ex- Description is the Field name in the Activity Object Task into which the data from notes in Aircall is to be auto updated. 

  Ex- CallDurationInSecondsis the Field name in the Activity Object Task into which the data from calldurationin Aircall is to be auto updated.

User Input Form & Auto Updation

A Custom User Input field allows users to input data while on a conversation. The collected data can be auto updated into Salesforce customer records.

• Data Label The identifier for the data to be input by the user.
  Ex- Does the Customer Own a House ? 
• Data Type The data type of the user input can be of type : Boolean, String, Integrer, Option Select or Lookup.
  Ex- Does the Customer Own a House ? 
• Activity Object Field Name The Field name in Activity Object into which data from the user input need to be auto updated.The
  Ex- Lable Name:  Does the Customer Own a House ?, Datatype : Boolean with Options: Yes and No ; ownshouse is the Field name in the Object "Task". 

The following Section provides a detailed step by step guide to setup your integration for Aircall & Salesforce.

Activation

Login as administrator in your Aircall account and under the integrations section search for appxconnect for Salesforce and click Install.

Once your request is approved, you will recieve an Email from appxconnect with the login details for appxconnect account and the ID.

Salesforce Domain Address.

Enter your Salesforce 365 domain address in the CRM Domain Address details and choose a CIF version for your Setup.

Configuring Integration flow

For every Campiagn and Workgroup, you can set a seperate integration flow with seperate set of rules such as - Specific CTI Pop, Specific set of Entities for search in Salesforce, Specific rules for Activity creation and Custom User fields for auto updation. 

Click Add to create a integration flow.

Select the group type to choose Queue / Campaign and enter the respective ID to start building the integration flow. 

Follow the setup guide and fill in the details to complete your integration.