tSalesforceOutput - Upsert - Lookup Relationship - Master/Detail - upserting Details with External ID only

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the tSalesforceOutput module to upsert detail records, without using a tSalesforceInput, and I only have the external IDs available from the source database.

My example is as follows:

Master__c is the master object, and it has an external ID field Master_External_ID__c.

Detail__c is the detail object, and it has a Master/Detail Lookup field called Master_ID__c onto the Master__c object, as well as the Masters_External_ID__c, for reference purposes directly within that table (redundant, I know, but helps for debugging for now).

In Talend, the source schema has other fields to be upserted into Detail__c, as well as a field called Masters_External_ID, which I need to use to establish the master/detail relationship.

This is how I currently populated the Advanced Settings Relationship Mapping for upsert table:

Column Name for Talend Schema: Masters_External_ID

Lookup Field Name: "Masters_External_ID__c"

Lookup Relationship field name: "Id"

Module Name: "Master__c"

External id name: "External_ID__c"

I'm getting the following error:

Exception in component tSalesforceOutput_1 (PushDetailsIntoSF)
java.io.IOException: com.sforce.ws.SoapFaultException: Unexpected element {urn:sobject.partner.soap.sforce.com}type during simple type deserialization ......

[TRF · Accepted solution]

For lookups based on custom fields, replace __c by __r (for relationship).
In your example, the Lookup Field Name must be "Masters_External_ID__r"

[TRF]

@jpereira_ca, dies this help?
If so, thank's to mark your case as solved (Kudos also accepted as a bonus)

[Anonymous]

Hi @TRF, 

Unfortunately, no, it didn't work. I ended up just pulling the foreign table in, and joining it before upserting.

[TRF]

That's the standard way to use the component (I use it like this every days).

If it doesn't work as expected maybe you have changed something on the relationship name on salesforce side.