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Glossary

TermMeans
TenantOne FrontSpin account. A Salesforce org can talk to several.
Tenant IDThe number identifying a tenant, e.g. 100142.
InstanceThe Salesforce configuration describing how to reach one tenant.
Record TypeThe Salesforce label that decides which tenant a record belongs to.
Developer nameA Record Type's unchanging internal name. Configuration refers to this, not the label.
Configuration rowThe record joining Record Types to a tenant.
Routing ruleIn multi-tenant orgs, the record saying which Record Type goes to which instance.
Routing modeLEGACY, CONFIGURATION or STRICT. How strictly routing is applied.
Named CredentialWhere Salesforce keeps the API key, so code never sees it.
WebhookA message FrontSpin sends your org when something happens.
URL tokenThe secret ending of the webhook address, identifying the tenant.
Webhook secretThe key used to prove a webhook is genuine.
ListA FrontSpin calling list. Created and managed in FrontSpin.
List catalogueSalesforce's hourly record of which lists exist.
Report to ListRunning a Salesforce report and adding its contacts to a list.
MembershipA record that somebody was added to a list.
Sync errorOne failed synchronisation, with its reason.
Failure classWhat kind of failure, and whether retrying helps.
QuotaA tenant's daily request allowance. Can be as low as 500.
ResyncSending records to FrontSpin on demand.
Site Guest UserThe identity the portal runs as. Cannot edit or delete records.
202FrontSpin's "accepted, will do shortly". Not proof of completion.