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Troubleshooting a Salesforce synchronization task

The solution to the following situations might help you troubleshoot Salesforce synchronization task.
The synchronization task fails.
You tried to run a task that writes data from a flat file to a Salesforce object, but one of the external ID fields in the flat file is not found in the related Salesforce object. When this occurs, the task fails with following error:
[Salesforce object name] : Error received from salesforce.com. Fields []. Status code [INVALID_FIELD].
Message [Foreign key external ID: not found for field <field name> in entity <source object>].
To resolve, verify that the external ID values exist in Salesforce.
A synchronization task that is configured to run in real time upon receipt of an outbound message fails with the following message:
The buffer [] returned from outbound message queue [] is corrupt.
The following table describes the cases where this can occur and possible actions to take:
Case
Suggested Action
The fields sent by the outbound message do not match the source fields used in the task.
Update the outbound message or update the task so that the fields sent by the outbound message match the source fields used in the task.
The source metadata, such as the precision or data type of a field, has changed since the task was configured.
Update the task. To refresh the source metadata in the task, on the Field Mapping page, click Refresh Fields.
If errors persist, you can configure the following custom configuration properties for the runtime environment to resolve this problem:
For example:
For more information about configuring a task to begin when receiving outbound messages, see Starting tasks with Salesforce outbound messages.