Sliick Files documentation
Sliick Files puts a file list on every Salesforce record, with tags, search, previews and version history. The files themselves can stay in Salesforce Files, live in storage Sliick operates, or live in storage you already own: Amazon S3 and S3-compatible providers, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, or SharePoint.
Current for Sliick Files v3.8.0.
Getting started
Section titled “Getting started”New to Sliick Files, setting it up, or deciding where your files should live.
- What Sliick Files does
- Install and permission sets
- Add the components to a record page
- Choosing a storage provider
- Set up the Integration User
Using Sliick Files
Section titled “Using Sliick Files”Day-to-day use of the file list, for anyone working on a record.
- The file list
- Upload files
- Download, rename, replace and delete
- Tags
- Version history
- Share links
- Move files into cloud storage
- Changes made outside Salesforce
- Supported file types and size limits
- Common questions
Sliick Cloud Storage
Section titled “Sliick Cloud Storage”Cloud storage without a cloud account of your own. One click, no keys.
Amazon S3
Section titled “Amazon S3”Set up a bucket, an access key and the CORS rule, then connect. Also covers Backblaze B2, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2 and MinIO.
- Create the AWS account and bucket
- Configure CORS on the bucket
- Create the access key
- S3-compatible providers
- Salesforce setup
- Connect in Sliick Settings
- Data residency
- Two-way sync on S3
- Wasabi
Azure Blob Storage
Section titled “Azure Blob Storage”Set up a storage account and container, copy the account key, then connect.
- How Azure is organised
- Create the storage account and container
- Configure CORS on the storage account
- Get the account name and key
- Salesforce setup
- Connect in Sliick Settings
- Data residency
- Two-way sync on Azure
Google Cloud Storage
Section titled “Google Cloud Storage”Set up a project, a bucket and an HMAC key, then connect.
- What you will need
- Create the project and bucket
- Configure CORS on the bucket
- Create the service account and HMAC key
- Salesforce setup
- Connect in Sliick Settings
- Data residency
- Two-way sync on Google Cloud Storage
SharePoint
Section titled “SharePoint”Register an app in Microsoft Entra ID, pick an authentication mode, then connect. Also covers two-way sync.
- Choosing an authentication mode
- Register the app in Entra ID
- Grant Microsoft Graph permissions
- Grant access to the SharePoint site
- Create the Salesforce credentials
- Set up Service Principal mode
- Set up Delegated mode
- Connect in Sliick Settings
- Two-way sync
Administration
Section titled “Administration”Running Sliick Files once storage is connected: processing, folders, sync, restores, migration and diagnostics.
- Media processing for images
- Folders and breadcrumbs
- File metadata sync
- Two-way sync
- Experience Cloud pages
- Deleted files and restore
- Migrate existing files
- Migration options and limits
- The Diagnostics tab
- Disconnecting cloud storage
- Storage logs and scheduled jobs
- Security model
Developer API
Section titled “Developer API”sliick.FilesApi is the public, provider-agnostic file API. Operations are written once
and the bytes land in the org’s configured storage provider, which is never named in
caller code.
- What the API unlocks
- Setup
- Apex quick reference
- Flow quick reference
- Method notes
- Contracts and limits
- Versioning