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Salesforce Connection Properties

Use a Salesforce connection to connect to a Salesforce object. The Salesforce connection is an application connection type. You can create and manage a Salesforce connection in the Administrator tool or the Developer tool.

The order of the connection properties might vary depending on the tool where you view them.

The following table describes Salesforce connection properties:

Property	Description
Name	Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters: ~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] \| \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
ID	String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name.
Description	The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
Location	The Informatica domain where you want to create the connection.
Type	The connection type. Select Salesforce.
User Name	Salesforce user name.
User Password	Password for the Salesforce user name. To access Salesforce outside the trusted network of your organization, you must append a security token to your password to log in to the API or a desktop client. To receive or reset your security token, log in to Salesforce and click Setup My Personal Information Reset My Security Token . Password is case sensitive.
Service URL	URL of the Salesforce service you want to access. In a test or development environment, you might want to access the Salesforce Sandbox testing environment. For more information about the Salesforce Sandbox, see the Salesforce documentation.

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