A Salesforce data object is a physical data object that uses a Salesforce object as a source and a target. A Salesforce data object is a representation of data that is based on a Salesforce object.
Import a Salesforce object into the Developer tool to create a Salesforce data object. After you create a data object, create a data object read or write operation. You can use the data object read operation as a source and the data object write operation as a target in a mapping.