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  1. Preface
  2. Informatica Developer
  3. The Model Repository
  4. Searches in Informatica Developer
  5. Connections
  6. Physical Data Objects
  7. Flat File Data Objects
  8. Logical View of Data
  9. Viewing Data
  10. Application Deployment
  11. Application Patch Deployment
  12. Application Patch Deployment Example
  13. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  14. Object Import and Export
  15. Appendix A: Data Type Reference
  16. Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
  17. Appendix C: Connection Properties

Developer Tool Guide

Developer Tool Guide

Salesforce Connection Properties

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. You can select the Standard connection type or OAuth connection type.
User Name
Applicable for Standard connection type. Salesforce user name.
User Password
Applicable for Standard connection type. 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. For example,
https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/47.0
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.
Refresh Token
Applicable for OAuth connection type. Refresh Token of Salesforce.
Consumer Key
Applicable for OAuth connection type. The Consumer Key obtained from Salesforce, required to generate the Refresh Token. For more information about how to generate the Consumer Key, see the Salesforce documentation.
Consumer Secret
Applicable for OAuth connection type. The Consumer Secret obtained from Salesforce, required to generate the Refresh Token. For more information about how to generate the Consumer Secret, see the Salesforce documentation.

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