To access your data in Salesforce.com, create a connection asset for it.
Salesforce.com is a cloud-based software company which provides customer relationship management (CRM). The Salesforce.com connection supports the standard SQL query language to select, insert, update, and delete data from Salesforce.com products and other supported products that use the Salesforce API.
Other supported products that use the Salesforce API
- Salesforce AppExchange
- FinancialForce
- Service Cloud
- ServiceMax
- Veeva CRM
Create a connection to Salesforce.com
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- The username to access the Salesforce.com server.
- The password and security token to access the Salesforce.com server. In the Password field, append your security token to the end of your password. For example,
MypasswordMyAccessToken. For information about access tokens, see Reset Your Security Token. - The Salesforce.com server name. The default is
login.salesforce.com.
Restriction
You can only use this connection for source data. You cannot write to data or export data with this connection.
Known issue
The following objects in the SFORCE schema are not supported: APPTABMEMBER, CONTENTDOCUMENTLINK, CONTENTFOLDERITEM, CONTENTFOLDERMEMBER, DATACLOUDADDRESS, DATACLOUDCOMPANY, DATACLOUDCONTACT, DATACLOUDANDBCOMPANY, DATASTATISTICS, ENTITYPARTICLE, EVENTBUSSUBSCRIBER, FIELDDEFINITION, FLEXQUEUEITEM, ICONDEFINITION, IDEACOMMENT, LISTVIEWCHARINSTANCE, LOGINEVENT, OUTGOINGEMAIL, OUTGOINGEMAILRELATION, OWNERCHANGEOPTIONINFO, PICKLISTVALUEINFO, PLATFORMACTION, RECORDACTIONHISTORY, RELATIONSHIPDOMAIN, RELATIONSHIPINFO, SEARCHLAYOUT, SITEDETAIL, USERAPPMENUITEM, USERENTITYACCESS, USERFIELDACCESS, USERRECORDACCESS, VOTE.
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Parent topic: Supported connections