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Salesforce Connection Properties

The following table describes the connection properties:
Connection Property
Description
User Name
User name for the Salesforce account.
Password
Password for the Salesforce account.
Security Token
Security token generated from the Salesforce application.
Service URL
URL of the Salesforce service. Maximum length is 100 characters.
You can use the following versions of the Salesforce API:
  • - Version 31. Salesforce connection uses the following service URL by default: https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/31.0
  • - Version 33. You can enter the following service URL to use version 33 of the Salesforce API in the connection: https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/33.0
  • - Version 34. You can enter the following service URL to use version 34 of the Salesforce API in the connection: https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/34.0
  • - Version 35. You can enter the following service URL to use version 35 of the Salesforce API in the connection: https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/35.0
  • - Version 36. You can enter the following service URL to use version 36 of the Salesforce API in the connection: https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/36.0
Bypass proxy server settings defined for the Secure Agent
Bypass the proxy server settings defined in the Secure Agent Manager for the Secure Agent. When you bypass the proxy server settings, you use a direct connection to Salesforce.
You can configure the following Salesforce-specific properties under the Secure Agent configuration properties:
Property
Type
Description
SalesForceConnectionTimeout
DTM
Number of seconds that the Salesforce web service requests to wait before it times out.
AutoAlterColumnType
Custom
For Data Replication tasks, set the AutoAlterColumnType custom configuration property so the database target column adjusts when the data type, precision, or scale of a Salesforce source field changes. Set this property for the Secure Agent that runs the Data Replication task. Enter the following values:
  • - For Type, select Tomcat.
  • - For Sub-type, select INFO.
  • - For Name, enter AutoAlterColumnType.
  • - For Value, enter yes to turn on this property.