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Salesforce Connections

You can create a Salesforce connection in Test Data Manager to perform data subset and data masking operations.
The following table describes the database connection properties for a Salesforce database:
Property
Description
Name
Required. Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters, start with a number, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters:
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Connection Type
Required. The connection type. Select Salesforce.
Description
The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 255 characters.
User Name
Required. The database user name.
Use Parameter in Password
Indicates the password for the database user name is a session parameter. $ParamName. Define the password in the workflow or session parameter file, and encrypt it using the pmpasswd CRYPT_DATA option.
Used for data subset and data masking operations. Default is disabled.
Password
Required. The password for the database user name.
Owner
The owner of the connection. Default is the user who creates the connection. You can change the owner of the connection.
JDBC Login Password
Required if Use Parameter in Password is selected. The password for the JDBC user.
Used for import from source and data discovery operations.
Service URL
URL of the Salesforce service you want to access.
In a test or development environment, you may want to access the Salesforce Sandbox testing environment.
Default is https://www.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/8.0.