Marketo Connection

The Marketo connection shared resource contains all the necessary parameters required to connect to Marketo REST API. It is used by all the activities in the Marketo palette.

General

In the General panel, you can specify the package that stores the Marketo connection shared resource and the shared resource name.

The General panel contains the following fields:

Field	Module Property?	Description
Package	No	The name of the package where the shared resource is located.
Name	No	The name of the shared resource.
Description	No	A short description of the shared resource.

Marketo Connection Configuration

In the Marketo Connection Configuration panel, you can provide the information of the Marketo instance that the plug-in connects to. The Marketo Connection Configuration panel contains the following fields. For more information on REST API of your Marketo account, see the Marketo REST API documentation.

Field	Module Property?	Description
REST Endpoint	Yes	The endpoint to connect to Marketo REST API.
Identity Service URL	Yes	The identity service URL used to generate an access token.
Client Id	Yes	The client id used to connect to Marketo REST API.
Client Secret	Yes	The client secret used to generate an access token.

Note: For more information on Client Id and Client Secret, see Marketo Documentation.

Test Connection Button

Click Test Connection to test whether the specified configuration fields result in a valid connection to your Marketo instance.

Refresh/Apply Button

Click Refresh/Apply to fetch metadata from the URL specified in the REST Endpoint field. The metadata is saved in the shared resource file.

Note: If you create or modify custom fields in Marketo, click Refresh/Apply to update metadata. The created or modified custom fields are displayed in the activities when this shared resource is used.

Advanced

In the Advanced panel, you can configure a proxy.

The Advanced panel contains the following fields:

Field	Module Property?	Description
Retry Count	Yes	Specify the number of attempts that the plug-in connects to Marketo REST APIs when connecting to a Marketo instance. The default value is 0.
Retry Interval	Yes	Specify an interval between HTTP connection retries. The default value is 3000 milliseconds.
Proxy Configuration	No	Specify a proxy HTTP server when HTTP requests are sent outside of a firewall. For more detailed information on Proxy Configuration, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Bindings and Palettes Reference, Section, "Shared Resources." Note: The proxy server only supports the Retrieve, Upsert, and Delete activities except the Import activity.