Salesforce Connection

The Salesforce Connection shared resource specifies the Salesforce connection information.

General

The following table shows the General panel of the Salesforce Connection shared resource:

Field	Module Property?	Description
Package	No	The name of the package that contains the Salesforce Connection shared resource.
Name	No	The name displayed as the label for the shared resource.
Description	No	Add a short description for the shared resource.

The following table shows the Connection Configuration panel of the Salesforce Connection shared resource:

Field	Module Property?	Description
Server URL	Yes	The URL you use when connecting to the Salesforce.com login server. After selecting a WSDL for your project, the URL information is automatically filled in this field. If you reimport a different WSDL for your project, you must click Reload WSDL to refresh the WSDL URL for your project. Note: You must maintain one Server URL when configuring the whole Salesforce project.
User Name	Yes	The user name to access the Salesforce.com server.
Password	Yes	The password to access the Salesforce.com server. Note: In certain circumstances, you might have to append the security token to your password. A security token is an automatically-generated key from Salesforce.com. For example, if your password is `mypassword`, and their security token is XXXXXXXXXX, then you must enter `mypassword`XXXXXXXXXX to log in. For detailed information on when to use a security token and how to generate it, see salesforce.com Web Service API Developer's Guide.
Session Timeout (Min)	Yes	Specifies the duration for which the session is activated. The value set here must be less than or equal to the value set on the Salesforce.com website. The default value is 120 minutes.
Test Connection	No	Click Test Connection to test whether the specified configuration fields result in a valid connection to a database in the Salesforce.com server.