Salesforce connection reference
Learn about the fields used to create a Salesforce connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a Salesforce connection in ThoughtSpot DataFlow. You need specific information to establish a seamless and secure connection.
Connection properties
- Connection name
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Name your connection. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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SalesforceConnection
- Connection type
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Choose the Salesforce connection type. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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Salesforce
- User
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Specify the user id. This user must have data access privileges. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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userdi
- Password
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Specify the password for the User.
Mandatory field.
- Example:
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pswrd234%!
- Use sandbox
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Specify if connecting to copy of a production environment. Optional field.
- Example:
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Unchecked
- Other notes:
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Advanced configuration.
- JDBC options
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Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL. Optional field.
- Example:
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jdbc:sqlserver://[serverName[\instanceName][:portNumber]]
- Other notes:
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Advanced configuration.
Sync properties
- Column delimiter
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Specify the column delimiter character. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1
- Valid Values:
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Any printable ASCII character or decimal value for ASCII character
- Default:
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1
- Enclosing character
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Specify if the text columns in the source data must be enclosed in quotes. Optional field.
- Example:
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DOUBLE
- Valid Values:
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SINGLE, DOUBLE
- Default:
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DOUBLE
- Other notes:
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This is required if the text data has newline character or delimiter character.
- Escape character
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Specify the escape character if using a text qualifier in the source data. Optional field.
- Example:
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\"
- Valid Values:
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Any ASCII character
- Default:
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\"
- Fetch size
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Specify the number of rows fetched into memory at the same time. If the value is 0, system fetches all rows at the same time. Optional field.
- Example:
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1000
- Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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1000
- Other notes:
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Appears when Extraction Type is "JDBC".
- Read Timeout
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Specify timeout time in milliseconds to read data from Salesforce. Optional field.
- Example:
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1800000
- Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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1800000
- Max ignored rows
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Abort the transaction after encountering 'n' ignored rows. Optional field.
- Example:
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0 - Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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0
- tsload options
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Specifies the parameters passed with the
tsloadcommand, in addition to the commands already included by the application. The format for these parameters is:<param_1_name> = <param_1_value>- Example:
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date_time_format = %Y-%m-%d date_format = %Y-%m-%d;time_format = %H:%M:%S - Valid Values:
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null_value = NULL max_ignored_rows = 0 - Default:
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max_ignored_rows = 0
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