Salesforce Marketing Cloud

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To connect to Salesforce Marketing Cloud (formerly, ExactTarget), you need to select Authentication Type and enter the corresponding connection parameters.

The following connection options are required for the UserNamePassword authentication type:

1.Url - URL of an Salesforce Marketing Cloud instance for API UserNamePassword authentication. By default the S1 Instance address is used: https://webservice.exacttarget.com/Service.asmx ;
2.User Id - API User name to login using UserNamePassword authentication;
3.Password - The password for UserNamePassword authentication.

In addition to the required options, Advanced connection options may be set for more fine connection tuning.

 

The following connection options are required for the AppCenterClient authentication type:

1.Client Id - your client ID from the App Center;
2.Client Secret - your client Secret from the App Center.

Note that AppCenterClient authentication is deprecated, and it is supported only for legacy packages. Since August 1, 2019, Marketing Cloud has removed the ability to create legacy packages, so any new packages are enhanced packages, not legacy packages, and they cannot use the App Center Client authentication.

You can use this authentication only if you have a legacy package, created before August 1, 2019.

 

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The following table describes the options that you can include in the Connection String using the Advanced Connection Editor dialog box:

 

Option

Description

AppClient Id

Specifies the application center client ID for AppCenterClient, ServerToServer, and RefreshToken authentication.

AppClient Secret

Specifies the application center client secret for AppCenterClient, ServerToServer, and RefreshToken authentication.

AppSandbox

Determines whether to use a sandbox account for AppCenterClient authentication.

AuthenticationType

Determines the authentication type to use. The following kinds are supported: AppCenterClient (deprecated), RefreshToken, ServerToServer, and UsernamePassword.

Client IDs

Specifies the list of specific partner accounts or business units for retrieve requests.

Connection Lifetime

Specifies the time span (in seconds), compared against a connection's creation time when it is returned to the pool; the connection is destroyed if this span is exceeded. The default value is 0 (connection always returns to pool).

Connection Timeout

Specifies the length of time (in seconds) to wait for a connection to the server before terminating the attempt and generating an error. The default value is 60.

Default Command Timeout

Specifies the time in seconds to wait while trying to execute a command before terminating the attempt and generating an error.

Failover Retries

Specifies the number of retry attempts to automatically re-run a command before displaying an error message in case when the command failed because of an error that may be temporary.

Initialization Command

Specifies a database-specific command to execute after establishing the connection.

Local SQL Engine

Determines whether to use local SQL engine for SELECT queries, that are too complex to translate them directly to Salesforce Marketing Cloud API calls or to show an error message.

Max Pool Size

Specifies the maximum number of connections allowed in the pool. Setting the Max Pool Size value in the connection string can affect performance. The default value is 100.

Min Pool Size

Specifies the minimum number of connections allowed in the pool. The default value is 0.

NormalizeDbNames

Determines whether database object names are normalized when retrieved from the database.

Password

Specifies the password for UserNamePassword authentication.

Persist Security Info

Indicates if security-sensitive information, such as the password, is not returned as part of the connection if the connection is open or has ever been in an open state.

Pooling

Draws the connection from the appropriate pool, or creates and adds it to the appropriate pool, when set to true. This is the default behavior.

Proxy Host

Specifies the host name or IP address of the proxy server.

Proxy Password

Specifies the password for the proxy server account.

Proxy Port

Specifies the port number of the proxy server. The default value is 3128.

Proxy User

Specifies the proxy server account name.

Readonly

Indicates whether the connection is read-only (allows only SELECT statements).

Refresh Token

Specifies an OAuth refresh token for Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Used for RefreshToken authentication.

Run Once Command

Specifies a database-specific command to execute after establishing the connection. Unlike Initialization Command, it is not executed for connections obtained from the connection pool.

Subdomain

Specifies a tenant-specific subdomain of Marketing Cloud API endpoints. It is a 28-character string starting with the letters "mc", for example, mc563885gzs27c5t9-63k636ttgm. You can find your subdomain in the url in your browser after logging in to Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Used for RefreshToken and ServerToServer authentication.

Support Extensions Objects

Determines whether Salesforce Marketing Cloud Data Extensions are available via this connection, and whether their data can be viewed/edited.

Token Server

Is not used for Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Url

Specifies the URL of a Salesforce Marketing Cloud instance for API UserNamePassword authentication. By default the S1 Instance address is used: https://webservice.exacttarget.com/Service.asmx

User

Specifies the API user name to log in using UserNamePassword authentication.

UTC Dates

Converts dates to UTC format during import when set to True; the date values entered by the user (in SELECT statements, etc.) are then considered UTC dates when sending them to the data source.