Connect Informatica PowerCenter to Salesforce on Linux

You can set up and verify a connection between Informatica PowerCenter and Salesforce through an ODBC driver on Linux.

Prerequisites

  • Configure the Informatica services.
  • Install Devart ODBC Driver for Salesforce. For instructions, see Install the driver on Linux.
  • Configure a data source name (DSN). For instructions, see Configure an ODBC Driver Manager on Linux.

Connect to Salesforce

1. Navigate to the directory where the ssgodbc.linux64 utility is located.

cd /opt/informatica/tools/debugtools/ssgodbc/linux64

2. Run the ssgodbc.linux64 utility to verify the connection to Salesforce.

./ssgodbc.linux64 -d <your_dsn> -v

3. Run a SQL query to retrieve data.

SELECT Id,Name FROM Account;

A connection test and an executed SQL query