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Database.com Connector

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Version 7

 

Intro

Salesforce Database.com is an enterprise database built for the cloud that enables developers to focus on building apps instead of managing and maintaining databases and hardware. The Domo Database.com connector allows you to pull your data into Domo using SOQL queries. To learn more about the Database.com API, visit their page (https://www.salesforce.com/platform/database/).

You connect to your Database.com account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Database.com connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Prerequisites

To connect to your Database.com account and create a DataSet, you must have credentials for either a Salesforce Database.com or Sandbox account.

Connecting to Your Database.com Account

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Database.com Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Credentials Pane

The Domo Database.com connector uses OAuth to connect, so there is no need to enter credentials within Domo. Select the environment you want to pull data from (either Database.com or Sandbox) then click Connect (or select Add Account if you have existing Database.com accounts in Domo) to open the Salesforce OAuth screen where you can enter your Salesforce credentials. Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Database.com DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

Note: If you are already logged into Salesforce when you connect in Domo, you are authenticated automatically when you click Add account. If you want to connect to an account that is different from the one you are logged into, you must first log out of Salesforce.

Details Pane

This pane contains menus for configuring how you want to pull data from Database.com.

Menu

Description

How do you want to select your Database.com data?

Select how you want to pull data from Database.com. If you select Browse Objects and Fields, you specify your data by selecting objects with associated fields and relationships. If you select Query, you enter an SOQL query to retrieve data.

 

Database.com Objects

Select the object (table) containing the data you want to pull into Domo.

Columns

Select the names of the columns with data you want to pull into Domo.

Relationships

Select joinable tables on the selected object.

Query

Enter the SOQL query you want to use to pull data into Domo.

Other Panes 

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.